2┃build-planning

[inland plinth]

to be fair then that could mean they didnt add anything for life

[native surge]

There’s no way

[bright agate]

there is no point in following guides for now

[native surge]

🤣 🤣

[inland plinth]

Do the ballista skills still have the "totem" tag on the skill gem

[ripe finch]

oh ok sry didnt know

[inland plinth]

that will be what makes them or breaks them

[stuck grotto]

For the sake of every life enjoyer . Please Bro

[inland plinth]

Hey man I didn't make the tree im just the messanger LOL

[stuck grotto]

I know I'm just saying

[surreal saddle]

sooo im cooked cus idk anything abt this game

ggs

[stuck grotto]

There's no way they buff Deadeye but bomb life for the 309th time

No Fucking Way

There has to be something

[inland plinth]

Hey guys, Fubgun here

[bright agate]

eh not really

[north talon]

SW of the tree is hated. Get used to it

[thorny inlet]

what starters seem genuinely solid

[native surge]

Ggg hates warrior

[native surge]

Deadeye, witch

Merc

[stuck grotto]

They won't have any excuse when Marauder gets added

[bright agate]

early game is easy you just tkae nodes you need for dmg and some res thats enough

[native surge]

Amazon

Monk

[thorny inlet]

what flavor witch. bm i assume

[inland plinth]

When they add a new class to the warrior side then they will add life nodes

[native surge]

All three tbh

[bright agate]

everything beside warrior

[native surge]

Bm for casting, Infernalist for ignite or minions lich for defense or minions

[unreal zinc]

Hey, what class do you recommend I use to build something with spectres?

[surreal saddle]

should I just use a bow build then till stuff is figured out? seems like the fastest clear early imo? or am I wrong

[native surge]

Witch

[inland plinth]

you arent wrong

[thorny inlet]

i didnt like the contagion totem build on lich. idk if theres a diff one. im looking at bm but idk what id even do w her

[thin relic]

oh shizzle master rizzle i have no build, havent read patch notes and skipped last league so what is a man to do

[native surge]

Probably Infernalist

[stuck grotto]

GGG's Mindset :
Add life nodes ❌
Buff evasion ✅
Make both evasion and energy shield more viable for specific builds (Hollow Palm) ✅

[inland plinth]

can do campaign with bow then switch later to avoid crazy prices

[stone glade]

deadeye hollow palm brrrrrrrrr

[unreal zinc]

And what ascendancy?

[stone glade]

[native surge]

Bm is more of a late game ascendancy tbf

[surreal saddle]

same boat lmao

[bright agate]

you can its safe option

[native surge]

This depends on the exact spectre but Infernalist is a safe choice

[thin relic]

oh right hollow palm is a thing, im assuming monk is the way to go with that?

[inland plinth]

If you want to play dex and avoid high weapon prices just play hollow palm and dont use a weapon bahaha

[native surge]

If I go spectres this league it’s gonna be rasp scavengers with Infernalist from campaign to maps

Easy shotgunning, easy fire dmg

Act 2 spectres

[inland plinth]

if you want to dodge hollow palm gear prices use an actual staff and problem solved

[vast acorn]

which skill for BM for campaign? Spark?

[native surge]

Poison and non poison variant

[bright agate]

now i realize how fucking expensive dex stacking going to be this league

[pale niche]

The fact that Siphon Elements comes out already dead it's insane

[native surge]

Sadly I won’t be able to help much there 🙁

Spark looks good though

[inland plinth]

most people start their witch ed contagion

[native surge]

Yeah edc makes sense for a caster super solid

[vast acorn]

it's time boys!!

[cedar rover]

my queue is not moving D:

[vast acorn]

same

[inland plinth]

its over boys q never moved see you next league

[bright agate]

queue broke :c

[snow finch]

restarted my game now i'm in

[cedar rover]

its moving now! 😄

[rancid fulcrum]

its movin now

[bright agate]

now :3

[inland plinth]

im in let it begin

[rancid fulcrum]

I have no idea what to play uh oh

Goin in blind

[cedar rover]

same

[round escarp]

Do you recommend i league start safe

or be risky

[strange ivy]

im following ziggyDs merc build, hopefully its good :E

[mighty anvil]

Pathfinder incinerate to explosive flask hollow palm

[bright agate]

what do you mean bey risky ?

[cinder tangle]

Link

[rancid fulcrum]

I mostly played merc already, kinda want to run warrior but merc is fun

[round escarp]

Indigon Incinerate Lich with backup for minions. Or Bleed bow

[cinder tangle]

Anyone know what zizaran is playing

[strange ivy]

its on maxroll 🙂

[round escarp]

Bleed bow i know is cracked

I thought about doing sorc but sorc was too risky

[winged rain]

That looks like fun potential

[surreal saddle]

mb last question, lowkey just tell me, should I choose sorc or merc rn

[tidal birch]

What is the best acendency for crossbow?

[scarlet rover]

arriving now, how its deadeye, shit or fire?

[signal badge]

Where can I see the skill tree?

[signal badge]

I need to see ascendancies. 🫨

[azure wyvern]

https://poe2db.tw/us/passive-skill-tree/

what the?

[winged rain]

Looks like it's a support gem now. Eternal flame 3

[near jewel]

xd - totem shockwave kileld 🙁

by by my nbuild

[severe hollow]

Tried Rapid Shot on my last league character, didn't think it would be that bad but holy moly. Unless im missing something why nuke a skill that was never meta to begin with?

[azure wyvern]

gg

ancestral spirits don't work

they aren't being summoned

[signal badge]

Actual bs that I can't see the ascendancies before I go play?

[signal badge]

I mean, yeah, poe2db has them, but not to an acceptable level of quality.
Edit: nvm, no it doesn't
No skill tree on their website?
Nothing in-game?

[gray ether]

what's a good site to lookup builds?

[steel river]

is it a bad idea to follow live build guides? for the season

as its just begun

[barren nacelle]

Did they change the concotion skills in any way ? are they more viable now ?

[azure wyvern]

lul

ancestral totems levels don't matter

dmg isn't being increased at all

only elemental resists

[proven rapids]

[azure wyvern]

do I know see something?

[native surge]

XD

[azure wyvern]

so after lvl 20 it is maxed

yet mana cost rises

[supple osprey]

Hi, what classes seem strong for new season

[unreal zinc]

I know there has been changes to lots of things. I have a 75+ Invoker with changer staff and ice strike, all that... should I do any drastic changes? Is there any build out there?

[noble light]

Tbf we never used them for damage

At least I don’t recall any builds that used them for damage

I mean besides the buffs obviously

Also looks like totem count is the same as pre 0.3 for Warbringer

One of the +1s got removed

From the tree

But we get the ascendancy thing so sucks it’s not one more total but it means nothing changes which is fine

Watchtower looks HOT

[azure wyvern]

what the

artillery

reduced range

[noble light]

7 points vs 9 for the previous +1 node

So honestly kinda a gain

Recoup totem damage taken for us and 2% damage vuln per totem near enemies

And for 7 points only

[near jewel]

guys, totem warbringer still okk without 1 toem or better ballista totems now?

[azure wyvern]

what was the name of the new totem?

[noble light]

OHHH prism guard is also free for us

Honestly insanely worth buff imo

Yeah no Warbringer hasn’t changed like at all

You just take watchtowers over the previous +1 node

Pretty untouched

Grab some armor applies to elemental hits

Should be noticeably more tanky

[teal sail]

Any interesting builds to try this season? I cant play and look yet

[noble light]

Then even before

[azure wyvern]

idk why there are only ballista passives

[noble light]

?

Where?

[scarlet rover]

do martial tempo dont exist now?

[mortal glen]

Thanks for finding that, thankfully the node wasn't fully loaded on Poe ninja at the time but it is still the same in game. Might try stacking them, but the dream of permafrost ignites and Crits is still alive

[teal dock]

New skill tree up?

[modest ingot]

Should I use target cursor or target ground?

[azure wyvern]

mortar sucks

it threws grenades outside of the map

when map has gaps it throws them there

[modest ingot]

Why does my character keep attacking an enemy instead of where my cursor is if I hold down my mouse button? Is there anyway to change this?

