2┃build-planning

[dire cave]

oh wait u talkin about cluster nodes

titan would give an additional 5% dmg per node yes

[dawn spire]

I'm talking about stuff near merc that makes up for the minion damage you lose by not being witch

[dire cave]

you mean the mass rejuvenation node?

between warrior and merc

[dawn spire]

That might be it? It's kinda bad now that I recall

[dire cave]

didnt change iirc

if it did only the self regen got affected and not the presence regen

only problem I see with going merc is the massive travel points required

23-25 points to get to the first minion damage cluster

I am not spending 1/4 of my character on traveling

[halcyon solar]

What still bothers me so much about the game is the horrible visibility in Delirium. It's kind of bad design when increased challenge/difficulty is introduced by not seeing sh*t.

[mystic osprey]

is it worth going ignite? it seems to do no damage

[dire cave]

depends on if its going to be your damage or your build enabler

[mystic osprey]

so its only good for being build enabler?

[dire cave]

its also good as damage

but most use blackflame

turns spell fire damage into chaos dmg

[mystic osprey]

thanks

[oblique sun]

I feel like black flame is 100% bait

[dire cave]

how so?

[oblique sun]

Only see 1/4 of the damage for people that spec black flame vs raw fire damage

Very pretty but takes a lot more for worse damage

[dire cave]

tbf chaos dmg is harder to scale than fire dmg

at least in poe2

[oblique sun]

Kinda surprising I don’t see more infernalist black flame builds with demon form to circumvent a bit of that

[dire cave]

demon form is just more spell damage now

and people would have to stack regen to sustain it

[oblique sun]

True but even with mid gear before I’ve been able to sustain 200+ stacks pretty well

Not to mention the barrier invocation builds, but now that you can full equip in demon form could be worth

[dire cave]

perhaps

[oblique sun]

I just don’t see how people will scale the dmg well enough without some mechanism like that

[dire cave]

demon form also revives very fast for some reason last league idk if its still the same this league

I wont pretend to know why but last league when you would revive someone and you where already in demon form it would take half as long if not less to revive your buddy

[oblique sun]

Sounds like a bug

[dire cave]

maybe

but it also cancels demon form if you did go for a revive

[timid cloud]

i dont know why when i use hollow palm technique to become a fister im getting stun ans freeze a lot faster. My es and ev also drop. Anyone has some thoughts on this?

[midnight geode]

does this act as a conversion? So if I use this do I stack %fire dmg or %chaos dmg?

[oblique sun]

I did see someone successfully go corpse explosion with the chaos flame

[dire cave]

which ascendancy would be best for a forge hammer fissure warrior?

[silver urchin]

I've been using it for bonus damage as a Titan

[dire cave]

intend to use shockwave totems to keep the fissure activating and plan to get ancestral cry for kaoms champion looks/buff

I'd assume warlord right?

[timid cloud]

any monk fister here? i have problem with hollow palm technique

[silver urchin]

What problem

I'm not but maybe I can help

[timid cloud]

i dont know why when i use hollow palm technique to become a fister im getting stun ans freeze a lot faster. My es and ev also drop. Anyone has some thoughts on this?

[silver urchin]

What are the stats on your quarterstaff that you were using

[timid cloud]

it's all damage stat and crit stuff

[silver urchin]

If it has any str/dex/int at all, you might be losing requirements for your gear

[timid cloud]

no i checked

there is none

so weird

there should be a bug i guess

[silver urchin]

Do you have One with the River allocated

[halcyon solar]

could you even use a Regal on an item with just 1 affix?

[silver urchin]

yes

[timid cloud]

what is river?

[silver urchin]

It's a Notable on the Passive Tree

[timid cloud]

what does river do?

[halcyon solar]

would that ever make sense?

[silver urchin]

These nodes

[silver urchin]

Probably not

But maybe

[timid cloud]

oh shit yea i do

[silver urchin]

The top one gives you 30% increased defenses when youre holding a quarterstaff. So you lose eva/es when you take it off

[exotic sleet]

is there any way to see my characters Stun Treshhold? I looked everywhere in the game but can not find it

[timid cloud]

nice man true

[exotic sleet]

also downloaded path of building but its not showing up there either

[halcyon solar]

that one implicates that the map bosses are basically buffed by whisps?

