2┃build-planning

[dawn spire]

That concept can work with loads of ascendancies. Depends on what flavor you want. Idk what quality does for it, but gemling can give you up to +16% quality and +2 levels which might be good.

Deadeye has an extra projectile, Amazon has crit, titan has tankiness and beefy small nodes, warbringer has nice block if you decide to go for 1h and shield, but not much else without armor breaking, warcries, or totems.

Smith of Kitava is hella tanky, witch hunter is good if you can take advantage of their conditionals. Tactician is also hella tanky with the immobilizing pins and the double armor + evasion based on distance.

Chronomancer is good with everything. Ritualist is... Also there.

Lich might be pog if you can utilize the unholy might without going out of mana. Infernalist might be cool with ignite or something. Blood mage has insane life and crit bonuses/infinite curses (great for weapon swaps).

Stormweaver might be cool if you want to shock and/or chill with your molten blast as well.

Pathfinder has great flask support and versatility with more nodes. Also unaffected by slows can be very pog

So yeah, I think that's literally every ascendancy

They're both equally good, I think. Assuming it's 750% more chance to shock. If you have 100 base damage, then +10 flat damage and 10% inc shock chance would have the same effect

So it depends on which one would affect your hit damage the most

[bold pulsar]

Alright Im back! So what I was aiming for, was a bleed crossbow build. I didnt think much further than just wanting to use fragmentation rounds to make a bunch of enemies bleed and explode. Later going for crit and aggressive bleeding 100% if possible.

Right now, i use fragmentation rounds to apply bleed, and gas grenade to strip armor. Flash grenades to blind and stun

[dawn spire]

Are you a merc?

[idle goblet]

Since shock chance is based on damage (somehow?) that +10 dmg would not be counted as 75 dmg for shock ?

I tought it was 110*7.5 vs 100 * 7.6 or something like this

[dawn spire]

Off the top of my head, something like rip wire totems for damage and bleeding might be cool while you use your attacks to enhance them. They'd do the bleeding and you'd use an attack supported with things like haemocrystals, incision, and blood in the eyes

If you go that totem route then tactician seems pretty strong

The quality on fragmentation rounds is just 1% more phys damage per quality so gemling might not be super great

[bold pulsar]

Am i kinda forced to go totem route?

Atm Im witch hunter

[dawn spire]

Is that 750% more chance to shock or 750% increased chance to shock?

[dawn spire]

You're not forced at all

That's just where my brain went without knowing your ascendancy

[bold pulsar]

I mean, I can see the appeal of going totem to be honest

There are pinning modifiers on support gems and such as well

However, I would love to at least try to see if the route Im on is viable 🙂

[dawn spire]

Depending on your definition of viable, I think there are very few builds that aren't viable if you put in the effort to make them work

I took a look at witchhunter ascendancy nodes as a refresher and it's kinda up in the air.

The 20 weapon swap node can be very strong if you want to go a curse route or set some kind of one-two punch. Maybe you set up a ton of bleeds on a crossbow, then swap to a spear and consume them with blood hunt or something. 44 weapon swap points could make that happen.

Culling strike and decimating strike are just universally solid, imo.

The concentration nodes are a mixed bag for bleed, imo. You only break concentration with hits, not bleed. But your hits do more damage based on missing concentration with the 4-pointer, which would result in higher magnitude bleeds.

The sorcery ward branch can be very good if you invest into Armour and evasion. I wouldn't mess with it during the campaign, personally.

The explode on death stuff is also very very good for clearing

[idle goblet]

750% more , got it. Thx

[bold pulsar]

I took the witchhunter tree for the explode on death, the whole decimating part and then maybe the first 2 on the conc tree

[dawn spire]

Yeah that seems fine to me. Main issue I see with crossbow and bleed is that crossbows don't really have a skill that delivers big, meaty physical hits for lots of bleed magnitude

That's why something like haemocrystals might be kinda good

Hit with crossbow attack to inflict bleed -> hit with second attack linked to haemocrystals to consume the bleed

You could even use a single rip wire totem with haemocrystals support to just proc a ton of crystals vs bosses

Oh, haemocrystals can only support skills you use yourself

So if you want to use the crystals you could try swapping attacks or go the totem route. Your totems do all the bleeding and your consume them to make crystals and do other stuff

Or a third option I haven't considered

[bold pulsar]

I have heamo on my Herald of blood it seems to work

problem is, all this is highly dependant on stuff dying. It would be utter useless on bosses

[dawn spire]

It makes the crystals when the Herald of blood explosion hits a bleeding enemy?

[bold pulsar]

yeah seems so

[dawn spire]

That's wild. Haemocrystals says it only supports attacks you use yourself

[bold pulsar]

I need to confirm. But regarding big hits. I considered High Velocity on armorbroken enemies

But it didnt seem to do that much more than fragment. Since each pellet of fragment hitting 1 enemy, all contribute to 1 hit

[dawn spire]

Breaking armor doesn't raise the bleed magnitude, btw. But high velocity rounds definitely would deliver that punch, for sure

[bold pulsar]

But hitting an armorbroken enemy, means I do more phys?

[dawn spire]

So you break armor and clear packs with fragmentation rounds, boss with high velocity after armor breaks

[dawn spire]

Yes, with your hit. But bleed magnitude is based off the pre-mitigation damage your hit would deal after all your modifiers

So armor, resistances, etc, do not affect the magnitude of bleed and poison

[bold pulsar]

Oh?

So basically the armorbreak I do right now, doesnt help me? 😄

[dawn spire]

Shock affects it, but only because it doesn't include the shock bonus when it calculates the magnitude in the first place

[dawn spire]

Aside from helping high velocity rounds do a massive hit that inflicts a massive bleed, not really.

It helps your hit dps, but not your bleed

[bold pulsar]

I see

[static plinth]

So ive heard right that additional projectiles on crossbow skills fire in barrage rather than the normal semi-circle right?

[bold pulsar]

Hail all father

[bold pulsar]

I wouldnt build for both high vel and fragment. There are some very specific bleed support gems I cant use on both

[dawn spire]

So how would you break armor if you decided to go with high vel?

[bold pulsar]

Gas grenade

[dawn spire]

Ah

[bold pulsar]

btw haemo crystal definately works with Herald

[dawn spire]

Wait how?

[bold pulsar]

Corrosion support gem

[dawn spire]

Gas grenade doesn't hit enemies

[bold pulsar]

Tell that to the game 😄

[dawn spire]

I think corrosion+gas grenade only breaks armor if you detonate it

That's the only way it can hit

Are you breaking armor with just the poison from gas grenade?

[bold pulsar]

The poison cloud gives monsters the poison affliction. Which then removes armor every tick

Yeah

[static plinth]

Corrosion works with Decompose, i imagine it works with gas grenade

[dawn spire]

These tooltips are fucking wildly inaccurate wtf

[bold pulsar]

😂

Btw Byron

Because of the combine of the pellets, I dont think it does more than what high vel would do on a boss

if I go point blank

[dawn spire]

Not anywhere close, no. That's why I was thinking it would just be there to break armor, not to inflict bleed

[bold pulsar]

ah

hm

47 times 10, is 470 attack. HOWEVER

high vel does 872 on armorbroken enemies

So its double lol almost

[dawn spire]

At level 20 fragmentation is 72% per round and high vel is 1430%

[bold pulsar]

Maybe it WOULD make sense to go high vel, and rely on herald, my ascendency and crystals to do the clear

yeah so I think high vel is better. Because even if I do hit all 10 pellets, its not as much as high vel

and I probably have enough group clear with herald, ascend and crystals + gas cloud

[dawn spire]

Assuming armor is broken

[bold pulsar]

Its a core part of the combo though

If I cant make my gas nade strip armor it wont work

[dawn spire]

Right, yeah I getchu

[bold pulsar]

I also use this

On the gas grenade that is

Ill bleeding try with high velocity. Fragment round is just so much fun. Shotgunning everything 😄

[dawn spire]

Ah yes, another support that shouldn't be able to work with gas grenade

[bold pulsar]

I forgot

[dawn spire]

Maybe because gas grenade can detonate and thus hit, it somehow works with all of those

[bold pulsar]

I also have this as aoe clear

[dawn spire]

And that works with gas grenade?

[bold pulsar]

So I have herald, crystals, ascend, gas cloud AND armor explosion

I believe so yeah

[hoary bolt]

How cooked do you guys think Supercharged Slam Chronomancer would be

takes an obscene amount of time to charge, so maybe time freeze?

or maybe just build really tanky on warrior or merc

[bold pulsar]

@dawn spire I just did the titan boss on cruel using high vel instead. Its working quite nicely actually

[static plinth]

Why is the hit DPS so much higher than the full DPS?

Oh wait its cuz of mana cost isnt it

no

[hoary bolt]

boss resist?

check the effective dps in the calcs

for the damage type

[hoary bolt]

toss the pob

i am pob wizard

[static plinth]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/ng4m08da

I tested adding like 100000 extra bolts but its not an ammo issue either

[hoary bolt]

im legit baffled

wtf is happening

[static plinth]

Well shit at least it aint just me

[hoary bolt]

it shows properly in calcs

[rich heath]

I dont know if this is the right place ,but anyone can link me a budget lich minions build ?

[hoary bolt]

btw you dont want the no consume bolt passive

it will hurt your fresh clip damage

[static plinth]

yeah i just noticed that

I also need to get higher fire rate i think, to actually empty my clip within 6 seconds

Also goddamn this skill scales well with level

[lime ember]

https://youtu.be/OTpMSlxdKrM

[dawn spire]

It full dps including reload time, but hit dps isn't?

[lime ember]

for anyone who wants information on flicker builds and all viable ascendancies

[hoary bolt]

yeah it has multiple scaling vectors built in

[static plinth]

Nope

(that makes reload time 0.01 seconds)

[oblique marlin]

anyone know Adorned works for jewels inserted in Tabula???