[azure wyvern]

OKEY, this is huge for mortar totems

it works on them

[near jewel]

and totems lost /totems with shield/ the vcool node that gives dmg per block chance

xd

[raven coyote]

guys im tired of using lightning rod, at what point can i just use lightning arrow to clear or is it better to just switch to lightning spear for leveling

[rugged sand]

AGH my guide has all the old gem names lmfao

impossible to follow

[scarlet rover]

same same

[rugged sand]

theres no hinder or withering presence lmfao

[craggy ice]

ok so what do I skill into for monk? I've never played monk

do I need to use bow and lightning arrow?

never mind

[static plinth]

All of them are different. None are viable as main skill

All except maybe explosive are good tho

So Wind Serpent's Fury is now clear viable huh

Just need to figure out upkeep on bosses

[willow crow]

best 0.3 builds to go for? idk what class to pick

[near jewel]

guys, for totems, warbringer, with shield, we also lost 75% damage from damage per block - so do u think totems still okk?

[carmine flicker]

Am I right that fortifying cry is 100% broken?

[dusky wadi]

would physical damage monk be any good? i dont really know what ascendancy to go for it

[desert edge]

anyone know how Hollow Palm scale ? I dont see details while in game and poe2db does not have anything either

[lunar surge]

Gem level

[desert edge]

i know that lol

im asking details

like whats the gain at lvl 1

and 20

[static plinth]

Is there any way to get something like Vaal Pact from 1, where you have both instant and capped over time leech?

[near jewel]

ballistas on atctician any good?

[dusky wadi]

which class ascendancy would be good for using physical damage spear or quarterstaff skills? i was thinking deadeye or amazon but i dunno

[nova ginkgo]

hello everyone. does anyone know if Scattershot became Multishot?

[uncut minnow]

is radiant grief no longer igniting

[sand juniper]

blood mage whats the best skills to use while leveling?

[radiant saffron]

Yo, I'm late and didn't see the tree. What dex/half dex archetype is looking strong?

[outer zinc]

Chat, Help me choose between the Monk and Warrior and Sorceress 😄

[warm swift]

hi guys any good monk build out there for the new patch?

or minion maybe

[agile salmon]

does flameblast still have 15 sec cooldown?

[worn jasper]

Does anyone have a good build for a Warrior that actual bonks and hits shit rather than relying on Corrupting Cry or fire damage

[raven crown]

anyone know if hollow palm is any good?

[shell isle]

looks like its just ok not crazy

[jovial gorge]

bro they removed travel from rake..there goes my whole build lmao

anyone know if this is fixable or what you can even play on warrior

[mental grail]

Did light spear get nerfed for .3

Or at some point?

[tidal birch]

yes

[mental grail]

What did they nerf?

[hollow agate]

is ravenous swarm good for a first spirit gem skill?

[rose rapids]

I am away from home over the weekend. Is there any build planer website that is already updated and mobile friendly?

[warm swift]

can u guys rec sorcerer build?

[round escarp]

how slow is minions in the endgame?

[bright agate]

i think one of the slowest playstyle in the game but safest

if you use shield ofc

[ebon plover]

my spark cast speed isnt getting faster when taking cast speed nodes

[round escarp]

so if i want to zoom and clear fast i shouldnt minion

[ebon plover]

it isnt going under 0.70 and i have added 30% more cast speed nodes since then

[latent sinew]

If you use a skill like Bonestorm with power charges how does it work with something like Lich Price of Power (consume a Power Charge if able to deal 40% more damage)

[hallow meadow]

Amazon or Monk guys ?

[stuck grotto]

How's the synergy with Forge Hammer and Supercharged Slam

[bright agate]

yes

[bright agate]

what kind of abbilty are you using ?

[burnt kiln]

I haven’t played since launch first league. Can you still get a temporalis and become an auto bomber god?

Or does the extra cool down for blink not allow this

[minor tree]

I'm so torn on what to play

Currently I'm leaning on warcry warbringer due to the new skills

However tactician sounds really interesting too and I'm curious about unarmed and sorceress with the new infusions

[unreal lake]

Is Scattershot Support renamed or am I just missing it?

[bright agate]

what about cool down ?

[ebon plover]

spark doesnt have cd

[bright agate]

give me a sec

[bright agate]

do you feel any difference ?

with 30% more cast speed

also you checking this

[ebon plover]

no, it feels ass

[woven otter]

Did they say how many new unique items?

[bright agate]

or this

[ebon plover]

i didnt see anything about change to spark cast speed bs

[bright agate]

50

[woven otter]

Any one mine them yet? Nothing on poe2db

[round escarp]

they bodied snipe

it now deals cold dmg

[bright agate]

click this arrow next too your dps

[eternal wind]

eternal youth
zealot oath
If I use them both, then:
-ES will regenerate using (life regeneration)
-Life will recharge using (ES recharge value + ES delay)
?

[split acorn]

hi im new to poe2, want to play bloodmage and start with the upcoming update. Is there sth like a guide how to build a decent blood mage?

[trail cliff]

so is VFoS a bait build with this update?

[atomic halo]

#1┃build-planning

[teal sail]

I played a chaos spread witch last season - I wanna try something with more setup and BIG payoffs, hopefully with solid mobility. Any tips on what I should look into?

[azure wyvern]

any new uniques?

[bright agate]

deadeye

or monk

[surreal saddle]

errmm what supp gem do I put on herald of thunder now

didnt realize innervate cant go on it no more lol

[teal sail]

gunna try unarmed monk, ty

[brazen parcel]

What is looking good this league

Trying to find a league start

[rare sinew]

ya just noticed no withering, what's the deal with that? lol

nm needs spirit gem

[novel mountain]

Just got home and wondering the same thing

[alpine basin]

Anyone playing slam warrior for league start? If so, how is it feeling? ||🤞please say it’s good i really wanna league start warrior||

[surreal saddle]

is there a supp gem called primal? someone told me to use it but ion see it lol

[rocky flint]

Anyone using arc or spark ?

[burnt kiln]

Google captainlance9

[wise sequoia]

IS PoB updated? (Im not home)

[woeful sparrow]

Im looking for a melee build that freezes enemies and uses skeleton brutes, any advice?

[wise sequoia]

I Guess you Will have to theorycraft that yourself Buddy

🤣

If its a for fun build It Will most likely work with anything you come by, if you are aiming for pinacle boss farming idk

[sterile thistle]

Hello, does anyone know if once you get Hollow Palm, does Wind Dancer work? will unarmed be considered martial weapon?

[kindred burrow]

use a monk there is node to increase spell damage while melee weapons and its closer to sorcerer node or smith of kitava as he has minions nodes

[teal sail]

Can I be a cold focused hollow-palm or am I screwing myself?

[woeful sparrow]

Thank you. Im not a monk or caster fan. What minion nodes does Smith have? Is tactican a contender? It has minion stuff but its far away from the passive nodes

[woeful sparrow]

I heard its good in 0.2 but idk 🤷‍♂️ if that's true it still vaild

[teal sail]

wait was unarmed in .2?

[kindred burrow]

tactician have more totams nodes ( i am not sure about this so please check) but smith have one in his ascendency that is minions buff and an extra minion that is living weapon also if you search the left side of the tree its minions related which is closer to warrior and also there is a unique hammer that is related to minions and you can buff your minions useing war cries

[zealous bluff]

should we still wait for warrior builds?

[carmine flicker]

are concotion builds dead effectively now?

[grand grove]

are there any guide available for unarmed mnk? quite new to the game

[shy ermine]

Whats looking better rn bloodmage or deadeye?

[ruby turret]

is there anyway i can see the new ascendancy changes on the ascendancies since the db doesn’t seem to be updated yet and PoB will take a bit?

trying to decide between inkover vs deadeye with the mark node change but

i need to see the ascendancies rather than read the changes on a patch note

[summer flint]

anyone know how can i conver my SSF back to normal? i just noticed im SSF

Nvm found it

[obsidian nimbus]

starting late, anything seem strong right out the gate?

[carmine flicker]

what would be the best way to hit as many times per second as possible, damage doesn't matter?

[nimble hound]

best ballista class?

[bright agate]

lich deadeye blood mage

[bright agate]

merc

[nimble hound]

not Warbringer?

so Tactician?