[timid cloud]

so how abour getting stun and freeze?

[silver urchin]

It is in POB, calcs page

[silver urchin]

You're losing evasion, so you're getting hit more often, is my guess

More hits means more stun and freeze

IDK how ES affects those in POE2

[exotic sleet]

does this screenshot mean enemies have a 100% chance to stun you???

[silver urchin]

Yes, all I did was allocate like 5 stat nodes

This is not a real build

[exotic sleet]

this is what it looks to me... does this mean enemies have 52% chance to stun me?

[timid cloud]

allright ty man

[silver urchin]

Based on the level and stats for the enemies set in the Config page, I think so

[halcyon solar]

guess I just rolled a good one?

[exotic sleet]

thats disgusting i allready invested so many points and items into stun treshhold

[silver urchin]

Don't get hit then

[exotic sleet]

i am playing fissure warrior, i get hit all the time

[silver urchin]

What level? How much life do you have?

[exotic sleet]

82... 2400 life (giants blood)

[silver urchin]

Do you generate rage?

[exotic sleet]

right now no i dont think so, but when finishing my build i will

[silver urchin]

You should get some ASAP, honestly. Big damage multiplier. And this node pretty much made me stun immune against 95% of monsters

50 rage is 50% more damage and 100% increased stun threshold

[exotic sleet]

interesting...its 5 points to get there tho

[silver urchin]

You want to get Tempered Defenses on the way there, anyway

[exotic sleet]

whats the default maximum rage stacks?

[silver urchin]

30

But the minor nodes give +max

[exotic sleet]

i see

hmh will try this, thanks

i had this

those are 6 points but beside stun treshhold give other benefit aswell

[steady birch]

why does sacrifice have no weapon set, is this intentional? i want to save my spirit

[exotic sleet]

u think i should swap those and go for ignore pain instead?

[silver urchin]

I think Unbreaking is probably not worth it, the other one is quite nice but I haven't taken it yet

[exotic sleet]

okay i have one major problem i dont understand:

i took point away from Unbreaking so -30% stun treshhold

and now when i look into calcs it shows this:

the stun chance went from 54% to 67%

should it go down and not up when i decrease my stun treshhold?

[silver urchin]

no

Your threshold is lower, so smaller hits have a chance to stun

Increasing the threshold means those smaller hits won't stun

[exotic sleet]

but if i have a lower stun treshhold should it be easier for mobs to stun me?

[silver urchin]

Yes

[exotic sleet]

ah nvm

i get it

my brain lagged

[silver urchin]

No worries

[exotic sleet]

one last question: how do i add rage stacks into PoB calcs?

[silver urchin]

Config page

[exotic sleet]

okay i did the math: with 5 points into ignore pain you get 61% stun chance on 36 stacks of rage active (you wont have 36 stacks active all the time tho)

with 7 points into unbreaking and polished iron you get 54% stun chance all the time...and also big boost to armor and ailmen treshhold

tho ignore pain buffs ur damage too

[silver urchin]

Yep, 36 rage is 36% more damage

[exotic sleet]

i think it depends wether or not you can have 36 stacks active all the time

[silver urchin]

Unless you're using Berserk

[exotic sleet]

i will test this in maps now

[bright haven]

Hi, how do I scale poison damage as a deadeye?

[supple jay]

you can't set skills to automatically swap you to a certain weapon set anymore???

[silver urchin]

Pretty sure you can

[supple jay]

oh on console you have to go to the bind skill to find advanced info

before you could just do it on the skills screen

[north thistle]

Has anyone figured out how to add quality to ascendency skills? Unbound avatar says it has additional effects from quality, but you cant use a gcp on it.

[silver urchin]

The only way I know of is a notable on the tree in the Duelist area. You could path to it or anoint it

There might be a support gem that adds quality too

[north thistle]

Yeah, theres that new lineage support that works like enlighten, empower, enhance from poe1. Not sure why they don't just let you add quality though

[silver urchin]

Beats me

[raven crown]

im hollow palm ice strike just entered maps, and im dying to every white pack
i have wind dancer, 76% all res, ~50% evade and ~45% deflection,
idk what to do

[silver urchin]

How much life

The answer might be that you simply need more... everything
Except resist

[pale niche]

Is there a way to make Banner skills activate fasters, they're so slow it's insane

[random mason]

For damage conversion, to increase damage I can only apply increases to source and end element or just end element? Like convert 80% phys dmg to fire then fire convert to chaos damage. I increase only phys and chaos or just chaos?