[dawn spire]

The adorned specifies jewel socket passive skills, so I'd wager no

[daring veldt]

Hey! How good is amazon poison gas arrow build? I was wondering how it will perform at high endgame like t15 and above

[patent shell]

is there any mechanic i can abus for having so much resistance ?

[timid magnet]

Which spear skill has the highest spread of projectiles without investing into Frenzy Charges? I'm trying to connect Caltrops to this to increase my clear for a Thorns build

[oblique marlin]

why it works with sekhema rings then

[wide herald]

Does anyone know if the Biting Frost support gem affects all projectiles from Freezing Salvo or just the first hit from Freezing Salvo? I assume it's only the first hit

[static plinth]

Just the first

[wide herald]

Shame :( Thank you!

[static plinth]

Has anyone tried the Bulwark keystone? Is it any good?

[patent shell]

i feel like my herald of ash blocks my overkill damage of the boots

[lucid swallow]

can someone explain like im 5 about the "damage from hits against bleeding targets contribute to chill magnitude" line?

[ember yacht]

Which variant is the better one to go for? I can't afford HH yet but sitting at like 6 divine. just hit maps.

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

or

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/fubgun-lightning-spear-amazon

[atomic halo]

normally only cold damage can contribute to chill magnitude

which effectively means normally only cold damage can chill

[coarse cypress]

Does getting increased defenses on shield help with increased damage per armour on shield?

[atomic halo]

no, it doesnt

it just looks at the number on the shield

[coarse cypress]

Sad

[atomic halo]

with the ring you can chill with any type of damage

[coarse cypress]

How about the chance to block?

[atomic halo]

% damage per chance to block doesnt look at the block on your shield

rather your total chance to block

so any global modifiers will be taken into account for that mod

[coarse cypress]

Ok that's awesome then

Ty

[lucid swallow]

so if i use a high dmg phys attack, it would only make the phys hit itself apply extra chill magnitude? effect of bleed magnitude would not also apply to the chill magnituderight

[atomic halo]

correct, correct

because only hits can inflict chill

and bleed is damage over time, not a hit

[lucid swallow]

ok thanks trying to make heatshiver and venopuncture work together with bleed concoction

[static plinth]

Would y'all take the Concentration branch or Sorcery Ward branch on Witchhunter?

[wide herald]

Is Execrate (gems have more ailment chance with an added cd) not working with Escape Shot a bug? Escape shot has no base cd as is

[dawn spire]

Because the game is jank and I'm learning that the tooltips and descriptions are sometimes just...

[fierce sluice]

with damage pools in this game, are all "increased damage" nodes and affixes put into the same additive pool? or do they scale with each other multiplicatively?

I know that "more" is always multiplicative

Like these are all additive into one pool correct?

I know that like attack speed would be a seperate pool though when it comes to damage because you do damage more frequently giving you multiplicatively higher dps

[sonic garnet]

if you put your build into path of building it should calculate the actual increase all those stats give you, you can also import your characters straight from poe 2 now aswell

[atomic halo]

yes

they are all the same stat, which is #% increased Damage

the other words, projectile, elemental, etc. are just qualifiers

attack speed is a separate pool because it is simply a different stat that does something different

[fierce sluice]

Awesome! Thank you

[coarse cypress]

Is there a way to reduce the distance travelled by stampede?

[crimson juniper]

I want my mercenary to go for an artillery ballista build. HCSSF, priority is the safest possible clear of campaign.

So the question is gemling for stronger ballistas or tactician for pin? It looks like gemling is more common but I didn't know if hardcore would change that.

Thanks for any help!

[dawn spire]

I've actually been pondering this today as well. Gemling can get loads of max res, but I'd say tactician definitely wins in terms of tankiness. Gemling is nuts for offense because he gets +14% quality (which is -0.28s attack time) AND +2 to level of the ballista which scales its base damage.

[crimson juniper]

Maybe tactician for tankiness early and pin to play safer, then a switch to gemling once you can hit max res and all the offense for maps? Which has the most useful first 4 ascension points?

[dawn spire]

gemling almost certainly has the better four

tactician's best defensive nodes don't really kick in until you get lots of evasion and armour

gemling gets 12% quality off the first ascension and +2 levels in act 3

[crimson juniper]

Ahh so maybe the opposite? Gemling for campaign strength, tactician in early maps for maximum CC, back to gemling when you can really stress the min maxing of damage instead of relying on CC

[dawn spire]

Yeah I have so little info that all I can go off is vibes for now. My hc instincts tell me that the pin and "stay light, use cover" nodes are going to make you incredibly beefy

though if either branch feels underwhelming, you can always go the 25% weapon damage to allies node

[dawn spire]

if you're still pondering and haven't made the toon yet, I also want to throw my hat in the ring for warbringer ripwire ballista totems 😛

ripwire is pure phys which means you can break armor with warbgringer, and then you also have the totem spirits and the 20% of damage taken from a totem before you

if negative armour break isn't too exciting, then you have the jade ability as another defensive option

the main issue is that I have no idea how good ripwire ballistas are as a purely offensive tool

plus side is that ripwire ballistae pin by default

fuck it I'm gonna try it, lmao

[unreal sierra]

for HC i can recommend smith for AB

very tanky

[hearty whale]

is it me, or is playing the sorc a pain?

I feel like she's underwhelming compared to Witch, Monk or Huntress

[dawn spire]

all classes can use all skills and gear, so if it feels like a pain it's likely because of the skills you're using, not the class

[patent shell]

Guys i plan to use blink for my weapon swap but idk if it feels clunky with swapping weapons and also idk if those cdr notes work for blink while blink weapon swap is not active ?

anybody has exp with that ?

[mint summit]

ok I have a cool volatility concept, how do I tank 170 volatility stacks tho

[manic kite]

so in my config i just put for pinpoint accuracy node. whatever i see in critical hit chance on the left?

[static plinth]

Barrow Dweller or die

Or like, theoretically get 17k energy shield? i guess?

[mint summit]

perfect

not going to do anything with it I guess but Emergency Reload + Martial Tempo + Rapid Shot lets you stack Volatility very fast pre-fight

[manic kite]

there is a big difference between more critical hit chance. and increased critical hit chance?

[static plinth]

Yes, increased is additive with itself, More is multiplicative with itself and increased

[frigid pawn]

If I take two of these in infernalist it bases it off the max health before the reservation for both right?

nvm it says it when you hover reservation

[flint cosmos]

Hi folks
What's currently the best minion build?
I'm about to start the new league fresh
Want to try a summoner this time

[crude pine]

the phys damage is pre-mitigation, you can stack armour or PDR. Also if you can smooth it out and make it a constant load, recoup should work

In practice I think you have to use Catharsis with any Volatility build

[mortal swift]

17000 dmg

if you stack armor you should be able to I suppose

[crude pine]

The worst part of volatility is A) having to tank a giant hit and B) having to wait 4 seconds for it to pop

Cartharsis in theory solves both of those

[mortal swift]

but you would rather tank a large hit because u get more gain

[crude pine]

I think if you add new partial stacks (eg from a Cartharsis proc) it refreshes duration with the higher stack count

Otherwise Cartharsis would be pointless

[mortal swift]

oh thats nice

[crude pine]

But because of "temporary" nerfs Volatility caps at 200 stacks, so I don't think you can get that much benefit from it compared to eg. solving gem level costs

[mortal swift]

200 gain is pretty good tho

the issue is that its too hard to gain volatility rn

too slow* rather

[crude pine]

I would say it's quite easy to gain volatility, it's quite hard to pay the costs relative to other sources of benefit

[mortal swift]

its like what, 15% on kill and 1 on crit? its too slow

[crude pine]

If you design a whole character around it you should get more than 200% damage gain

[mortal swift]

I tried it out on my BM, the costs arent even an issue the issue is just upkeep

[crude pine]

With giant's blood + volatile power you can offhand The Empty Roar and get 5 stacks 100% of the time you attack

[mortal swift]

lol thats an interesting way

I might actually do it

[crude pine]

Alternatively, every spell cast with Mana Tempest counts as empowered

If you use a zero cost spell (eg weapon spell) then the cost never goes up from 1% mana per second

(Empowering 0 cost spells worked last patch, they may have nerfed it now since the description says "mana-costing spells")

[mortal swift]

do you know if this rolls only its own hit or everything I do will roll

[crude pine]

Unless otherwise specified, all weapon mods are local

[atomic halo]

it says "rolls" which means it's something the weapon itself does

and if you hover the tooltip

it says "this weapon's hits..."

[mortal swift]

what about when paired with this

shouldve used this as the example I suppose

[atomic halo]

i dont think so, the thorns proc should be separate from the weapon's hit.

[supple jay]

do loyalty and last gasp work together

they should right

[uncut trout]

just got this

how does lightning spear build around it

[empty comet]

does anyone know if there is a way to filter for megalomaniacs with 3 allocations without specifically entering each one in a count filter?

[uncut trout]

at least, im under the impression tangletongue is really strong?

what kind of build goes off with it?

[empty comet]

Lightning Spear

and bleed spear

tangletongue is amazing

[uncut trout]

So what's the deal with the forking thing?

How does it work out to being so strong

[empty comet]

its like a lucky roll but better

[uncut trout]

also

would it be better for lightning spear than this

[uncut trout]

I can just try it out tbh

[atomic halo]

15-20% crit = super easy crit cap
forks crit hits = double damage if you have 100% crit chance

that's basically it

[uncut trout]

would it possbily be better than the other spear i posted tho?