[obsidian nimbus]

any recs on bloodmage skill

[bright agate]

arc

[obsidian nimbus]

thats what i wanted to hear lmao

[obsidian nimbus]

can i trouble you with 1 more thing 👀 any guide you would recommend for that?

[bright agate]

you can try him too

[bright agate]

right now not really

no one make one yet

bec we dont get new tree untile new league start

[obsidian nimbus]

yeye i mean like

you know ppl putting out tentative youtube guides to start out kinda deal

[bright agate]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ADpINqt6V4 this might work

[obsidian nimbus]

my hero ty

[honest storm]

im leveling up a very unique build called deadeye lightning arrow, but curious how some other builds are feeling. Anyone find something that feels really cool and potent?

[karmic cedar]

Spark with all the new infusion stuff feels pretty good, the infusion mechanic is fun and satisfying

[bright agate]

well you can go spear lightning or poison or anything even quaterstuff

[honest storm]

interesting!

ty

[lyric plank]

spark needs like 6 button setup holy

[halcyon solar]

why is my Gem Tab looking like this instead of the "normal" way?

[solid sphinx]

does quarterstaff passives affect u when u are going hollow palm?

[bright agate]

what do you mean ?

[jagged pawn]

so um... i just found out that if you curse an enemy with Contagion etc., kill it, then use Unearth to bring minions out from the corpse, those minions will be corrupted and will spread the corruption.... please tell me this is intended lol

[solid sphinx]

on the passive tree there are nodes that are for quarterstaves, if u grab hollow palm keystone and go unarmed, will those quarterstave passives on the passive tree no longer affect u?

[bright agate]

probably

[jagged pawn]

it's absolutely incredible, the whole screen is constantly purple lol

[bright agate]

i dont think so but we will see

[bright agate]

i know right i love my lich

[nimble hound]

So what build for Gemlng?

seems trash

[somber tinsel]

Thinking of making a bleed Merc

Passive tree has good support for it?

[bright agate]

you can try flicker or lighting bow or spear or anything bow and melee related

[lyric plank]

this is the passive on the new wand

[blissful stratus]

Am I right in thinking that grenade skills dont generally benefit from attack speed? only CDR?

[somber tinsel]

Question, is the bleed keystone passive actually worth it?

Doesn't seem like it to me

[azure wyvern]

any new uniques?

[summer flint]

how come i cant find scattershot or martial tempo from Uncut support Gem?

[dusky wadi]

is spell cascade worth it on bone cage?

[teal sluice]

first time trying merc there was no guides cuz no tree until now, what do i pick up for good campaign?

[dusky wadi]

scatter shot is called multishot now

[bright agate]

Yea

[bright agate]

If you have bleed specific build

[true sphinx]

Does poison from minion attacks count as "your poison"? For purposes of nodes that increase the number of poisons you can apply and such

[atomic halo]

no

your minions are not you

[true sphinx]

I thought so

[bright agate]

Witch Hunter is safe option

[teal sluice]

i meant more just in general what to focus on tree early

like grenades

or other stuff

life or mana regen or recharge or whatatever

[true sphinx]

I wanted to goof around with Ravenous Swarm, but... I'm not really sure how it's supposed to work

[drifting cedar]

how does evasion work against monster spell casts? do monsters have accuracy for spells now?

[bright agate]

Grenades are decent

[fallow tulip]

is anyone else trying Forge Hammer?

I can't decide on what ascendancy I want to pick

Titan gets the slam nodes

but I was wondering if warbringer fits it best

[bright agate]

Kitava is in rough spot safe option is warbringer titan kinda safe too but a little less for me

[dusky wadi]

hey @atomic halo is spell cascade worth on bone cage?

[atomic halo]

figure for yourself

[dusky wadi]

ill try it but i dont think bone cage has enough aoe

[soft lake]

I vaguely remember Spell Echo and Pin feeling good on it, but I've not used it since 0.1

[dusky wadi]

spell echo probs but not cascade, also it has pin on it already

[chilly frigate]

did they remove arcane tempo?

[dusky wadi]

does crit chance add to spell critchance?

[static plinth]

Yes but its bad

If they spread a max contagion they'd be solid but they just spread it as if you just cast it

[jagged pawn]

But any of them dying amplifies it. I dig it.

Also I'm not sure that's true. These guys are dying really fast heh.

[tropic onyx]

tips for a shattering concoction build? i thought they would add unarmed damage nodes for the new hollow palm techniques but i was wrong and now idk what to build or if it will work

[static plinth]

I mean i might be wrong but thats what i found doing testing

[gaunt ether]

sunder still makes you sit in place

ggg likes no mace skills to be fun

[serene minnow]

is using bonestorm for the impale stacks a buff to minion attacks ? they consume the stacks, never understood impale

[topaz talon]

How do I generate power charges early to use charged staff?

[snow bear]

is there a PoB for poe2 yet?

[gaunt ether]

been one for awhile yeah

[thorny inlet]

what classes are yall having fun w?

[wet kestrel]

Frost archer deadeye. Utilizing ice fragments is surprisingly fun

[thorny inlet]

i was looking at that

it seems like it would have an easy time in the acts

[candid hollow]

if I summon a bunch of totems, then switch to a tree that doesn't have this allocated, I don't get anything right?

[wet kestrel]

Takes a bit to get going. Till you unlock freezing salvo. But once you get that, lvl 14 I believe it is great for the acts yeah. Blows up anything instantly.

[thorny inlet]

i havent gotten to the point yet, but im going infernalist minion. since frost mage gives everyone armor and reaver warcry blows it up, im going to try to use unearth to get a ton of bone crawlers then pop the cry and ideally explode everything

thats the going gameplan

[wet kestrel]

sounds like a fun idea 😄

[dusky wadi]

is sorceress actually intresting now?

[thorny inlet]

she was before imo, but she got more mechanics

[dusky wadi]

fireball getting put down to a lvl 3 gem is a massive W

[stark kettle]

I'm brand new to the game and am thinking about doing Sorc. The Multi-elemental firestorm and Snap detonating all the elemental ailments seems like it could be goofy and fun, but I don't even know where to start

[thorny inlet]

every build will have a learning curve, just try to get acquainted w the game. in the passive tree you can focus search nodes. you can also play and wait then respec into a build guide later

[dusky wadi]

damn people are getting really toxic to new players, im not a new player but if you ask a question in global they just yell at you lol

[idle frigate]

Assuming you have 100%+ reduced magnitude of an ailment, can you still be inflicted of said ailment but be unaffected?

[candid hollow]

yes

[fast wind]

New ice spike spell is busted for bossing

[thorny inlet]

thats crazy

its a free weekend and massive update

there are going to be new players and questions

i think ppl are annoyed bc they didnt get the tree early so they are figuring stuff out and being impatient

[willow crow]

Is this a good build to follow? https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/tempest-flurry-invoker-leveling-guide

And if Hollow Palm is good i could switch to that late game

[thorny crater]

just woke up, which builds were bait?

[true sphinx]

Does Blackflame only apply to spells that innately have the 'fire' tag?

[dusky wadi]

is there no way to reduce the timer on frostbomb now?

[red compass]

how does mercenary feels now?

[true sphinx]

Second question... Apparently Living Bomb does not work with Blackflame? Anyone hazard a guess why, is it just a GGG fuckup?

Or was that misinformation and it does actually work

[thin vessel]

This worth minion bros?

[grave iron]

To have more spirit , do we want more reduced reservation efficiency or less ? 🙂

Any new spectres database ?

[storm inlet]

How are builds looking? Anything strong came out yet?

[uncut knot]

does infernal cry work on range

[pearl sluice]

I kinda wanna use the spear as a main weapon, is there any build that caters toward that?

[pearl sluice]

Deadeye seems to be the meta

[uncut knot]

on crossbow

yea theres plenty of spear builds. ls was the meta as ranged lightning spear, and rake for physical

[round junco]

I'm messing around with ravenous swarm and it seems pretty inconsistent for what stats work for it.

MINION aoe and MINION duration don't work.
Global AoE on the tree does.

I went to test the duration nodes for minions, and it's also not affecting unearth bone constructs? Then what the heck is minion duration applying to?