[leaden siren]

What happens if I put Frenzied Riposte on the Parry skill itself? Is it an instant frenzy charge at the cost of never getting the extra damage, or does it not work since it would generate and consume the same effect?

[solemn kettle]

why are bonestorm builds using combat frenzy without Resonance?

examples: https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/abyss?class=Lich%2CAbyssal+Lich&skills=Bonestorm&allskills=Combat+Frenzy&sort=dps

[north thistle]

It's the final conversion that will scale. So if you're using the blackflame keystone, you want to scale chaos damage

[random mason]

Alright, thanks. How about for phys damage converted from skill damage? Same thing? It just takes base weapon damage then converts it to the damage type then only that can be scaled? Not base phys damage?

[worthy rover]

So this is a very timeboxed interaction cause I doubt this xbow can be somehow made relevant endgame - but it's cute and fun for now - Any thoughts on how I can futher abuse/capitalize on this neat little interaction to have a bit more fun with it while it lasts?

[north thistle]

The fire skill youre talking about only converts 80% of phys to fire? Then some boosting of phys should also give you a higher fire conversion. But blackflame changes 100% of fire to chaos, so you just want to scale chaos to get more damage out of your fire skills.

[random mason]

Nah, that was just an example. I am just doing elemental damage skill, lightning and fire but I like the lightning one better. Cool, so I can increase phys and elemental damage to scale damage.

[north thistle]

Yeah. If it's converting 80% of phys, then having a larger pool of phys damage to draw 80% from will yield a higher resulting conversion. Then you can boost ele or lightning damage after that. Sounds like youre playing monk? So a staff with big phys DPS, ele damage of the type you want, and % increase ele damage will scale your final damage output

[iron harbor]

You want just flat phys though,right? Increased doesn't help?

[silver urchin]

%phys on a weapon is local and will increase its damage

So if your skill is converting the physical of the weapon, then yes, you definitely also want the % on top of the flat

[mystic osprey]

would zealoth's oath work with "eternal life" of lich if I stack life regen? would my energy shield recharge?

[silver urchin]

What does Eternal Life say precisely

[mystic osprey]

"Your life cannot change while you have energy shield"

[silver urchin]

That's a tricky one, I'm not sure. Someone else would know

[light dew]

how high quality / good are the fire damage scaling nodes on the warrior side of the tree?

[pearl sluice]

even if it did you wont gain any relevant amount of survivability from it

get heavy buffer and just stack ES

granted it is hard to figure out if it even does work because the text is applies life recovery from regeneration to energy shield if your life cannot be further recovered.

[modest escarp]

Hi Anyone using path of building2 ? are there anyway to check something like this (stats summary from tree) , it really useful

[sinful barn]

any advice for Tattoo rewards for Purple Fireball Bloodmage?

[old oriole]

looking for any offhand that's similar to Guiding Palm of the Mind Shrine Sceptre

[real zinc]

Amazon does everything better that Chayula does. Its fuicked up

Chayula is the biggest shit ascendancy

[timid aurora]

Best warrior build first two acts ?

[timid aurora]

Chrono too

[real zinc]

but chrono has at least some unique stuff. Everything Chayula does other ascendancy can do better

[copper ivy]

i need help with my blood mage, once i get hit by cold or something. The debuff it like permanent on me. I cast speed slow, movement speed slow, dodge slow. Even i check on the debuff icon there nothing but the effect stay on

[pearl sluice]

was gonna say chrono is dogwater this league

[wide plank]

Are there any builds specifically for Abyssal Lich yet?

[pearl sluice]

if youre going to play it as a caster its basically ed lich that also get to bone storm for like a million

only poe ninja has builds rn though no real guides out yet

[wide plank]

Hmmm alright, I'm more curious how it would work with stacking spirit/ minions for many of the buffs.
Also how the Apparition works

[copper ivy]

how is it i got this debuff on me

[wheat raft]

why does PoB say the two bows do the same damage? Is there any point in trying to craft a bow like the second one then?