[supple jay]

does skill effect duration affect damaging ailments

[atomic halo]

no

it needs to be something directly listed as an effect of the skill gem

anything else does not count as a skill effect

[atomic halo]

your current is very mid so probably

but for tangletongue to shine you need to do a few things

[uncut trout]

bro said im mid 💀

[atomic halo]

crit cap, cut overinvestment into crit chance if applicable

and get a lot of flat from sources like rings

[uncut trout]

so like that blue cluster you pointed out the other day

[atomic halo]

because tangletongue base flat is quite low

[uncut trout]

go for the jugular and that stuff

[atomic halo]

getting a lot of flat on rings and gloves is critical anyway

ideally get a crit or +1 socket corruption on tangle

[ember yacht]

Which variant of lightning spear is best? I've been following fubguns(know he quit) but someone just recommended crouching tuna's cold convert. Anyone tried both or have more info? II just need a build to reference and I'll mirror what they have.

current:
https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/fubgun-lightning-spear-amazon?widgets-state=eyJmN2Q4MjEwMi03ZTc3LTRhNDQtYWQyNC0zM2I2N2U4YWU3YmYiOnsiZmlsdGVycyI6eyJhY3RpdmVWYXJpYW50SWQiOiJiYTBlNjhlNi03ZjJiLTRhYzgtYjJjYS1lNWYwNDI4YTBhZWIifSwidHlwZW5hbWUiOiJOZ2ZEb2N1bWVudENtV2lkZ2V0Q29udGVudFZhcmlhbnRzVjEifX0

tuna's
https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/t3cce0i7

[uncut trout]

So just aim to get the crit chance on my attack info as close to 100 as possible?

Is the basic idea

[atomic halo]

yeah

critical is also critical

[uncut trout]

crit bonus?

[atomic halo]

do you need me to tell you that crit bonus is good with a weapon that doubles your crit bonus

[uncut trout]

im asking if you meant crit bonus when you said "critical is also critical"

because frankly

aside from being a pun that comes off as a weird way to phrase anything

[atomic halo]

i mean both crit chance and crit bonus

[uncut trout]

gotcha

[atomic halo]

you need crit chance to crit

you need crit bonus to deal good damage when you do crit

[uncut trout]

the way it was worded was weird to me but i got the point regardless

thanks

[uncut trout]

Would you guys go elemental infusion or critical strike with 3rd ascendancy? Also, would it make sense to forgo in for the kill and the other skill speed node to be able to get both going rn?

[static plinth]

Volt wouldnt be good on Rapid Shot right

Im assuming i walk 10m and it only applies to a single shot rather than a full clip

[lone citrus]

LS amazon here just got lycoside what socked and rune im i looking to put also will corrut it

[viscid dome]

What ever res you need, all res or chaos res. If you don't need any of that you can put attributes. But really depends what you're lacking

[uneven torrent]

so, it is totally possible that I am missing it, but are there passives that allow you to block when you wear a two hander? I cannot seem to find one. ..

Following a poeninja link someone sent me

[atomic halo]

can you link the link?

[uneven torrent]

https://poe2.ninja/builds/dawn/character/Crackulous-7496/Burnaby?i=45&search=class%3DWarbringer&timemachine=day-1

[atomic halo]

all the block is on a weapon swap

[uneven torrent]

trying to do totems, still getting my ish pushed in, working on getting life up but ZERO gear... is dropping for me lol

oh, so probably just set up the totem to cast only on my twohander with the totem skills?

[atomic halo]

the block just looks like a weapon swap yeah

[crude pine]

update: empowering 0 cost spells still works in mana tempest

[uneven torrent]

okay thanks.. I totally thought IWas missing a skill that let me block with a 2hander..

[narrow pelican]

Can anyone help with this. I play this build https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/fubgun-spear-deadeye?weaponSet=set1&widgets-state=eyJmN2Q4MjEwMi03ZTc3LTRhNDQtYWQyNC0zM2I2N2U4YWU3YmYiOnsiZmlsdGVycyI6eyJhY3RpdmVWYXJpYW50SWQiOiIxYTU4YzI2NS1lYWZjLTQ0NzgtOGFjMi1iNzcyMzYzOTVhYTYifSwidHlwZW5hbWUiOiJOZ2ZEb2N1bWVudENtV2lkZ2V0Q29udGVudFZhcmlhbnRzVjEifX0

But I have huntress and in this build the skills are from huntress but deadeye is from Ranger. So where is my mistake?

[magic pier]

Your mistake is starting as a huntress

Ranger starts on the same place in the passive tree

But the Deadeye ascendancy is quite literally perfect for the skills used here

Nothing stops a Ranger from using a spear, or a Huntress from using a bow, or a 2h hammer.

[polar wraith]

which venom draught for act 3 should i get

[karmic geyser]

usually the chaos res is the best, but if you are planning on getting Chaos Inoculation then get something else

thats for cruel

in normal act 3 get whatever

[supple jay]

how often do pinnacle bosses crit

[karmic geyser]

you can look up boss stats on poe2db.tw

arbiter has 5% for example

[supple jay]

what scales with tier

just hp/damage?

[karmic geyser]

that and ele res i believe

[zealous grove]

Can anybody explain me why i am getting nonstop knock off from roa? Its kinda annoying since I play ssf hc and its so deadly since its like 4 sec stun.

I was playing CI, with 13k energy shield (no talents for stun treshold from es) and I was running through mobs, taking hits and never got knocked off roa....

I switched out from CI. Playing now with 2k hp and 9k es, but getting nonstop knock off roa. Can anybody explain me why?:/ I might have to let roa go, even its so fun and fast but getting stun for 4 sec in altar is no go....

[hearty whale]

But you should be able to play the GAme without Meta skills mate.

[dawn spire]

I never said you had to use meta skills to play the game. What skill(s) felt bad on sorc?

[dawn spire]

As long as you're blinking while that set is active, the cdrr nodes will affect blink's cooldown

[dawn spire]

But also, you can literally use any skill on any class. My first build in 0.1 was a bow chronomancer and it kicked ass

[idle goblet]

I have the feeling 0.1 was waaay waaay more permissive with off meta builds/skills

[hearty whale]

well as a design choice
as a sorc, I shouldnt be staying close to the enemy to deal damage. Srocs are (imo) glasscanons from the backline, which isnt the case for sorc as for Spark i.e I need Lightning Bolt or Flame Wall to deal enough damage. For both however, I need to be close to the enemy which again puts me in danger since sorc dont have much hp and rather work with ES

Or I'm straight up garb

[hearty whale]

Waht is better in terms of Endgame clearing? Arc or Spark?

[static torrent]

You don't have to be staying close to the enemy if you want to be using Spells from afar. Lightning Bolt can be cast without any particular distance restriction, and if you want to use Flame Wall to empower Projectiles fired through it, it can be placed at any point between you and the enemy. Many other skills can be used at max range without issue - being Spells, they don't even have Accuracy, so there's no particular downside to doing so.

In short, it is perfectly viable to get by without using meta skills. Furthermore, ES can be stronger than Life in terms of total amount and recovery, thanks to all the %increased sources for it that are comparatively sparse for Life.

[dawn spire]

if you're feeling like spark isn't doing much from afar, I'd recommend supporting it with acceleration

[hearty whale]

currently using Orb of Storms. I dont like that i have to put 2 skills on the floor all the tame, which I did earlier with Flame Wall + Storms

In Boss Fights i even put Frost Bomb in addition to the others

[dawn spire]

you shouldn't need to use all three just to clear trash packs

[hearty whale]

I dont^^

Only use Spark + Storms

[dawn spire]

you said "all the time" so I thought that's what you were doing

is it faster to kill packs with orb + spark than casting spark more?

assuming you're scaling lightning damage on your weapons and tree, I don't see frost bomb doing more than another cast of spark

can you screenshot your weapon, tree, and list the supports on orb/spark/flamewall?

it sounds like there's damage missing from somewhere

[dawn spire]

is that pierce on spark?

get rid of that and replace it with acceleration

also your orb of storms and flame wall are underleveled

also not sure why you took the ES nodes in the beginning instead of spell damage but it's fine I guess

[hearty whale]

Dont want to die so often lol

ITs like what? 20 more dps?

[dawn spire]

life, resistance, and movement speed on gear >>> ES

at least during the campaign

also as long as you have enough int and dex to use your gear/gems, pump any extra attribute nodes into strength for more life

[dawn spire]

that's... pretty bad. only 12 life

[hearty whale]

Its level 16 😄

[dawn spire]

you sound like Elon

level is irrelevant

[hearty whale]

huh how is it irrelevant?

im level 18

how high can HP get on Gear at that level?

[dawn spire]

an item being high level does not, in any way, guarantee that it's a good item

[hearty whale]

No i know

[dawn spire]

higher (i)lvl merely raises the ceiling of how good an item can be. A level 2 chest piece with life and resistances trounces that chest ezpz

this is my level 14 chest I'm still wearing at level 25 because I've been lazy not found another chest with as much life

[hearty whale]

only other thing I have

[dawn spire]

that's miles better aside from the mediocre rune in it

slap in a resistance rune and you're golden

but you were asking about damage; What supports are on spark? I saw pierce (replace with acceleration), arcane tempo (good), and one other one

what's the third?

[hearty whale]

arcane tempo

[mortal swift]

is accuracy important in any way in late game

[dawn spire]

yeah, I saw that one, what's the other one? arcane surge you mean?

[hearty whale]

oh sorry missread. Its surge

[dawn spire]

if you're playing an attack build AND you're not using resolute technique, yes.

Especially if you're an amazon with the crit strikes node

[mortal swift]

what if I am dual two handed mace

[dawn spire]

I'm not a huge fan of arcane surge, personally. I'd try out controlled destruction if you feel your damage is still lacking after replacing pierce

[dawn spire]

are you a crit build?