[pearl sluice]

Whats ls?

[uncut knot]

lightning spear

[pearl sluice]

Oh what class does that pair well with?

[uncut knot]

huntress amazon, ranger deadeye

[pearl sluice]

Deadeye spear user lol

[candid fiber]

i just seen a clip of chaos fireball blood mage. Is that something that is gonna be painful for me to build as a brand new player and someone who has never playeed POE?

[topaz ibex]

How does the physical damage provided by Hollow palm technique calculate? like a flat number per level that you can scale?

or some weird spaghetti code

[last bolt]

Does anyone know what happened to the chaining effect from called shot that was in the patch notes? It's not in the actual new passive.

[vale mesa]

hows mortars, guys?

[celest oxide]

Sooooo Witch Hunter or Tactician?

[thorny inlet]

the amount of clickbait builds is ridiculous

[dire cave]

it do be a big patch tho

wait mortar cannon is a meta skill?

[last bolt]

Anyone??

[wet kestrel]

The Called Shots Notable Passive Skill no longer lets you apply an additional Mark. Instead it causes your projectiles to chain to marked enemies, and grants the new Called Shots Meta Skill that repeatedly marks enemies near you, bypassing your Mark limit.

you mean this?

[last bolt]

Yeah

It doesn't actually chain

[serene hearth]

Anyone running ice focused deadeye? Ya liking it?

[wet kestrel]

I am finding it a lot of fun

[last bolt]

Also finding that a lot of the gems I wanted to use are no longer in the game but that wasn't mentioned in the patch notes ???

[tight sluice]

If I want to play non greanade xbow, should i go for deadeye or for merc? Is merc even viable without weapon swap?

[abstract mountain]

If I invest in cooldown recovery/grenade cooldown recovery, will it have an impact on mortar cannons ballista totems? Or are they unaffected by it?

[last bolt]

They seem to have removed every specific thing I was going to use without mentinoning it in the patch notes

[abstract mountain]

Like?

[static plinth]

Are you sure theyre not just renamed?

[last bolt]

I have the called shots, it isn't chaining :-(

[honest grail]

finding multiple supports that can go in new/updated gems but don't do anything lol

[leaden current]

hi I plan on doing a flicker strike build probably with a monk but there are a question I have about flickerstrike is if it struggles with crowds and I guess is there a skill or aura that could dealing with crowds a little easier? I remember herald of ash in poe1 but idk if it could help?

[honest grail]

reduced duration support on magma barrier does nothing

[leaden current]

sorry for bad wording I can try to reword

[honest grail]

battershout in fortifying cry does nothing

[leaden current]

i just kinda want to stack a bunch of buffs and mostly use flickerstrike as damage or only flicker strike if possible?

[wet kestrel]

more or less should be once you get gear right

[leaden current]

I don't really have mujch knowledge about poe2 so Im just kinda saying what I remember from1 or like any inforemation that could be of use of stuff that i'd possibly want to use?

[wet kestrel]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAGgcVjaKH4&t=319s I would watch this. Stuff has changed but you can still use this as a guideline as many things are still correct

[lucid plinth]

Does anyone know of an early early game monk leveling build? I Cant find a single one

[wet kestrel]

there are many flicker strike build guides out there btw from previous patch

[leaden current]

watching but do I need stormwave? I don't really know much about the game or anything rly

or like what's the reason for stormwave?

[wet kestrel]

I used to play it without in the first patch of ea

[leaden current]

ea?

[wet kestrel]

to build up power charges

early access

[leaden current]

but what's power charges?

[wet kestrel]

you need those fore flicker strike to keep on going

he electrocutes

with storm wave I believe

[leaden current]

so flicker strike require a stack of power charge?

[wet kestrel]

which builds a power charge through a spirit buff

yess and no, you get more teleports and hit per charge

so yeah, you play it with charges

but there are different ways to get those

[leaden current]

wait I thought you just teleport to the enemy with flivkerstrike?

well and does dmg

[wet kestrel]

it keeps on going depending on how many charges you got. 1 charge to one enemy then another one with one press. Got 10 charges it will do ten in one press

[leaden current]

OH

so you don't have to aim at a specific enemy?

[wet kestrel]

you do but once and then it keeps going for a while and then when you get out you go again

[leaden current]

does this still work for the current league?

[wet kestrel]

this is a screenshot taken rn but it will for sure

and there will be flicker strike builds soon as well

it is a beloved skill so

[wet kestrel]

here a more current one, this patch. You can build it in different ways so just another example

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/0-3-league-start-the-hollowed-one-detailed-league-start-guide-to-endgame-ignatius

this is a amazon flicker strike build mind you

[leaden current]

all the skill gems are a little confusing but im sure i'll understand soon

[wet kestrel]

yeah dw, you get eased into it well in poe2

[leaden current]

I was doing sunder marauder in poe1 so I was just using like 2 buttons for mobilty 2 for buffs 3 were auras or something and a single damaging thing

it was pretty chill!

[wet kestrel]

yeah such builds definitely exist here as well. Mind you poe2 starts off slower and calmer until you start fucking stuff up badly. Try to keep your weapon up to date is most important usually

while doing the campaign

[azure hearth]

what classes seem to be strong ?

[wet kestrel]

for flicker?

or generally?

[warm cedar]

which Ascendancy points should I grab first as a ED/C Lich?

[azure hearth]

generally

i did monk last patch, but im thinking about trying a different class

[leaden current]

do you know what act you get flicker strike? or do I need other stuff for it to be usable?

[cyan plinth]

Do golden charms stacks if you slot multiple?

[wet kestrel]

pretty late,

can check in a sec

lvl 52 you can unlock it

[leaden current]

oh damn.

[wet kestrel]

not sure tbh

[leaden current]

so like half way through the game prob?

[gray ferry]

Do spectres change spirit cost with skill level or something? Or something else that changes the cost? I see Terracotta Soldier as 16 spirit when selecting the corpse but afterwards it becomes 53 spirit even with nothing socketed

[wet kestrel]

doesnt take insanely long

to get there

[leaden current]

could I replace it temporarily with any other skill or is there reccomended skills to use while I wait for flicker?

[gloomy gazelle]

Any shot these work together?

[brave apex]

also trying to figure this out. not sure if i should dump into lich and then come back to bm later or just do bm now

I've heard lich is better for campaign but idk

[dreamy bridge]

what's a good tanky mod to spectre? doesn't need to do damage

[wet kestrel]

Id probably level with falling thunder or so which is also a power charge based skill to get you used to it

and a fun ability good for leveling

[leaden current]

yeah I used killing palm with falling strike and it's so fun

[wet kestrel]

it is idd. feels meaty and powerful 😄

[last bolt]

Is it intentional that they didn't add the chain from called shots and is it intentional that they removed freezefork? It isn't in the patch notes unless I missed them....

[wet kestrel]

maybe a bug

havent heard about it yet in game

[dusky wadi]

I had an idea for doing a rapid fire crossbow build on ranger, would deadeye work well for it?

[wet kestrel]

for sure

[dusky wadi]

i literally just kinda wanna make an extra projectile build as much as possible

[wet kestrel]

deadeye is great for crossbow builds so

[stark mango]

What kind of stats are you looking for in gear for a blood witch?

[polar wraith]

did lightning spear get nerfed?

[minor tree]

At the moment i'm torn between exactly 3 builds, thoughts?

1. is warcry warbringer, the new warcry is interesting for shield/thorn, the hammer procs with every warcry, seems strong?
2. is tactician with "watch how i do it" + a ton of weak minions (and can change to gemling later on for hollow palm if it's busted)
3. is chayula volatility + purple flames for maximum chaos damage

i really don't want to level multiple characters this league, i did 5 in 0.1 and idk if i have it in me to do the campaign so many times x)

[wet kestrel]

depend on your build I suppose

[shut storm]

anyone doing gemling hollow palm?

[split stump]

yo is there a noob friendly guide up yet?