[copper ivy]

every is the same by default 100%?

[brazen beacon]

Can somebody confirm, that the doubles ancestral boost damage from First of War III works with this Titan ascendancy? I dont really know how to test it other than to look at the AoE but I cant tell it from that...

[astral grove]

Is there any form of es leech or regen?

[jovial ore]

Can you make ice shot cause shock and still do the normal chill magnitude?

[iron harbor]

Some unique gloves change life leech to es leech, forgot the name

[fickle zinc]

Smith of Kitava says only "normal" armour, does that mean white?

[brazen beacon]

yes, but it can be enchanted

and have implicits

[fickle zinc]

Wouldnt that make it blue or yellow?

[iron harbor]

No?

[brazen beacon]

no

transmutation makes it blue, regal makes it yellow

and alchemy also makes it yellow

[fickle zinc]

How do you get enchant or implicit wiithout turning it blue or yellow?

[brazen beacon]

buy the correct base from trade for the implicit and use an artificer orb for the enchat

[slender furnace]

You see all those things that say not supported in pob?

[fickle zinc]

So implicit means something it gets as a base

[slender furnace]

No implicit means the mod at the top

[west wharf]

anyone experienced with tame beast?

[fickle zinc]

I have been using tame beast on my primary toon

[west wharf]

i'm wondering which mods are reliable for shock

is trail of lightning the only one that reliably shocks?

[brazen beacon]

thats a good normal (white) item with good implicit

[west wharf]

the rest seem like they'd be based on the monsters' ability to deal enough dmg

[wheat raft]

those don't affect the damage calculation. For example this one is basically the same damage too

[fickle zinc]

I use boots that have trail of lightning, my quadra monkey throws lightning on hit.

[pine stream]

On path of building, somehow I made it so I’m only allocating points for weapon set 1. How do I turn that off?? Idk how I even activated that

[west wharf]

does the lightning on hit shock?

[unreal sierra]

click on the number of allocated points on top

[fickle zinc]

And the orb adds a socket I think?

[brazen beacon]

yes

[pine stream]

Thank you so much. I was losing my mind lol

[fickle zinc]

I think so as he triggers the lightning herald

[west wharf]

oh shit i finally got my quadrilla

ES aura and trail of lightning

[fickle zinc]

Thanks! And when it says normal armor, is that only the body armor or is Smith of Kitava limited on all pieces of armor

[thin basin]

on pob the points should be 99/123 24/24 24/24 right? instead of 123/123 24/24 24/24

[median kraken]

If you want to use one of your weapon swap trees with a lot of banner nodes, you'd need to still have the banner assigned to both weapon sets for glory generation purposes and then manually make sure you're in the right tree when placing the banner, right? There's no way to have the banner on for both sets but automatically switch to one when you place it?

[uncut quail]

Does shaper of winter stormweaver asc point mean that you chill even if your doing no cold damage?

[median kraken]

Yes

[twilit cairn]

at what lvl on the warrior can i transition into lvling with fissure skills? currently using mace strike and boneshatter, and it gets a little boring.

[worldly stone]

do people still have rarity of items found in their builds endgame

is it still effective

[brazen beacon]

just the body armor

[hexed bronze]

Simple lightning arrow question, do you want high physical or high elemental damage on a bow

[last quartz]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/kplm00t3
LA Deadeye: I want to make build stronger, but kinda stuck in decisions, 5d budget for upgrades, any advices ?

[quiet linden]

If I put Spell Echo on Frost Bomb, isn't it supposed to create a second Cold Infusion? The skill doesn't even really seem to echo and I only get one Cold Fusion.

[edgy solar]

Get some +projectile levels on your gear

[crystal orbit]

You need to have Overabundance on as well.

[round marten]

once i have rakiatas flow do i drop ele weakness curse?

[last quartz]

If i use this essence, can it remove prefix ? Since it's adding suffix... Or do i have to use omen ?

[summer obsidian]

Is Arc in a good place right now? I've heard some waffling on Infusions being good or bad for it. Any build guides that aren't bait would be helpful.

[sharp thorn]

Assuming that you have a free suffix, yes.

[last quartz]

I have full 3 pref/3 suff on bow

[cobalt spear]

As a witch hunter w/ crossbows, is it best to focus on armour or evasion? Or both?