[mortal swift]

crit thorns

[dawn spire]

thorns doesn't need accuracy, I'm pretty sure

[mortal swift]

but barbs support is on hit

[hearty whale]

hmm imma try destruction

[dawn spire]

then I'd check the accuracy of the skill barbs is supporting and see if you have 100% accuracy with it

[dawn spire]

and upgrade your orb of storms at the very least

I'd also recommend conduction support on orb of storms

[mortal swift]

generally whats an endgame amount?

[dawn spire]

I have no idea

I just get it until my accuracy says "u good bruh"

[hearty whale]

its on already ^^

which one would you rather wear?

[dawn spire]

rare gloves with life, but they're both pretty shite

[hearty whale]

should I focus on getting this one first?

[dawn spire]

it's pretty dang strong, imo, but idk what your build wants at the very moment. That will help a lot with clear, but there are better nodes for damage

[valid oak]

can i put electrocute support gem on tempset flurry?

[dawn spire]

yes, you can put it on anything that can do damage

[hollow bronze]

With spark, does lighting to attacks increase DPS?

[static torrent]

Spark isn't an Attack, so no. You can see the tags on the skill gem tooltip, under the name. Spark is a Spell.

[hollow bronze]

Ah yeah lol thanks keep forgetting that

[hard estuary]

Best supports for molten blast?

[mint summit]

Anyone making physical cbow work?

[dawn spire]

If you count ballistae, sure

[potent furnace]

Mind over Matter for hc?

[dawn spire]

If you want to, sure

Depends on the build

With how much they nerfed max mana, I think I'd only ever go MoM as a low life infernalist. It's on my list of builds to die

Try* but the Freudian slip is too funny to edit out

Halved mana recovery is brutal, but with EB it's still probably an insane way to get a high hp pool. Especially with the infernalist nodes

[mint summit]

Hmm I was on ballista but I swapped for phys damage armor break, maybe I should reincorporate them

Artillery is mostly fire tho

I don’t want to run a bunch of pen nodes when I’m doing only physical damage myself, and pinnacles all have 75% fire res

[dawn spire]

Yeah, armor break is pretty useless on artillery ballista. It would be ripwire

[mint summit]

Hmm I was never impressed with ripwire for raw damage but I haven’t really tested

[dawn spire]

I'm trying to make ripwire warbringer happen and I'll let you know how it feels. Almost done with act 2 and rake+stomp still beats everything by a mile

So I haven't tried going full ripwire yet

Ripwire has the same base damage as artillery ballista I thought

The main issue is that artillery ballista can hit bosses three times

[mint summit]

It fires in a spread so I think they don’t all hit?

[dawn spire]

Yeah, artillery is three shots that can overlap. Ripwire is five in a spread

[mint summit]

I decided I don’t like totems for clear, too much time setting stationary stuff when I want to move

maybe it’s worth keeping some just for bosses

[dawn spire]

Even just one totem with font of rage is pretty nice

[mint summit]

I’m using death articulated so that probably won’t help me

[dawn spire]

Part of me wants to try phys spear with warbringer and max block

[mortal swift]

if I have multiple resist charms do their effects stack?

like can I get 54%chaos res with 3 charms?

[austere reef]

Anyone know if %increased physical damage on a weapon only applies locally to the weapon or does it also apply to rings with flat added physical damage on them?

[mortal swift]

martial weps are always local

[austere reef]

Figured thanks

[mint summit]

Well yes it’s local, but wouldn’t the ring damage be added before any % increases are applied?

[mortal swift]

I think its like the wep dmg is added to attack as flat+% and ring dmg is also added to attack. So the % isnt interacting with ring dmg

[mint summit]

I think the point is the damage is added to an attack with that weapon so local modifiers apply

But the rings would add to eg a totem attack and the %phys on the weapon wouldn’t help there

Added happens before increased in the damage calc tho

[coarse cypress]

If I have more than 100% reduced effect on curses, do curses give me positive outcomes?

[hybrid ocean]

Tested this, sadly not

[coarse cypress]

Damn that would be so dope

[austere reef]

The way I understand it the weapons flat and increased physical damage are calculated as the base damage for an attack, then that attack is added to by the rings flat dmg modifier, then the %increase modifiers from the passive tree are applied

[mint summit]

Oh interesting

[carmine sorrel]

Please help!

As Ice Monk, which skill gem for example I should/can use for Elemental Invocation before level XI (Ball Lightning) ?

[merry basin]

Is it worth investing into 2 defensive stats or just one?
I.E. maxing energy shield, or ES and Evasion?

[digital axle]

hello, can someone explain? why searing flame doesnt work with infernal legion?

forgot to add that infernal legion works with wildfire

[prime plaza]

Temper weapon was not working for 1 week. I guess if the main skill of new ascedancy was not working and no one tested it so there is a lot of stuff that are not working at all or bugged so much

but it's not working due to - dealing fire dmg is not equal to ignite - and burning is not upgraded by "ignite" like more ignite dmg

it just deal fire damage per second and that damage is not an ignite

to increase dmg of it - increase life of a minion

but not sure.. a lot of stuff should work and it's not working or is described badly

try to report a bug on forum and check if someone from GGG take a hand on it

[digital axle]

i mean, wildfire works with inf legion. supports skill that hits, same as searing flame

[prime plaza]

so what's the issue

[digital axle]

both supports are same but one working and another isnt 😄

unless i dont understand tooltips

thats why im asking smart ppl who understand wording in skill tooltips. poe is harsh on wording.

[shy atlas]

Currently running LS deadeye and im wondering what the most effective way of increasing my DPS is?

I dont have the sacred flame yet so im using a normal malice sceptre with + spirit for my passives but im saving for it

understandably there ought to be other things i should upgrade first before purchasing the 40div sceptreright

[dawn spire]

Searing flame supports skills that hit. Infernal legion doesn't hit anything, it just deals damage over time

Oh, I see, you're asking why wildfire works.

While the other doesn't

The truth is that the tooltips are jank af right now. We have supports like corrosion working with gas grenade even though it doesn't hit. It seems like the "supports skills that hit" text is not very reliable for a lot of supports

What minion are you supporting with those support gems, btw?

Also, what do you mean that "Wildfire works but searing flame doesn't"? Like, searing flame can't be socketed? Or that it can be socketed but doesn't work? And does wildfire work while socketed? Ie, do the burns from infernal legion spread with wildfire?

[ember yacht]

Guys I still don't know where to go with my LS build, too many variants. halp.

I'm torn currently between fubguns, but I know he quit so no updates, or crouching_tuna's cold convert. or some random third I'm not even familiar with.

Amazon using tangletongue and ingenuity currently with lycosidae and beacon of azis but sitting on about 6-8 div to spare. anyone able to help guide me?

I've always enjoyed just finding a build and essentially mirroring it, so give me something to focus toward and I'll be set

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/fubgun-lightning-spear-amazon?widgets-state=eyJmN2Q4MjEwMi03ZTc3LTRhNDQtYWQyNC0zM2I2N2U4YWU3YmYiOnsiZmlsdGVycyI6eyJhY3RpdmVWYXJpYW50SWQiOiJiYTBlNjhlNi03ZjJiLTRhYzgtYjJjYS1lNWYwNDI4YTBhZWIifSwidHlwZW5hbWUiOiJOZ2ZEb2N1bWVudENtV2lkZ2V0Q29udGVudFZhcmlhbnRzVjEifX0

or

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/t3cce0i7

[shy atlas]

lycosidae was good early in the season before people developed the tangletongue build

you're better off purchasing the sacred flame sceptre for around 35-40div and replacing the lycosidae

[ember yacht]

get that before HH?

[shy atlas]

yes

you can run a cheap ingenuity before HH purchase

get a 2socket or pref a really good crit rolled TT

[ember yacht]

yeah I'll get a tt today that works. that's sort of my issue though fubgun's version isn't a tangletounge variant. uses a rare spear. I'm cool with TT but again I like to mirror a build so that's why I'm so stuck

[shy atlas]

fubgun's build is okay for what it is

I honestly switched over to deadeye off zon

and started looking at Ben_

frenzy charge generation is central to the build and zon has issues keeping them up consistently without substantial investment

[ember yacht]

eh I don't feel like rerolling I just made it to maps not long ago and don't wanna do the campaign again. I've already quit and gave away all my stuff once this league lol

but yeah I found a deadeye version that looked great. bleh

[shy atlas]

deadeye is the superior version

higher single target with wind serpent and higher AOE/faster clear/faster speed with her frenzy charge ascendancy passives

[ember yacht]

well. send me a build that I can mirror and I'll work on that lol

[shy atlas]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/ben-deadeye-lightning-spear

this is a HC character but its still trade league so you can emulate it

replace the sceptre with sacred flame though

iirc he doesnt have it bc its mega expensive in HC

[ember yacht]

I mean it's mega expensive to me in sc right now lol but alright yeah i'll try to mirror what he's got and work on sacred flame. already got the 3 uniques

[shy atlas]

build is great, i twoshot xesht 3 with a budget of 2.5div

you dont even need the sacred flame really

wind serpents does like 30million dps with 7 charges as default

[ember yacht]

any tips on things to not overlook? and yeah wind serpent is exactly why I wanted to swap cause that single target looks incredible

[shy atlas]

actually just ran the math again its like 1.5div total ispent

stack as much crit chance and crit dmg bonus as you can

its a lightning based build but you stack flat damage so no need for shock or lightning passives

[ember yacht]

got it. i'll reroll soon. thanks for the help.

[shy atlas]

np

oh and one other tip to save money

buy an ingeuity that has a really good roll on one ring slot and an okay roll on the other

[shy atlas]

that way you can devote one ring to pure damage/rarity and put that in highroll slot for the ingenuity

and the other to capping your res

[ember yacht]

so yeah 24 is low. I'll replace it, thanks

[shy atlas]

sell that and buy a 30-26 or 29-26 for like 35ex

might be cheaper now

[ember yacht]

sounds good, thanks!
If i have more questions later do you mind if I dm you?