[dusky wadi]

I see I’m not the only one absolutely torn on builds to make

Good to know it’s not just me

[soft wren]

just blast through campaign, or most of it and wait for some solid guides to come out in the few coming days

[dusky wadi]

Nah I’ve got an idea

Just. More dakka. Rapid fire deadeye I wanna make this shit goofy but I wanna try not to use a guide

Seems fun

[soft wren]

yeah runnin deady myself. did monk S1, and huntress+BM S2.. seeing what all the fuss is about

[dusky wadi]

I ran through a bunch of different build ideas but nothing stuck

So good ol dakka is what imma do

I’m thinking of doing crit but I dunno

[vale mesa]

yo MORTARS DONT HAVE TOTEM TAG???

[grim forge]

Anyone know if freezing salvo can shotgun?

[lyric shadow]

What do yall think the best ascendancy for fire warrior is? I was thinking warbringer but im not sure because titan and smith both look good too

[tiny swallow]

Hello! Looking into Linch or Bloodmage builds right now

Wondering if you guys have any reliable links that I can use to follow as a guide?

So far the guides I followed or saw were only partially fleshed out

[shell isle]

deadeye is the best ascendancy for fire warrior

[hasty sluice]

Hello all, just wondering what class would be the best pick if I wanted to base my attacks off of lightning spells? I don't really know what I'm doing to be honest, even after trying the first game 😅

[sudden stirrup]

I've been struggling with blood mage any one got abuild to try

[dapper sun]

hey guys - ran into a problem with my build. Well, 2. Blackfire Covenant switches ignite to chaos damage from spells, but the chaos over time does not seem to trigger Dark Effigy. Is this a bug? Second, dying raging spirits doesnt seem to progress cast on minion death. did this change?

[lyric shadow]

Be fr

[shy turtle]

anyone know why bind spectre doesn't work in act 4 areas? It doesn't show the spirit cost or allow me to interact with any bodies.

[lucid plinth]

My friend is doing a hunteess poison arrow fire wall build, but for some reason the fire wall isnt procing the poison clouds unless a mob is on fire. Does anyone know why?

[dreamy bridge]

been doing alright with bonestorm + bone cage for zoning. don't forget to support life remnants with the longer gather distance and stronger effect

you can also use a rattling sceptre as another way to keep distance

[summer tide]

Is ARC better on demon form or blood mage?having a hard time picking

[tight garnet]

is invoker monk with tempest flurry good this patch?

[karmic mica]

🤔 anybody know what was the support gem that lets you load up 2 frost bombs and lets you able to cast it twice? because i though it was Overabundance I but it doesn't seem to work? or was it changed?

[dreamy bridge]

something like unleash or spell echo?

[karmic mica]

i think so? although i think it worked similar to double barrel 🤔

😱 found it Second Wind ... 😭 its change to support gem 2 🫠

[timber breach]

Hello. Is there already some good support build known for 0.3?

[potent swift]

Is stun threshold something you have to invest on the tree into much?

[copper light]

Sooo this looks potentially fun

Anyone can think of ways to abuse this

[minor tree]

would watch how i do it + skittering stones + raging spirits + living lightings make sense? 🤔

[fervent lance]

how much is the physical damage on HPT?

[minor tree]

minions get 25% of my weapon damage, raging spirits is 10 minions, living lightning is another 8, skittering stones (with shield wall) is another 8

that's a lot of damage

living lightning in particular spawn super quickly (1 orb = almost instant 5 minions) and attacks every 0.14s which is really fast

[topaz talon]

How does resonance frenzy conversion trigger for quarterstaff power charges?

or in short:
how do I generate frenzy with quarterstaff using "combat frenzy"

[bright agate]

bro....

[topaz talon]

I get that, but HOW do I electrocute or pin with quarterstaff

not like that one is just plain obvious

[bright agate]

lighthing abbilites

[topaz talon]

I assume I need to place some kind of support into a skill

because just using storm wave doesnt do it

[bright agate]

for higher chance to shock yea

[topaz talon]

or tempest flurry

because those skills shock

not electrocute

[bright agate]

oh wait its electrocute

okay nevermind

its diffrent thing

[topaz talon]

ty

[bright agate]

np

[dusty kiln]

anyone know yet if hollow palm works with quarterstaff nodes/passives?

[wheat star]

Hi, I’ve played ice strike invoker monk in the first league. I want to try something different. Can u recommend me something? I was thinking of deadeye but as see maaaany players play deadeye, so it may be expensive to make a good build, so maybe there are more classes worth to check?

[bright agate]

i mean its only

[wheat star]

Where did u check it?

[bright agate]

poe ninja

[bright agate]

lighthing monk is fun and deal more than cold one but its more glassy

[wheat star]

I've also played it but then I swapped to ice strike, so that's why I want to try another class.

[pale niche]

So, how's Mortar Turret?

[wheat star]

Anyone tested Arc skill? I liked it in poe 1, so maybe arc based build will be good for me

[nova plank]

any hunteress league starters out there ?

[copper light]

Alright what are my Smith of Kitava boys building

[solid sphinx]

ah fk i missed the patch notes where they turned amazons charge infusion to proj atts only

and removed supports that consume power charges,

[halcyon solar]

What is Tame Beast called now?

[solid sphinx]

rip punch queen

[primal holly]

Anyone can recommend me between the Ignatius' Amazonian HPT build or Pohx's ice huntress build?

[vivid kiln]

Is the lightning spear skill really dead ? 🙁

[dapper briar]

This is insanity

[bright agate]

I hate meta slaves

[halcyon solar]

how many lightning rods can you have out max and how long does one last?

[bright agate]

So 50% if community

[topaz talon]

hate the game, not the player

[copper light]

are the others even remotely viable

[rancid fulcrum]

meta andies strike again

[bright agate]

Ofc but deadeye is meta like alewyes

[copper light]

Oh boy I'm doing Smith

[bright agate]

And big part of this are streamers

[bright agate]

You can do chaose dmg smith if you want to try it

[copper light]

No I'm doing Sunder

not Totem Sunder

regular Sunder

[bright agate]

Fair enough

gl then

[gaunt ether]

Still stuck in place btw

[minor tree]

which site is this?

[gaunt ether]

If you thought the attack time removal would let you move around wjth sunder

[gaunt ether]

Poe ninja

[dapper briar]

Poe.ninja

[minor tree]

thanks!

[copper light]

is it at least faster

[errant merlin]

So, any recommendations for an "OP" class/build this season? I'm about to start...

[gaunt ether]

Not really

Attack speed makes it quicker but you need alot

i tried messing with it on my standard character once i got disappointed lol

[knotty elbow]

What ascendancies are fun rn? Except the ranger ones

[cold vessel]

I usually quit before I get to mapping, whats the best / strongest starting build that I can just samsh content with SSF progress feel powerful and give up on/get bored of before worrying about endgame

in .3

[topaz talon]

Hollow Palm Deadeye

basically like quarterstaff, but you don't need to get a weapon and have higher dmg than with one

[native horizon]

guys how and where do i "assign your equipped weapon(s) to both of your weapon sets" ?

[primal holly]

what's a good huntreess build? HPT too?

[obtuse turret]

Are there are sorcs that understand how the Inhibitor support gem interacts with Snap? From what I can tell it literally doesn't change the spell, I can still detonate and drop remnants so I'm not sure what I'm missing

[wheat star]

Any Arc Bloodmages here? Is it good so far?

[knotty elbow]

When using Blackflame covenant, do i need to boost fire damage or chaos damage afterwards? Meaning, is the fire damage boost applied before the conversion to chaos?

[red compass]

How do you use hollow palm

Just unequip weapon?

[topaz talon]

yep and assign quarterstaff skills

[sweet egret]

it explains conversion logic ingame

converted damage scales with whatever it’s converted to

[final mountain]

will my blasphemy aoe be increased if I scale curse aoe? anybody knows?

[sweet egret]

fire > chaos, will scale with chaos

[umbral hinge]

New warrior, should i put everything in melee damage?

[topaz talon]

early you go for increased damage in this game and try to get "add x dmg" from gear

[knotty elbow]

If i go blackflame covenant, which makes ignite do chaos damage, does it get spread by contagion since it should be a chaos damage debuff now?

[elder jay]

anyone has bonestorm bloodmage build please?

[brittle anvil]

ailment is not debuff

[knotty elbow]

it says so in the tooltip, it belongs to the family of debuffs

[wet kestrel]

Ofc it is idd

[knotty elbow]

so does it work?

or does it not take the conversion of damage into account for contagion?