[sharp thorn]

In that case no. +Levels is a suffix modifier.

[crystal igloo]

Hi, does anyone have from nothing jewel for eldritch battery ? i wanna see the radius of it.

[quiet linden]

Would +30% Cold Damage and +2 levels to all Cold Spells be better than +60% Spell Damage?

[round marten]

yes

damn, just got my first 10x breach map.... was so fun xD

[wispy ruin]

Whats the best to scale ignite? Ik stuff like ignite magnitude but for the hit, which is the most important part, if im playing it on bow, do i need only fire dmg to attack or do all ele dmg and phys dmg help?

[plucky fern]

Question for the deadeyes if i use a bow thats not the dualstring should i double whatever the DPS of the dualstring is to compare them? Any non-dualstring users out there?

[fossil silo]

If i have a Widow Hail bow and and a quiver with 20% chance to pierce an enemy,do i get increased pierce chance by the bow?

[round marten]

well i got my money farmer, whats next? totem warbringer orrrrrr some kind of ritualist

[slender furnace]

Thorns deadeye

[thick basin]

Im working on the monk build build but lingering illusion doesnt seem to be working... anyone having the issues on there builds?

[hybrid echo]

big ask, but could someone take a look at my current build and see what I could improve on?

I'm currently struggling with mana from LA 10 shots and mana is poof, I have recover mana sapphire but it's only enough if I'm smacking a whole pack of mobs,

but survivable/ more dps out put what else should I get besides for nothing and head hunter?

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Hanako-8501/character/Hanako_VT

[candid garnet]

you can only anoint only 1 passive on amulet guys right ?

u cant get any other anoints on other pieces of gear

[dawn spire]

Does anyone have any wacky ideas to make the infernalist "all damage Ignites" node any good? If you want to build to make ignite good then you need ignite/fire nodes. If you take those, then the fire damage isn't helping your ignite magnitude if the Ignites are proccing from non-fire damage. It seems like a mess lmao

[quiet forge]

you used to be able to do beira's anguish but they nerfed the shit out of it

[celest oxide]

Will Deadeye get nerfed mid patch or not until 0.4

Idk if they’ve been doing mid league nerfs or not haven’t paid attention but I’m having hella fun playing LA tbh

[hybrid echo]

besides bug fixes I don't remember any mid league nerfs

[fallow vault]

hey, I was hunting for a haste aura beast to tame and read in the poe2 wiki this description of the aura: "25% increased Attack and Cast Speed and 25% increased Movement Speed" but the beast I tamed gives me just 20% attack and cast speed and only 10% movement speed; is there a mistake in the wiki, or does the level of the beast determine how strong their aura is?

[candid garnet]

whats a reliable way to self ignite guys ?

[marsh oyster]

If I have a skill that innately consumes ignite then add another way to consume ignite does it gain benefits of both or just one?

[mental briar]

Unique that ignites yourself on crit

[steady birch]

did they remove putting weapon set for blink?

can't even dodge roll now lol

[mortal glen]

Only fire damage will contribute to the ignite damage *under normal conditions. So you'll want to scale that portion with generic attack increases (e.g x% increased attack damage, damage with bows, damage with 2 handed weapons, etc) followed by elemental damage and fire damage, assuming only a portion of the skill is being converted to fire. If it's 100% they're the same as the generic ones above in value. You can also scale ignite really well with crit bonus if you have a decent crit chance

[mental briar]

Oh wait mb sorry I think thats a passive

[mental briar]

Yh idk why they nerfed it

Very annoying

[steady birch]

i have another spirit gem that i want set on weapon set 2

they're just killing QoLs

[dawn spire]

Take the node in the northwest of the tree that makes your Ignites reflect back onto you. Or go infernalist and take the self ignite node.

[dawn spire]

"Ignites deal damage faster" also helps immensely if you can reapply Ignites before they use their full duration

[dawn spire]

Yes, if you use blink it needs to be active on both weapon sets or neither

[candid garnet]

its the combo im looking at self ignite and anoint Molten Carapace but not enough skill points 🙁

[idle plover]

Hi guys, does someone know if you can recreate "hits ignore enemy fire res" support gem in PoB somehow? i tried different wording in the config custom tab but none worked so far

[candid garnet]

this is my build but its gonna be my first build on poe 2 https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/rswo0gg1

i dont know what to change somethign doesnt feel right

[formal silo]

anyone playing armour/eva? Is it better or blue life still just king?