[shy atlas]

ofc

[tight nebula]

Can someone with a +minion damage companion try Inspiring Ally

Does it add the minion damage% to the player?

[violet berry]

I want to try the demonform pragmatism infernalist build, is it good in endgame? can it boss ect?

nah ill stick with the strom minions

[strong swan]

Any tips for upgrading my damage? https://pobb.in/L6g6v_SCT5aF

[dusty lance]

very confused on the meaning of presence and what it does?

[woven depot]

doesn’t do much unless you have modifiers that relate to it

But base presence is a state of 4m around your character

So take Withering Presence as an example, it’ll apply wither to all enemies within 4m from your character, the ‘presence’ radius can be smaller or bigger depending on other modifiers from stuff like uniques and jewels

[edgy hamlet]

I see a build using 2 ice shot. How do you equip 2 of the same gem on an Amazon

[static torrent]

Just cut another copy of the gem with an Uncut Skill Gem. If it doesn't let you, go into the options and disable Gemcutting Restrictions, or unequip the first skill gem, cut another, then equip the first one again.

[frail crystal]

somehow i really hate builds that use a sceptre offhand for extra spirit

it looks so.. not classy

[austere reef]

then dont use it 🙂

[dawn spire]

if I have 75% block chance, do my shockwave totems gain 75% increased damage as a result of the "1% increased damage per 1% chance to block" node?

or do they gain 0% because they have 0% block chance on their own?

[craggy ice]

I have trouble bossing using twister with +4 to difficulty and t15 +185% waystone chance. would lightning spear be any better?

I got oneshot by the hyena boss's first attack

with 5000 ES and 79% evasion

[oblique marlin]

so folks for Beira's build do we need chaos damage or fire damage on rings for this build? what it must be?

[dawn spire]

beira's doesn't do anything with chaos, so I assume you're also using blackflame?

If you're igniting and using blackflame then, like all conversion in poe2, the damage modifiers that match the final output are the only ones that matter. It doesn't remember or count any modifiers to types that it used to be

[oblique marlin]

ok so %chaos if using blackflame, and if not then %fire?

[cinder apex]

Would tangle tongue fork crit on thorns and does cast on crit affect Thorn crit?

[dawn spire]

I don't think thorns crits would build energy because cast on crit requires you to crit with a skill

[dawn spire]

and tangletongue only forks crits with that weapon, so no crit fork for thorns

[cinder apex]

Oh oka wasn't sure because tangle tongue I believe crits on hit and technically thorns hit so wasn't sure
Yeah just read it again and says forks critical hits

[atomic halo]

read the full tooltip of "forks critical hits"

hint: it says "hits with this weapon"

[cinder apex]

Ohhh

Thank you

[cinder apex]

Thank you, at work so not on game for tool tip

[atomic halo]

you can also see tooltips on poe2db

under modifiers -> keywords

[uncut trout]

What supports would you guys suggest for elemental infusion?

It doesn't show up when I look at support gems so I can't even see the recommended

[lone citrus]

#which youtuber has best LS amazon build is it Fungun or Jungroan

[twilit jackal]

hello, just a question, why does wearing boots make me lose dmg? cant figure out the problem

[crude pine]

I'm pretty sure this is how it works:

• Ignite damage is 20% of the fire damage of the original hit dealt as fire damage per second. The ignite itself does not directly scale with % increased fire damage, only the original hit size (which it does scale from indirectly).
• Blackflame just switches out the damage dealt term to chaos damage instead, the ailment magnitude still scales with the fire damage of the hit.

As a result you always want to do % fire to make the original hit bigger

If they wanted the hit damage source to change they would explicitly say so, like they did on Bringer of Flame, The Three Dragons, Blood Barbs, etc. (ie "contributes to ignite magnitude")

[strong swan]

Any idea how to improve damage?

[crude pine]

The real benefit of Blackflame in a build is lower base enemy resistance and getting access to other chaos damage scaling, like Wither

[rich bolt]

Voltaxic rift poison build looking at a pathfinder build using the new bow, seems cool with the ability to put 2 lightning runes on it and get almost 600 base chaos damage possible. How does conversion and gain extra damage work could I run both lightning infusion and chaos infusion on my skill for essentially %60 more hit damage?

[uncut trout]

Is penetrate on Amazon worth taking?

[rose shell]

Is there any reliant way to stay on low life ? . The unique belt cowards legacy vaaled only triggers at ~ 92% . so are there any ways to permanentl remove the remaining 8% or reserve it somehow?

[crude pine]

Infernalist reserves life on ascendancy

[ornate anvil]

What counts as consume for effects like Shard scavenger?

[mortal swift]

whats a good map clear among mace skills?
and is there a way to scale it not off of attack
like I know S Charge scales on shields base armor

[static plinth]

Only Infernalist or Lich

[cinder apex]

Would thorns proc choir of the storm?

[mortal swift]

should

yes

[digital axle]

thank you again for answering question 😄
some supports are janky as hell, thats true. infernal legion ignite doesnt have duration, it only ignites when enemy is close to minion. when minion or enemy breaks infernal legion range, enemy will stop getting ignited instantly. but with wildfire, that initial ignite from inf legion will spread and next ignites will have duration. using spectre as base, https://poe2db.tw/us/Vile_Vulture to be exact. with searing flame it was hard test, put it in and see damage 2x increase since you cant add any ignite modifiers on minions and it was only way to add almost 2x ignite boost. tooltip on poe 2 in skill menu didnt show ant ignite multipliers, only hit damage decreased. sorry for bad explanation

[oblique marlin]

hmm interesting, need to test

[oblique marlin]

and Beira's damage scaling ONLY with life, and nothing else? fire damage, may be it can crit?

[crude pine]

I think it should still scale with fire damage, those kind of items act like a "hit" except the "hit" does no damage, only applies ignite

[crude pine]

there is no base crit so I wouldn't expect it to be able to crit

it's not a spell either so I wouldn't expect blood mage base spell crit to apply

[dawn spire]

My guess is just tooltip jank. What stats are on the boots?

[dawn spire]

It should also scale with ignite magnitude, faster burns, and technically duration if you're not reapplying the ignite before it wears off

[full urchin]

is this passive bait? With it my block chance is capped. Without it im at 44% block

[glossy warren]

Is increased damage with weapons such as “increased damage with one handed weapons” only apply to attacks or with spells as long as ur wielding a that weapon

[steady breach]

its basically "44% chance to take no dmg" or "75% chance to take half dmg"

[steady breach]

if its "dmg with x" then you need to use that x to deal dmg, so with 1h weapons means its for attacks with 1h weapons

if the wording is "dmg while using a 1h weapon" then it increases dmg of anything as long as you have 1h weapon

[fluid geode]

its meant for unique shields like chernobog where ppl need it to have high block chance for extra dmg as fire but the base block is too low since its a unique that dont roll it.

No point getting it if you are using a rare shield, unless your shield is fully maxed out armour on all 3 prefix for damage with shield skill and you still want block on it.

[oblique marlin]

i dont think Blackflame changing also Beira's damage to chaos too
so with blackflame you only converting ignite damage to chaos, but 500% life hit from charm still will be fire, isnt it?

[dawn spire]

the charm doesn't hit, it ignites as though hitting

[oblique marlin]

ok so Flat fire damage will not work for it either

[dawn spire]

correct, I don't think it's possible to add flat fire to anything except attacks anyway

[mortal swift]

how do u get max block chance?

[open brook]

Is rearm support good on spearfield? i heard there was a delay that doesnt work when spamming

[snow storm]

is there a way to improve uptime of Barbs? possible without getting hit, self-harm maybe?

[mortal swift]

unfort retaliate needs to happen and self harm doesnt do that afaics

I was wishing volatility would give it to me

[snow storm]

that is unfortunate indeed

[mortal swift]

need to find a self harm that is a "hit"

[glossy warren]

Ok that makes sense ty

[snow storm]

cant find one in poe2db
hope i missed it if there is one

[dawn spire]

are you asking how to raise your max block chance above 75%, or how to reach the max block value?

[mortal swift]

The first

[dawn spire]

the anvil is the only source I know of (unique amulet)

there might be some jewel mods that can do that, but I'm not sure

[harsh halo]

what are good, noob friendly, budget builds this league other than Javazon? my buddy wants to play something that isn't requiring big investment, his goal is to clear t15 with moderate juice nothing crazy

[mighty drum]

anyone running Concot on rake? Is only viable option for mapping then becomes not using rake?

[mortal swift]

does this not work?

[steady breach]

why is that 132 str to begin with? you using giants blood ?

my guess would be that there is something wrong cos the dex requirement isnt a native thing to the weapon base

but its a property of that unique

if thats intended no clue, might be worth a bug report

[quartz cairn]

I'm pretty undecided between what skills for Merc I want to use, and ascendancy as well. I'd really like to do Tactician but would I be gimping myself by picking that over WH if I'm not going Ballista build?

Or are pin nodes and spirit nodes as good as witch hunter's stuff regardless of build?

[oblique marlin]

so folks best second ring for Beira's build its life + %chaos damage + str and all attr for even more Life?

[dawn spire]

The ascendancies are so different and cater toward so many different builds. It really depends on what you want out of it.

If you're unsure of what ascendancy but you're locked into mercenary, then I'd try to figure out what the core of your build is. What are the things that are set in stone that you absolutely want to do with that build? Then we go from there and pick skills, supports, ascendancy, etc, that all work toward supporting and enhancing that core

[dawn spire]

Apologies, I was very wrong when I said you want chaos damage with blackflame. After the ignite is inflicted it no longer scales with any of your damage modifiers. So increased chaos damage is useless for the ignite damage with blackflame

[dawn spire]

I'd offer my advice but all you've said is you want to play merc with no other ideas about what you're after. Even something as simple as, "I want to be tanky and shock things" is a start

[quartz cairn]

Well, I want to try the Ballista builds and Tactician but if I want to switch around to something else, would Tactician be fine generally?