[wet kestrel]

I would assume so but havent tested so

[knotty elbow]

guess ill just have to wait and see

[high rivet]

How much mana is reasonable to achieve with Eldritch battery if I were to use icetomb and crown of pale king and briarpatch

Cause you'd be losing a few slots

[last bolt]

Was this intended to lose proj speed?

[neon mulch]

Sorry for the stupid question, does charged staff work with hollowed palm? I'm not seeing it take affect in skill screen

[west matrix]

How is the storm weaver stacking up this season? Does it look like there's any break away class for clear speeds and farming yet? Dead eye seems to be high on tier lists but that was an early prediction I think

[dreamy bridge]

yes it will. people use ritualistic curse to get the aoe then the downside has no effect in blasphemy

[final mountain]

it says

Supported Skills have 50% increased Area of Effect
tho

[main fossil]

So did tactician turn out to be cool?

[final mountain]

i was wondering if "curse aoe" will increase the blasphemy

[dreamy bridge]

hmm, I don’t remember. What’s the wording on blasphemy itself? It increases aoe right?

can’t check for myself rn

[final mountain]

has no curse tag

but I just tested it, it worked

that increased the radius of blasphemy

[kind moth]

Is there a way to import a maxroll tree to PoB?

[near jewel]

guys, i want to play warbringer, with totems and maybe volcanic fissure....is it really TAHT bad as some say? and go some META?

[timid aurora]

Are all caster build now tight mmo rotations due to infusions ?

[lyric shadow]

Does unarmed monk build do invoker or chayula?

[lofty peak]

How would "damage penetrates *% ELEMENTAL resistance" work with "damage penetrates % LIGHTNING resistance?

[scarlet jungle]

Hey, am completely new to poe2 and was wondering if there are any 1 or 0 button builds that I can leaguestart since my fingers aren't what they used to be

[azure wyvern]

why would anyone want this?

the darkness is just extra protection?

there is nothing about getting extra dmg or anything

[native smelt]

is there no concentrated effect support?

[tulip fog]

anyone else unable to open their build in PoB? i am getting LUA Errors

[azure lodge]

Does anyone know how multistage projectiles (such as lightning arrow and galvanic shard, which produce a second projectile upon impact) interact with chain and pierce? I am wanting to find a good proctile to use Richochet III on

I wish the base shot was affected by quality tbh

[near jewel]

guys, is warrior viable at all?

volcanic fissure with ttoems for ecample

or better reroll to deadeye?

[timid aurora]

Best ascendency for grenadier ? Tactician or WH?

[worn hedge]

This channel seems like the place questions go to die

[stark parrot]

will Resonance and Dead Eye's Thrilling Chase work?

so my powered up Monk skill would slap harderd?

[flat root]

in what state is blood mage currently in? is there any good build for it?

[real belfry]

can some1 link me up a good acolyte of chayule guide?

[gloomy rain]

Does this increase the AoE of herald explosions?

[gaunt spoke]

no that wont count as a attack

if i switch ascendancies with a trial higher than my current level can i add 2 points after respecing?

[orchid birch]

is bleed rake huntress good for endgame?

[soft wren]

don't know of any guides.. but following the top person(s) on ninja usually helps a bit https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/abyss?class=Acolyte of Chayula

[west crest]

whats the meta class right now? (for lvl 1 to t16 mapping)

[soft wren]

check ninja. same as always atm. LA deady

[gloomy rain]

I figured, that would make sense to me at least. Just wasn't sure because the herald gems have the attack tag

[soft wren]

you should really go ask that question in every single channel on the discord, including PoE1 ones

[drifting cedar]

I don't understand how deflection and evasion work vs spells since enemy accuracy was always part of the evasion formula before

are all monster spells now attacks?

[rose pike]

So what are the top ez pz guilds this new PoE 2 season? For PoE1 I would always find a league starter build guide video from some top youtubers but it might be too early for that now? I don't seem to find any really

[drifting cedar]

youtube build guides are full of clickbait

go to Poe ninja and see what people are playing at high level

check ssf hc to see specifically good starters, softcore for blasters

[rose pike]

I tend to get them from Rax or Ziz etc, I trust them, those builds haven't steered me wrong yet. But is it not easy to do for Poe2 or something? I will check poe ninja tho

I don't really have the time nor desire to get into the weeds of it, I want someone to chew it for me and for me to mindlessly grind after work so ;D

[soft wren]

fresh season with a bunch of changes that weren't known until like 15 hours ago

[drifting cedar]

we didn't get the updated passive tree until like an hour before the league dropped, we were also missing unique, gem info

so there was no big lead time for build planning

[rose pike]

Ohh makes perfect sense

hahahaha

[soft wren]

coulda predicted that with knowing absolutely nothing of the new shit

[vast wind]

Does ‘projectile damage builds pin’ work with grenades?

[vast wind]

Fubgooners out in force

[rose pike]

Is lightning arrow so strong or so fun, or why

I have only played a few hours when you could first buy poe2

[soft wren]

sometimes fun is simpy dictated by how fast you can clear all content and get rich

[hidden siren]

deadeye has had good campaign clearing for every update

[soft wren]

that being said I wouldn't say LA is neccesarily "fun" lol but depends on your definition

[hidden siren]

its not fun i have it on my hotbar but i use whirlwind twister

they both have good clear time but twister is more fun for me

[rose pike]

Tbf I do love fast clear ofc, smooth = fun. I miss dark pact and autobombers but I have never been into bows except for a lvling quil rain

[hidden siren]

it just gets boring when u do la lr for 0.1 0.2 and 0.3

[rose pike]

I guess it's good for farm, but then you eventually once you make currency you build a char you actually want to play? no ? lol

[soft wren]

yeah playing deady cause I haven't yet and trying to make ice shot work. fun so far, end of A3 atm going steady

[rose pike]

Can you reroll if I start LA now and then a proiper guide for it comes out in a few days and it turns out I messed up a lot? That was kind of an issue in Poe1

[hidden siren]

reroll what

[rose pike]

Kind of like, fix my sht instead of having to restart new char

easily

[hidden siren]

if u have gold and currency

[soft wren]

just go LA if you want and follow fubs skill tree and you'll be fine

[hidden siren]

dont follow fub

[rose pike]

Yeah I kinda just want to get into it now, can decide to swap later and at least I will have made some currency

[hidden siren]

his shit is always uber expensive and a lot will be chasing the same gear

[soft wren]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/abyss/character/fubgun-1755/FubgunB?i=0&search=class%3DAcolyte%2520of%2520Chayula%252CDeadeye

his gear is expensive yeah but the skill tree is pretty much universal for the most part

[rose pike]

I guess Fub's build is more for experienced ppl who can efficiently grind?

[hidden siren]

just follow for campaign

then look around when u finish the campaign

[rose pike]

Ah gotcha

Alright thanks, gl ig guys

[hidden siren]

save some gold for respec and skill gems

[soft wren]

glhf stay sane, exile

[potent swift]

Does the merc still run grenades like before, were there any significant changes to classic boom boom nade playstyle?

[crystal storm]

Can someone point out me towards leveling setups for a bow character?
cos whatever i try feels clunky or straight up bugged (stormcaller arrow)

[soft wren]

Read approximately 10 messages up

[crystal storm]

fubgun stuf?
its engame skill tree that is linked no?

[soft wren]

follow whatever the top few people are doing, peruse ninja for a bit to get a rough idea and you'll be fine. it's not even 24 hours since league start and shit tons of info got dropped right as it began.

[crystal storm]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-kitten-cat-looking-up-cat-look-up-kitten-look-up-gif-13486805289139588631

[soft wren]

is this the look you give when people won't spoon feed you info and coddle you to end game? lol

[hidden siren]

pay someone to play the game for u if u need to be hand held this much

im sorry but unless ur using a lvl 1 weapon at like lvl 15 clearing shouldnt be a hug issue in campaign

[haughty imp]

ima start today and cant decide on a build. I would like to try smth melee? cuz swords look cool

[hidden siren]

no swords in game

yet

[haughty imp]

ah okay cuz on the wiki there are some displayed

then any melee ig

[hidden siren]

u can get them theres just no skills to use them with

[haughty imp]

Okay got it

So can u reccomend any build? Preferably some more melee focused ones

[crystal storm]

i want it to feel good and not playtesting ggg fuckups of early game design
so i just asked for a tips of archer skill combos which felt good
and got lame ass answer of "mate just copy someone else build"

[hidden siren]

lightning arrow and lightning rod

everyone else is still figuring stuff out

ppl just getting to endgame

[crystal storm]

im not interested in endgame, but ty.