Like is it pretty pigeonholed into doing totems or Ballista or is it good for general whatever as well

Or is witch hunter strictly better for trying things out

[dawn spire]

You can change ascendancy now (it's a pain, but it's doable). And it depends on what you want out of the ballistae. Personally I think in terms of offense it's gemling > tactician > witchhunter.

Gemling getting 14% quality and +2 levels on artillery ballista is kinda cracked

Tactician is generally safer/tankier tho. Pin is insane and gets decent damage once you have a great crossbow to add damage

Or you can forgo damage for the stay light use cover branch for bonkers defense. Or trade the pin branch for that same branch for a more reliable, but weaker, defensive layer

A lot of this is a matter of how the build feels to play more than an objectively correct choice

[quartz cairn]

Might be the wrong place, but to respec ascendancy one has to do a trial without any ascendancy nodes taken right? Like, 4 room sekhemas

And okay that helps a lot thank you

[dawn spire]

You don't have to do the trial with no points, you need to click the altar with no points.

You can refund passives at the npcs in the last room of the trials now (next to altar)

So as long as you have enough gold to respec your points, you can do the trial with all your points allocated, refund, then click the altar

[quartz cairn]

Ah, gotcha. Do I then have to run more trials to regain ascendancy points?

[dawn spire]

Nope, you get all the points that trial would normally grant

If you have six points allocated and you run a 3-floor sekhema and respec, you get a new ascendancy class and six ascendancy points

[zealous bison]

Has anyone tested to see if crit damage soul cores are better or worse then accuracy runes if your running amazon?

[dawn spire]

But as soon as you gain more ascendancy points, you must use that tier of trial to respec. Ie, once you get your 7th and 8th points you can only ever respec with a tier 4 trial

[dawn spire]

I would imagine it depends on how much accuracy and crit damage you already have

And crit chance. Once you reach 100% crit and 100% chance to hit, accuracy does nothing

[static plinth]

Anvil and there's a shield corruption

I think thats it

[gentle veldt]

what happen if I use a curse when I am equipped with beacon of asis? My damage still increases?

[dawn spire]

If the question you're asking is,
"If I wear beacon of azis and curse an enemy to bring their resistance below zero, will my crits do more damage than if they weren't cursed?"

Then the answer is no. Your crits ignore their resistances entirely (ie, treat them as 0%) whether they're positive or negative.

But if you mean your question literally, then as long as your crit chance is not 100%, you will do more damage on average since non-crits are still affected by resistances

[mortal swift]

yes giants blood

[mortal swift]

I figure its because its explicit req and that doesnt get converted or somn. I was hoping I could convert and I'd have just enough dex to wield it.

[steady breach]

yeah as i wrote, my guess is its cos the dex requirement is from the unique item stat, not the wepaon base

[mortal swift]

meaning my future plans of mjolnir is also down the drain

[steady breach]

i woudl make a bug report, not sure if its a bug, but it might be

but devs need to know to look at it

[austere thistle]

I guess there is no way to convert elemental damage taken to fire damage?

[plain oracle]

What is the highest dps build known right now? For boss and clearing

[static plinth]

Infernalist, Altered Flesh

[oblique marlin]

okay i see. so then Tenebrous rings must have, only 1 prefix needed (life)

[neat iron]

Can rare monsters have more than one aura for tame beast?

[uncut trout]

Is going from 42 percent block chance to 59 worth taking 10 percent damage on blocked hits?

Block is just a backup to evasion in this case

[mortal swift]

As long as you can sustain the DMG you take and also not get stunned from the DMG it should be ok

[opal ridge]

You definitely need block and armor my guy

[dawn spire]

Yes, on average you'd be taking about 22% less damage from strikes and projectiles, including the 10% of blocked damage taken

[unreal sierra]

evasion + block are very strong so probably worth

getting hit a bit

[uncut trout]

In playing huntress with a shield, not warrior

@dawn spire @mortal swift thanks guys!

[true nimbus]

Would the Pure Chaos node near CI on the tree increase the damage of my Essence Drain since it is a Chaos DOT and not being converted from a different damage type?

[static plinth]

It would only affect the hit component of ED, DoTs cant benefit from gain as extra

[edgy dust]

Dumb question but i just completed first atlas quest and got 2 points....i went into the atlas tree...i cant spend anything and i dont see points anywhere?

[honest river]

Does anyone know if you count as your own ally? For example for Sacred Flame?

or for sceptre socked for that matter

[static plinth]

No

[honest river]

alright, so unless playing minions imma prolly socket the spirit on that thing

thanks

[uncut trout]

You used the book it gave you and all that?

And you got the icon at the bottom of the screen?

[edgy dust]

figured out what happned, the game just bugged out. So i used the item and said i had no points, dory had a quest over his head i went and talked to him and then it put the item back in my inventory so i used it again and THEN i had my points

[uncut trout]

Gotcha, good to hear

[edgy dust]

thnk u for the responce though!

[gentle veldt]

thanks, that was my question

[dawn spire]

What weapon does Shockwave totem use? I want to know if it benefits from mace, 1h, and/or 2h weapon nodes

[gentle veldt]

if my cold skill has more damage in flame I should use fire curse, right? haha

[dawn spire]

Curses only care about the final damage type you deal, correct

More accurately, enemy resistances only care about the final type you deal

[uncut trout]

So I hear storm lance for single target damage is a thing. Does that work well next to lightning spear or does one step on the others toes too much?

[hollow galleon]

can u enhance spirit modifier on amulet?

[plain oracle]

On Act 2, no idea how to do single target damage with lightning spear huntress lol, any advice?

[atomic halo]

not by quality, no

[idle laurel]

how does monk perform in this league?

[idle laurel]

i mainly used explosive spear and storm lance

[fervent void]

Any Witch builds that aren’t Chaos/Essence Drain/Dark Effigy related that can complete all pinnacle content? Getting a little bored of this DoT playstyle

[austere reef]

so which one is it

[spice girder]

is there a list of all the t0 uniques?

[plain oracle]

my storm lance just does 0 dmg idk why

[idle laurel]

you should have a look at the guide from wudijo on maxroll for the right gems to use on the skills

also you should always throw 1x explosive spear and after that a storm lance

[plain oracle]

does this look right? im only lvl 22

no ascention yet

my lightning spear clears boards but boss dam is insufferable

[idle laurel]

i would switch overabundance and put in expedite instead

[idle laurel]

and I dont think lightning spear is that good without spectral volley and volt

[manic kite]

is this saying you get like 9% critical hit chance as a buff? or its just for the hand of chayula attack/

[supple jay]

use snipers mark + barrage + storm lance for single target

getting 133 int for cast on crit is super worth it
but can be kinda difficult
I have to use three +10 int runes

[plain oracle]

is first ascention huge dps increase?

i have a 90 lich but it only does like 150k dps but looking at these huntress doing 2 mill seems just wildd

[supple jay]

the crit/accuracy nodes depend on how good your weapon is/how much accuracy u have
Idk if infusion or crit is better to take first

maybe infusion

[ember yacht]

for the deadeye variant of LS, specifically ben_'s if that matters, what runes should I put in my tangletongue? Accuracy?

doesn't say specifically here I don't think, didn't see it. could be blind.
https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/ben-deadeye-lightning-spear

[supple jay]

you'd only put accuracy runes in an amazon build

[uncut trout]

So like, use barrage, throw the two storm lances and use snipers mark repeatedly as it goes?

Or is snipers mark on cast on crit?

[ember yacht]

okay so what for deadeye?

[supple jay]

I guess flat 1-30 lightning?

I've never used a low flat unique before

[ember yacht]

you GUESS?! holler at yaboiz and let's get some more input

[supple jay]

😔

[north surge]

Fubguns version has flat lightning rune so assume its the same

[supple jay]

snipers mark on cast on crit and just use barrage off cooldown
or if no coc, just rotate snipers mark > barrage > storm lance

[ember yacht]

thanks!

[north surge]

for you to compare the builds i figure theryre more or less the same... https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/4d750e45-e58a-44e3-bddc-40d48587b4f1/builds/89887dd8-3fcd-484b-85ad-5ef693995474

[uncut trout]

And use the associated damage skills on storm lance, I assume

If they're not being taken up by lightning spear

Of course I'm still able to keep attacking separate to lightning spear to it's really just gravy tbh

[supple jay]

storm lance and lightning spear use different support gems

[ember yacht]

Crit damage bonus is also an option (dunno the cost) mines' 16.96% crit and 23 int so if crit damage was expensive i'd get a higher cirt before. so light damage is probably the bet, just had to check

cause you know, I wanna be the best. like no one ever was

[north surge]

you could pob it

[supple jay]

storm lance gets more damage supports, spear gets volt/frenzy charge supports and accuracy for amazon, more dmg for deadeye

storm lance you're usually attacking pretty close to the boss so u dont need accuracy much

[supple jay]

crit multi is pretty plentiful on the tree, flat is rare and only on equipment, I'd assume the flat is better

[uncut trout]

So what are the best supports for storm lance, do you think? Also now that I think on it, I'm using primal strikes as my single target, so I can drop that and use some of the gems from that for storm lance maybe

[supple jay]

but yeah just pob it

[supple jay]

I just realized since you're using deadeye, you can just use wind serpents fury for single target

wait are u deadeye or amazon

[north surge]

deadeye is all around better for spear - donthave to fuck arround with accuracy rating on all your gear either

[supple jay]

for amazon storm lance I use blindside, primal armament, lightning infusion, overextend, deliberation

[supple jay]

accuracy on gear isnt really important for amazon
accuracy on weapon gives so much flat damage

like a 1 div spear for amazon gives as much as a mirror tier spear for any other class

prolly exaggerating but it feels like that

[uncut trout]

Oh I'm not using deadeye, I'm amazon

[supple jay]

is that nergigante as your pfp

monhun peak

[uncut trout]

Yee

Fav elder dragon

BTW, since you mentioned it

The accuracy rating referenced on penetrate

For amazon

That's the accuracy from an affix

Not overall accuracy rating?