[hidden siren]

monk is solid, he uses a quarterstaff tho a lot of ppl are going to try out the new unarmed

warrior is also fine

[hidden siren]

la lr is for lvling

[haughty imp]

What is unarmed? Like just fists? cuz that would sound cool

[hidden siren]

yeah its just fists

[haughty imp]

Ah okay I might just try that out

[hidden siren]

its not a thing u can do until later in the campaign tho bc it is a node on the passive tree

[native surge]

Be warned, fists are zdps until you get a good build

[haughty imp]

Ah okay got it

[hidden siren]

yeah just lvl with quarter

[native surge]

I very much doubt the campaign would go well

[devout sedge]

is there some "off meta" build that create stuff around that shoots, like balistas, or magic spheres that pew pew damage around while you move and throw some other stuff? beware, not pools\arrow hails or so, just smart objects that shoots around and block pathways etc

[hidden siren]

it uses the same skills

[hidden siren]

like totems?

[native surge]

Mortar totem explosive grenades and explosive shot

[hidden siren]

currently ancestral spirit is not working if i recall correctly and ppl wanted to make builds with it

[crystal storm]

does it actually do dmg and feels good?
Cos i saw people trying it out, raw stats on the mortar is not good

[devout sedge]

thank youi, i did something like that last league, with grenades and some balistas, very fun - is there something more magic-related? i'm kinda new to builds & classes by the way 😅

[native surge]

It’s just shooting grenades for you to detonate

[woven otter]

How good is deflection ?

[native surge]

I’ve yet to fully try it, but the damage is good, and if they’re fucked up targeting you can take the tacti node that has them shoot when you do

[hidden siren]

useful but dont focus on getting 100%

[native surge]

Bit annoying though

[hidden siren]

its damage reduction which is always good

def invest a little into it

if u go ev or ev es hybrid

[woven otter]

What of I stacked armour and deflection and iron reflexes on tactician? With defensive ascendancy nodes. Potential there?

[hidden siren]

deflection is ev

[native surge]

Tacti node

[hidden siren]

and u lose way too much dmg focusing on stacking it to 100%

[pale hatch]

When I search for Deadeye league starters, mostly lightning builds come up.
Is lightning just better than cold/chaos/phys?

[hidden siren]

get it to around 50%

[native surge]

It’s good but like, seems like overkill for softcore?

[hidden siren]

its just easier to lvl with

its also half the starting skills

[woven otter]

Worth having 0 EV?

[hidden siren]

deflection is based off ev tho?

[native surge]

Eeeeh depends on the build

[crystal storm]

I tried cold, its bursty and unreliable aiming.

[sly tinsel]

how is galvanic shards at the moment?

[hidden siren]

how do u deflect with no ev?

[native surge]

Tactician node dude

[woven otter]

Tactician makes it based on 20% armour

[hidden siren]

ahh

changed then

[woven otter]

And I can convert all EV to armour

[hidden siren]

yeah def worth whats the downside of the node

no ev right

[native surge]

No evasion yeah

[woven otter]

50% max armour tho

But I can get deflection is lucky node/evasion unlucky

[hidden siren]

no ev means u always get hit

[woven otter]

No downside since no evasion lol

Like a warrior

[hidden siren]

if ur going pure armor then yeah go for it

[woven otter]

I’ll try it

And get leech

[hidden siren]

have to focus on being tanky then

[native surge]

Yeah the lucky node seems great with that ascendancy

[woven otter]

Im doing bleed flash grenade tact with pinning

Nothing gonna move on screen lmao

[native surge]

The new pin nodes are juicy

I’m also going pin XD

[woven otter]

Maybe HVR for bosses not sure

[pale hatch]

Do these builds have space for electrocute buildup?

[hidden siren]

i have no clue what im going until i get more lvls

[worn jasper]

Wtf I did not see that armour got mad nerfed

[hidden siren]

herald of thunder?

shock nodes on passive tree

la lr is easy to lvl bc u know what to take

just take elemental and lightning nodes

[hidden siren]

overblown imo

the elemental change to it is good imo

[soft wren]

running cold w/ ice shot, salvo, frost bomb, mark and herald. bursty and fun imo

[hidden siren]

im doing ice spear after campaign

but rn it sucks bc frenzy gen early is painful

[soft wren]

tried homebrew ice spear+fangs huntress build last league was fun but couldn't quite kill T4 pinns w/o some more optimization and investment that I just didn't feel like doing

[hidden siren]

ah this is just for mapping

for bosses i just want to stack up as much freeze as possible

and maybe use snipe

[soft wren]

yeah stacked whole lot of freeze and icing everything within seconds. hasted boar pet with always shocks or sumn else on it and was wrecking maps and bosses pretty damn efficiently

think boar was hasted, shocks, life regen and armored or sumn. mofo never died and was my bestie lol

[gusty bone]

Is the datamined info wrong, or did GGG lie to us?

[pale hatch]

The increase is lower

From what I see it's just English not Englishing

[delicate root]

Is the hollow palm build even decent?

[carmine flicker]

any good new spectres found?

[near jewel]

has Kitava now got huge chaos res?

[icy hill]

how do you quality ascendancy skills

[thin basin]

is there a way to place down multiple orb of storm? unleash doesnt seem to work, echo is only 2, what if i have 3 limit?

[dreamy bridge]

if your limit is 3, either it will remove the oldest orb, or not place the fourth orb

[round osprey]

This will do nice for my Dinomancer build, got a free haste aura on top, farmed for an hour lol 😊

[placid adder]

anyone tested if the Dark Effigy will fire more proj at Ignited enemies when you have Fire->Chaos keystone?

[pseudo wasp]

That looks cool. Do people use the companion skill mostly just as an aurabot or are there builds where it does actual dps?

[native smelt]

did haste aura get patched?=

[round osprey]

I use it with infernal legion so it burns enemies around the companion, crested behemoth has a lot of life, you usually aim for the increased aoe stat on it cuase the infernal legion's circle isn't too big

[tropic onyx]

do you think specing double ele on blood mage is bad?

im thinking of making a coc fireball with coi eye of winter blood mage

[icy hill]

you can use the archon skills to convert

[tropic onyx]

archon skills?

[icy hill]

on the passive skill tree

[tropic onyx]

ohh can u get multiple of them?

[icy hill]

you should only use one

but the idea is you can use them to convert all your damage to one type

so you can optimally use other elemental skills

[jagged wave]

Has this node always been here, also if not, isn't this quite powerful?

it's 100% chance when forking if you go through the middle nodes.

[tropic onyx]

ohhh okayy ill do fire then since fireball will be my main skill

[gloomy rain]

Is Malady not in the game anymore? I can't see it when cutting support gems

[mortal light]

Hey guys is there anywhere I can find a good lightning spear guide

[jagged wave]

probably renamed, like martial tempo isn't in the game anymore but is named rapid attacks

[gloomy rain]

Ah, that could be it. I hope so. I wanna try the new swarm gem but make it cause bleed instead of poison.

[hybrid ocean]

Do we have any clue what this does? Doesn't seem to be on PoB yet, but I also haven't used it in ages and could be being dumb

[thin basin]

wheres the option to use both tree with same weapon?

[hybrid ocean]

Didn't get added I believe

[thin basin]

dang

[eager saffron]

there are no new spectres, no mobs in act 4 are spectreable

[placid adder]

that confirmed a bug/shortfall or not, yet?

[alpine parrot]

i dont think

thats suppose to happen

the cutscene repeated twice lmao

lets see if im gonna fight him twice now

HAHAHA

wait wrong channel

oops

[slender bone]

Can Lighting Rod interact with Galvanic Shards like it does with Lighting Arrow ?