Cuz I was confused by that

[supple jay]

yeah local accuracy on weapon not global acc

[uncut trout]

Okay thanks

Considering how high accuracy can roll that's actually a lot

Just need to get a spear with accuracy

Is accuracy a prefix or a suffix?

[supple jay]

prefix

also I'm pretty sure %increased phys on weapon doesnt affect added flat from accuracy

i should just pob that but im lazy

[uncut trout]

So it doesn't double dip on the nodes, is what you mean

Wait

No the other node is crit chance not damage

[supple jay]

the critical strike node is just based on your chance to hit a target

[uncut trout]

Yeah true, not accuracy. But accuracy does make it better

[supple jay]

so your global acc compared to targets evasion

[uncut trout]

So what did you mean by this is what I mean to ask

Okay wait

You're talking about the phys modifier

That tons of melee weps have

So that doesn't double up with the damage added by accuracy, got it

[supple jay]

yeah I dont think that modifies flat from accuracy

idk

[uncut trout]

Gotcha, was kinda wondering that too

[novel cove]

Hey guys, does Behead support work with culling strike? I'm culling rare/unique mobs with my skill that has Behead, but I don't believe I'm getting their buff. At least the buff that says I have it is not appearing.

But sometimes I do, so I'm wondering if maybe the times I do it is because the last hit was enough to kill them, then the times I don't it is the cull going off.

[patent shell]

guys is herald of ash rly that bad ? what if u got alot of overkill damage ? + the herald 30% more dmg gem ?

[idle goblet]

For a BL/LW sorc should I consider the switch from stormweaver to chrono ? What does chrono offer compared to arcane surge/double shock ?

[brazen granite]

question: if i have +% physical dmg, does "gain % as chaos" include the physical addition? or is it just off the base?

[oblique marlin]

i want to try to make Beira's build with Ritualist but idk if possible, no self ignite options...

[crude pine]

Fireflower perhaps, but probably scuffed with how ailment threshold works

[woeful schooner]

Anyone got a mercenary build that they'd recommend?

[supple jay]

yeah I think incinerate + fireflower is your best bet

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/c66fbca2-6929-4511-a935-6c25fe5617cf/builds/785430ac-9c8d-480a-9c68-bea2e5342be3

oof this is chrono not ritualist

but maybe could do ritualist with recoup

[oblique marlin]

yeah ppl in the channel said fireflower hits never self ignite, idk if its true

[supple jay]

for beira you want to scale max hp so it becomes even harder to get ignited

[dawn spire]

Yeah infernalist is the only way I can think of

[mortal swift]

go CI mom ;)

guaranteed ignite

[uncut trout]

What's he highest accuracy rating yall have seen on a spear?

[wraith fox]

Ive wondered for a while if warriors can do more dmg with avatar of the sun fire conversion

Like does avatar of the suns fire conversion get boosted by weapon elemental dmg % increase

and if you get 2 really good fire dmg rings with added fire dmg on them and gloves and a super high phys with fire damage as well

[humble wave]

is this + Acrobatics a good combo?

[wraith fox]

if that is more dmg than a normal phys warrior

[atomic halo]

only real reason to go aof with warrior is for better ignites

[wraith fox]

i keep calling it avatar of the sun bro why

But yeah that makes sense

But dont you think the fire conversion + fire pen and dmg jewels with rings and gloves could do more dmg

or is the 75% dmg conversion too low

[atomic halo]

pen doesnt do anything but get you back to where you would have been without the convert

[wraith fox]

fire pen does nothing?

[atomic halo]

what i mean is

if you just deal phys that's effectively 0% phys resistance

the best you can get with fire pen is go to down to 0% fire resistance

which is exactly the same as if you had just gone phys

i know they have armour but that's relatively inconsequential with big hits

the pen is not an upside

it's a downside

because now you need to worry about it to get the same damage as before

[wraith fox]

i feel scammazed

[atomic halo]

aof is mostly for ignites with pure phys skills like hammer and rolling slam

[wraith fox]

thought i had a good build idea

[atomic halo]

you deal 25% less hit damage but bigger ignites

it's a legit play for that

you can also not use pen

and use stuff like exposure + curses etc. to get to negative res

which in that case is actually an upside

but it takes investment, int if you want curses, and isnt as consistent

[wraith fox]

because im using this jewel right now which i thought would be insane for it (im still standard phys dmg)

and i got this too

[atomic halo]

besides the fact that that's a mid jewel to start with

[wraith fox]

😭

[atomic halo]

it's not any better than something that just says 14% atk dmg and damage with maces

or atk damage and area damage, etc. etc.

[atomic halo]

so against a rare with 40% res you go from dealing 60% of the damage you did to 70%

and

you will just lose the 25% you dont convert

which is a straight 25% less damage penalty for full phys skills

[wraith fox]

well the additional fire and elemental dmg makes me do more dmg with fire infusion than the rage consume support on my HotG

[atomic halo]

that's because fire infusion is a good support

[manic kite]

any good builds out there that utilize astramentis?

[wraith fox]

yeah thats true, but its a 25% dmg increase instead of a 35% one in rageforged

so the jewel boosts is past the 10% difference

in this case

atleast if i calculated it properly

the difference was only like 3k dmg

Well thank you for clarifying the difference

gonna stick to phys still then

too poor to diverge my build anyways

[atomic halo]

that is almost impossible to believe, with what you've given

there is no way on god's green earth that an extra 19% inc. damage makes up for 10% difference in more damage

[wraith fox]

well i just did the dmg x 1.35 vs what fire infusion changed on the tooltip

[atomic halo]

of course, this is probably because you have other bonuses for ele/fire dmg that werent mentioned

[wraith fox]

uh let me check

The only other thing is another jewel with a random 10% fire pen modifier on it

only other non phys damage i have is on my rings and gloves, some random added fire dmg

[dawn spire]

I can almost promise you this will not work, but it's the only possible spaghettified idea I could cook up.

Shackles of the wretched for curse reflect
Any curse supported by cursed ground and burning inscription.

If the game is truly as early access as it seems, there's a world where it reflects the curse and it also reflects the burning ground back at you.

Disclaimer: This is a pipe dream and almost certainly will not work.

[atomic halo]

again pen is never a damage increase over dealing phys in the first place

[wraith fox]

i took the main hand total dmg highest end and multiplied it by 1.35, the 35% increase on rageforged. vs what the tooltip said when i put in fire infusion instead

ok wait now the calculator shows a different number

wtf

nah im so confused

you were right

[trim moss]

anyone have any suggestions for a build for first time poe2 hardcore? Looking for something relatively chill and decent for fresh start

[polar wraith]

should i go blood mage or amazon for a spear bleed build

[dawn spire]

what metric(s) are you using to decide?

[polar wraith]

Wdym

Im kinda new so idrk the terms for stuff

[trim moss]

anyone know why a lot of the high level invoker primal strike builds also have storm lance? example: https://poe2.ninja/builds/dawnhc/character/q100614977-4855/大武僧三世?i=2&search=skills%3DPrimal%2BStrikes%26class%3DInvoker

[crude pine]

True, but now every white mob lightly breathing on you will apply an ailment as well

[manic kite]

does that blood hunt blood mage build work on ritualist?

[crude pine]

Note that exposure applies before pen. Because of pen cap at 0 this can create awkward build situations

[atomic halo]

u dont need to explain to me, im the one who answers questions

[crude pine]

yeah, just mentioning for others

eg. a pure hit build with penetration and without curses has no point in investing in exposure, it will do nothing (unless you can get a probably impossible amount of increased exposure effect)

if the mob has 50% resistance, you have 50% pen, and you apply exposure, it will do nothing for hits because the mob will first be exposed down to 30% res, then 50% pen will apply and cap at 0% still

[fluid geode]

It does. And it helps

[wraith fox]

yeah but i got told its bad still

or negligable

at best

[fluid geode]

Once you go AOF, aside from physical damage scaling with elemental dmg stuff. flat lightning and cold also get converted into fire damage and scale with fire damage. For warriors, mace have the biggest flat damage on weapon and maces that can give you 139% per 2h mace so 278% if you dual wield, support gem, 25% primal armament 25% elemental focus, which originally only boost your elemental dmg by 25%, which is a portion of your damage, now boost your whole damage since its all fire, and fire infusion also boost it all. Now with the sceptre or chernobog its even better now when they give so much % damage gain as fire, even more than the 60% u can get from legacy max corrupted atd on 12 notable. In normal circumstances if you run conductivity for lightning it only helps with a portion of your damage since its only partly lightning, but with flammability and you doing pure fire dmg and solar orb with strip away and fire exposure it helps with all your damage, instead of partially, since once you min max you will add all the lightning cold etc damage on gloves and ring.

[fluid geode]

Those people probably dont min max aof, or fire damage, and tbh no one really does aside from me maybe. I did a meme build recently. Spear throw with tangletongue with avatar of fire. If i take off avatar of fire my spear throw dps drop from 20m to 17m btw, on pob

[supple jay]

what does quality do on wands and sceptres now?

last league im pretty sure quality on sceptres increased the spirit but not anymore

[atomic halo]

quality of skill granted

[supple jay]

ok

yeah I didnt know that cuz its not reflected in my skill menu

i dont see any quality on malice

[atomic halo]

yeah i think that that's bugged

[manic kite]

Why doesn’t the blood mage use howa if it needs flat dmg

[patent shell]

is it true that skillspeed can reduce also these mods ?