[vivid dagger]

any1 planning on hexblast build? or is it bad?

[frail sedge]

Does shield charge counts as attack with mace? For the purpose of passives like "attack speed with mace, damage with mace, etc"?

[alpine parrot]

i died and dude did mitosis again i think ive figured a bug

[carmine flicker]

and abyss mobs?

[random mason]

If I have a skill that converts 80% phys to lightning damage, and i get the tree skill that does 12% phys as extra fire damage, can I apply both shock and burn in a single hit?

[drifting cedar]

yes but with a delay, read lightning rod skill description

[slender bone]

I do not understand them :)))
I am shooting Galvanic Shards at the Lighting Rod but doens't seem to proc anything

[elder jay]

Can i use old blood mage build to play league or is it important to follow new guide?

[drifting cedar]

I think you need to shoot a target near your galvanic shards and then have a beam chain to the rods. i dont expect you can shoot the rods directly

let me read galvanic shards real quick

[white palm]

guys i just finished second lab with deadeye lightning arrow... thinkin about swappin to hollow palm... what's the thought on that?

[round escarp]

Looks like the reduction in flamability magnitude on inciderate basically kills any metagem energy gain

[drifting cedar]

yes, need to hit an enemy near rods, you can chain to the rods and then after a delay the rods will burst

[round escarp]

The dream of self sustaining with cast of ailment is over

[haughty knoll]

Hey yall, could anyone link me to the top Bloodmage builds? Im having a tough time figuring out which is ideal. This is a very new class for me

[drifting cedar]

not sure id trust anything claiming to know the top bloodmage builds today tbh

[halcyon solar]

why do certain gems not show up in the list when you like toggle on "All Gems" untick "Show Recommended" and enter "Tame Beast". I should see Tame Beast, but I don't. Why is that and how would i do it properly?

[drifting cedar]

whole class just got reworked, massive changes to spells, and bloodmage used to be commonly played as an attack platform which I think is less likely now

[haughty knoll]

Did I pick a bad class?

[drifting cedar]

no

there were just a lot of changes. im sure blood mage is fine or even strong

[haughty knoll]

Thank goodness, bc Ive been grinding like a maniac lol

[uncut bay]

lich has much more damage at the start, switch to bloodmage once you are progressing later into the endgame

[haughty knoll]

Ok rock on! Thats something I can do? Switch ascendancies?

[uncut bay]

but bloodmage is really op in the endgame imo

yes you can

[haughty knoll]

Awesome! Thank you guys so much!

[uncut bay]

np

[haughty knoll]

Any ideal lichbuilds that you would suggest? Or is just way too early to be using any MOB builds?

[uncut bay]

well essence drain contagion is strong, very safe choice

bloodmage depends a lot on rathpit and the bloodmagic cast on combos

[haughty knoll]

Ok rock on. Haha I think Ive been accidentally using that combo, as is lol just need to find out the best support gems for em

[abstract grove]

Now that totem shares our weapon, does anyone know the best way to scale it?

Are they allies?
Do they use both hand weapons or just main?
Do they get 1H/2H weapon bonuses?
Melee boosts?

[haughty knoll]

Anyone have any idea why MOB is showing “Cant find description” in all of the skill gems, when you try and click on them?

[halcyon solar]

how many Lightning Rods can you place max?

and how long does one last?

[quiet forge]

if you read the ability it tells you 20, as well as the duration of each rod, helpfully displayed per level

[halcyon solar]

oh i haven't seen that yet, sorry.

[quiet forge]

hold alt over items/gems/passive tree nodes etc

it helps

[halcyon solar]

Since it says "number of chains". A chain is triggered for each subsequent Rod and LA, right?

[vivid sierra]

is ice deadshot or lightning better in 0.3, wanna do some ranger and... well deadshot appears to still be king, but the element is up for debate

[wet kestrel]

both work well really

[quiet forge]

poeninja has LA deadeye as over half of all builds on the server overall

so i'm gonna take a wild guess and say lightning

[wet kestrel]

but lightning will probs be best

as always

[quiet forge]

yeah you want to pre-stack all rods before the boss becomes damageable

then just shoot the rods with LA

[vivid sierra]

the day deadshot falls from the top spot, theres gona be celebrations

welp now to find an LD build to follow along with!

[halcyon solar]

but if you can stack up to 20, If you would in theory stack up to 20, you would have already replaced the first ones by that number and in the end ONLY cast Rod?

[quiet forge]

what? It's not that deep. Just make sure you have a shitload of rods on the ground and then boom them. If you made a miniature sun you did it right.

[hoary ingot]

guys, can i use lightning, fire and ice archon nodes together to deal shit load of damage or i can use only one

[quiet forge]

no

[hoary ingot]

no to which one

[quiet forge]

You

[hoary ingot]

https://tenor.com/view/tyler1-dead-ko-faint-gif-17440398

[halcyon solar]

alright, but i mean generally If i would just clear maps, I could always cast another rod and have an exponential effect. Why would i even want to cast LA then? I know that's not how it works, just want to understand it completely.

[vocal wave]

Just can't seem to get into Witch, how is Monk this season so far?

[quiet forge]

Because rods don't chain with themselves

It's like making a bunch of gunpowder and then just looking at it

[quiet forge]

Witch isn't that difficult. If you're having issues go for ED/Contagion build

[halcyon solar]

oh, they don't. I'm pretty sure in the patches before, you did only spam Rods on bosses, no?

[quiet forge]

Monk is fine early but becomes difficult to justify later

[vivid sierra]

oh yeah, whats the auction house like, is it actually a good async trade option

[vocal wave]

Running that with minions / unearth. I'm probably just missing something obvious in the play style

[quiet forge]

Gear / levels
You want wand/stave with +spell level/+spell damage/+chaos damage etc

[random mason]

Does anyone know?

[abstract basin]

Anyone have tips or a build guide for crossbow leveling?

[vocal wave]

withering presence the first spirit gem to run ?

[frosty finch]

did you guys get a support gem 5 already ?

[bright agate]

on bosses no/really hard on normal enemies easy

[random mason]

Cool but the interaction happens, I wanna see if I can apply all ailments.

[bright agate]

you can but its just hard bec of very low phys after conversion to lightning

[jaunty oak]

Really loving Armor Explosion on my Merc, now Witchhunter - the effect relates to "Base Attack Damage", can I modify that value by using Support Gems on my default attack or is it just modfied by Weapon Damage and general Passive Skills?

[eager saffron]

Can't do them either

[foggy gull]

okay so just hit the point to get ascendency's for witch is there 1 above the others i wanna go for minions?

[static plinth]

Brutus' Brain is kind of a bonkers support right?

Undamageable support minions for all builds

Immortal companions, offerings, frost mages

[vivid sierra]

is scattershot called multishot now, i havent checked the renamed skills

[abstract grove]

Totems are allies right?
The tooltip for totems calls them allied constructs, but I don't think they have an ally tag

[static plinth]

They are allies defensively but you offensively

[candid hollow]

totems are allies, but they inherit the offensive properties of their summoner and their offensive properties can't be modified by modifiers that affect allies

[abstract grove]

So for dummies, the +ally damage nodes don't work for them

[candid hollow]

so if you're asking for the tactician passive, it doesn't work

[abstract grove]

I'm using warrior totems atm. I assume totems don't care about one-hand or two-hand damage or speed mods right? Just the actual weapon, and then general + totem mods

[candid hollow]

all of them should work

I think totems work like they do in poe 1 now

[random mason]

there are skills that trigger ailments, so maybe i can apply ailments then trigger them for damage.

[bright agate]

sure go ahead might work

[random mason]

idk how they scale so ill check them out

elemental sundering kinda makes it work i think, it converts 100% from phys damage

[halcyon solar]

How do you craft the Tame Beast gem. It NEVER shows up in the list?

[bold zodiac]

If there's two players both using essence drain at the same time, will mosnters be affected by both?

[halcyon solar]

Or is there no "Tame Beast" gem and it's called Rhoa Mount? I can't for the love of god remember. Pls help me out while I'm being dumb here.

[vivid sierra]

which ones better for an la deadshot build at the start, +49% phys damage and 6% atk speed, or a +1 to all projectile skills?