[atomic halo]

no

hover over the tooltip

it explicitly says it cannot

[tender narwhal]

anyone got a good smith of kitava build that isnt leap slam and bone shatter xD

[craggy lava]

Does hexblast no longer work with blasphemy?

[narrow summit]

for smith of kitava should I be running hoi or hoa?

[mint summit]

Correct, they thought it was too cool and sexy so they took it away 😔

[craggy lava]

Well shit. I really enjoyed that.

Now I have a half baked bloodmage with no end goal in mind

[craggy lava]

Can damage over time crit?

[fluid geode]

Both works. Depends on what you like. Ice works great with polc ring, most people use it with stampede. I would say ash work better with leapslam boneshatter etc. at the end game fire is better, since ice dont really help with most content, its mainly for better mapping.

[narrow summit]

ok im in act 2 and struggling with dps, any tips?

[fluid geode]

Alot of leap slam boneshatter video and guides. Thats the most common build people run. You can watch those. If you are all early into the game you should be worried about hoi or hoa. People only use hoi when mapping. Without any heralds campaign is clearable.

[atomic halo]

no

only hits

[craggy lava]

Tragic news

[fluid geode]

Technically skills that bleed and ignite benefits if the base hit crit, so you can work in that direction.

[mortal swift]

Do u care tho? You can get the unique frozen charm and the stun charm and survive well enough

[crude pine]

No, but indirectly yes:

• Ignite is 20% of the fire damage of the hit that caused it
• So if the hit is 2x bigger fire damage, the associated ignite will be 2x bigger
• If you don't have 100% chance to ignite, the chance to ignite is 1% per 4% of enemy elemental threshold dealt.
• So if the hit is 2x bigger fire damage, the chance to ignite will be (roughly) 2x more

[hoary bolt]

hehehehhe

[ornate anvil]

Anyone knows how ailment magnitude calculates?

Like, i understand that ailments are based on the hit damage, i want to understand when 15% increased projectile damage is better than 10% ailment magnitude

[chilly trellis]

Question, does hulking form affect the +8 stat nodes?

[supple jay]

is increased monsters or increased pack size better on the atlas tree

[mortal swift]

guys, give me self harm sources

[mortal swift]

usually ailment mag will be better since increased dmg sources are additive and u already get a ton in your build so ailment mag will be multiplicative for ailment application

[mortal swift]

btw new volatility stacks dont reset timer

so dumb

[crude pine]

RIP

[mortal swift]

are any of these affected by avatar of fire you suppose

[crude pine]

decaying hex probably, the rest I'm not sure if they count as damage coming "from you" if that makes sense

[mortal swift]

I was hoping AoF will ignite using volatility

my dreams are dashed

[crude pine]

It's worth checking

[mortal swift]

I did

[crude pine]

o rip

If that worked, scold's bridle would be more consistent anyway

No 4s waiting period

[mortal swift]

can use catharsis with ember fusilade

its instant

[mortal swift]

can reach about 35 volatility stacks relaibly tho, so its some nice dmg

only issue now is I need a bit more hp hahaha

I need 2500 hp to be safe

[crude pine]

catharsis is just 5% of phys as a random element (not necessarily fire so 1/3rd chance). It's very possible that with 75% fire res you take less than 1 damage which of course will not ignite

[mortal swift]

huh

[crude pine]

oh

[mortal swift]

catharsis is this

[crude pine]

you meant the skill gem right

I was thinking of Catalysis

[mortal swift]

nah

[mortal swift]

because there is this scanario where I have 19 stacks, need 1 more hit for triggering, and then the trigger uses all 24 stacks and I die XD

but if I have enough hp its very safe

[hallow anvil]

as sorceress, if i have pierce on my staffs main attack, does that take damage away from the attack?

[gusty barn]

any idea what this actually does?

multiple hits make ignite bigger?

[jovial blade]

is it possible to roll high tier affixes to low level items using divs?

For example I have low level ring with all the stats I need, is it worth to use divs on it?

[crude pine]

By default ignite base per second damage is 20% of fire damage dealt with a hit. This changes it to instead 20% of all damage dealt with a hit

If you are already doing all fire damage, this will do nothing. If you are doing another type (eg cold) it will now let you ignite with that damage

[royal ore]

icy fire

[mortal swift]

yes cold actually best because high base crit

[royal ore]

!

im runing frost skele + storm skele

[frosty finch]

Hello guys what happens if i use both wildfire and cracklecreep ring ?

[sacred pelican]

Does the leech life on spears work for Essentia Sanguis+Mystic Harvest combo or does the leech have to be on the ring?

[oblique marlin]

hmm ok i will test, ty

[halcyon perch]

Does the Lich's Unholy Might aura affect on death effects from spectres? Like the blood cretin's blood pool or the bloater guys explosion or maybe infernal legion?

[mortal swift]

btw https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1357831739258572861/1365235414553596005/Untitled_video_-_Made_with_Clipchamp_15.mp4?ex=680c920f&is=680b408f&hm=c87194ad81228717545ac2ceed40b6a5f90224467225d0185d408be3b504484f&

[ember nexus]

Anyone here playing lich?

[gusty barn]

Most misleading text in the game

Thx

[mortal swift]

how it means exactly what it says

[gusty barn]

All damage ignites would be simpler and mean the same thing

[mortal swift]

no, that wont mean that

all damage ignites means any damage will ignite regardless of ignite chance

[gusty barn]

It's still misleading because it sounds like all hits stack ignite DMG higher when it does not

[mortal swift]

where does it read that lol. Literally if you hover over "contributes" it even explains it more

[gusty barn]

I'm not the only one confused about the wording I had to come to this channel to get a straight answer. You're not being helpful btw

[mortal swift]

I am trying to help. I'm saying you should read the contributes highlight to understand what contributes means in the game

[cloud token]

I want an ice ranger build and I have been doing fine, but I only use Ice Shot and Freezing Salvo..

I like the lightning ranger because of the proc lightning rod, but there's nothing like that for ice shot

[dawn spire]

ice crystals and frost bomb synergize well. Maybe put one/both of those in a cast on freeze setup

[low glacier]

Does anyone know if Killing Palm "primes" enemies and if I could possibly use Neural Overload with it?

[valid oak]

should i go armor ev or es for mercenary?

[cloud token]

I see.. but I'd have to remove one of my current passive...

Right now I use the Rhoa mount, Wind Dancer and Herald of Ice

I have 140 total spirit, with 20 left

[dawn spire]

in the campaign I wouldn't prioritize any of them. Life and resistances are king.

When you're making your full build, it depends. It might be kinda hard to get to good ES nodes from merc, but it's doable. And could be worth if you find other strong nodes you want nearby.

Also depends on what skills you're using, what ascendancy you want to go, etc

[dawn spire]

I've never used rhoa mount, but as a hc player it seems like a one-way ticket to standard

you could also manually cast frost wall and hypothermia (maybe with a weapon swap to a staff and cast speed nodes)

I found a weapon swap for cast/skill speed and curse nodes to be very strong on most builds

[cloud token]

I use it for the extra movement speed while using my bow skills, I hate slowing down to use them, and it's very easy to get stuck in the middle or using a skill lol

[dawn spire]

and if you're near the top of the tree, you could also weapon swap the nodes for lower ice crystal life

the problem is that weapon swapping to a staff would disable rhoa mount

[cloud token]

I like to have the ability to move freely while I attack lol

[dawn spire]

so you could do a weapon swap to another rhoa-friendly weapon and not have as much cast speed/damage for the ice wall

or you could do frost bomb + hypothermia for your swap and spec into reduced duration and curse nodes

and maybe exposure effect nodes

if you want something that might work better with bows, you could weapon swap into shock nodes and use stormcaller arrow to boost your damage

[carmine sorrel]

How to make waves after hit on Ice Monk with Ice Blade? Which supp gem I need?

[unreal sierra]

you mean charged staff? cant think of other wave thing

[craggy lava]

So I'm currently level 43, 2/4 ascendancy trials done.

I'm running a chaos/crit blood mage again. I was planning on using the build I made for the last league, but that was bricked by the changes to hexblast.

Since I have to respec a bit, how would essence drain or chaos bolt slot in as replacements for hexblast as my main dps

[craggy lava]

Oh, I'm also running both Eldrich Battery and MoM.

Damage dealing spell has the lifetap support gem so my mana is now my energy shield and my life is functionally my mana

[pale hatch]

@dawn spire

[dawn spire]

What curses are you running? And are you using blasphemy for both?

[pale hatch]

Blasphemy for temporal chains, Despair manually.

[dawn spire]

Manual despair with whispers of doom is wild

But if it works it works

I assume it has decaying hex on it and you're using dark effigy?

[pale hatch]

Yup.

I also had Corpsewade drop in campaign XD

Using that too for even more dots

[dawn spire]

Personally I'd drop the red cluster and take the wither effect node

[mortal swift]

do u guys know if this is affected by skill effect duration and if so how does the cooldown work? Is the cooldown only after effect ends?

or if I get 100% skill effect duration can I have permanent uptime

[dawn spire]

Or:

1. Drop blasphemy
2. Drop whispers of doom
3. Manual cast despair
4. Get a weapon swap going for curse nodes. All chaos damage goes into set 1, all curse nodes go into set 2. Should free up a ton of points and spirit

[dawn spire]

Skill effect duration has no effect on that. It's not a skill effect, it's a buff

(not to say that they're mutually exclusive)

[mortal swift]

dam

[pale hatch]

I kinda don't want to drop temporal chains. As far as I can tell it stacks with apex of moment ascension (multiplicatively), so even bosses are slowed by a lot. It also causes debuffs on them expire slower fwiw.

[dawn spire]

Multiplicative scaling with slows is actually worse than additive scaling, fun fact.

[mortal swift]

if its for bosses just self cast it

[mortal swift]

not anymore because of additive stacking of all other slows no?