[hybrid echo]

Armour I heard was good with thorns

with the new nodes

havent tried so idk

[mortal glen]

I think setting fire res to 0 simulates that, just need to swap it back when looking at damage not using that gem

[idle plover]

ah, yeah, might work. ill try, thank!

[formal silo]

hmm ok, wanted to try out armour/eva with deflect but do not want to really send it if blue life just op again

[radiant lake]

What is dead eye and how do I get it ?? Is it too late I am in act 1 last stage area level 33

I am playing as huntress working on lightening spear

[hybrid echo]

someone's running a thorns build where the boss hits them and half of the bosses hp is gone

lol

and that's in campaign without crazy shit

[gritty bay]

i could use some help with my witch, i am simply too squishy and do not really know how to improve it. I use minions and the damage is fine, i sit at 75 (around 80-90 on all resists uncapped) with 2k life and 2.9k shields and I die all the time in just normal rare t15 maps from 1 hits

not even the juiced ones or the bigger bosses

[wide plank]

Can anyone explain to me how spellsinger icw ritual cadence works like i'm a 5yo? cant seem to get it to work =/

[twilit cairn]

at what lvl on the warrior can i transition into lvling with fissure skills? currently using mace strike and boneshatter, and it gets a little boring.

[dawn spire]

If you're a huntress you cannot become a deadeye. Only ranger can become deadeye

[radiant lake]

Oh

[alpine basin]

Any idea if the molten one’s gift applies to sundered armour since it’s in game description states that any modifiers to fully broken armour apply to it unless otherwise stated?

[wild dirge]

does this mean kills from abyssal apparations have better item drops? or worse???

[dawn spire]

Deadeye is an ascendancy class for ranger. Huntress can become Amazon or ritualist. You can ascend after you complete the trial of the sekhema in act 2 and/or the trial of chaos in act 3

[radiant lake]

I think i picked amazon after completing sekhemas trail

[alpine basin]

Someone help me get to the bottom of this. I’m trying to cook up a build 😅

[magic pier]

Does the added damage from rings get multiplied by the attack motion value?
Example: ring that has 10-20 phys, Ice strike 3rd hit has a motion value of 405%, does the ring added damage get multiplied by the 405%?

[fallow roost]

Can someone fix my deadeye, I dont know what to improve tbh

[rain dust]

What are the recommended supports for forge hammer if I wanted it to be a clearing skill?
Im also using molten blast but its ass at close combat.

[marsh oyster]

You can go full armour with a bit of deflection with a new pair of boots

[thin elbow]

hey guys any tips on how to transition my thunder herald build in into chaos hybrid? i know im prabaly not even asking this question correctly

could i use liquids? or just keep leveling till i get to chaos nodes?

[mortal glen]

Yes,

[fading light]

I've watched a couple of guides for monk with power, and they recommended using a sceptre as a secondary weapon, but I can't equip it because the game says I have to remove all my monk gems before equipping it, and changing the gems to only apply to the primary weapon doesn't solve it. What am I missing?

[wild hamlet]

I'm playing monk high res but still die alot to abyss monster. I noticed HUGE D.O.T drain all my health even I got away. I'm really not sure what it is. Any tips for better survivability?

[dawn spire]

Have more than 2.7k hp pool at level 91

You have abysmally low life/es

[dawn spire]

When you say secondary do you mean offhand or second weapon set?

[wild hamlet]

what is the best way to have better eHP?

[fading light]

2nd weapon set

[dawn spire]

Depends on the build. In general, you just get more life and es on gear

[dawn spire]

Can you show what these guides are doing, exactly?

[wild hamlet]

here is my current gear. What is the gear is the best for getting more eHP with cost efficient?

[fading light]

so, one of the main 3 ways to stack power on monk is to use the gem Profane Ritual that transform a corpose into a power charge. A couple of videos came up with the idea of using a sceptre that enables to use a skill that spawns minions, which you can also use the Profane Ritual so you get many power charges at once. They showed it working, but I can't equip the sceptre in the first place because of monk gems

[drowsy tapir]

Anyone here know if the stat "armour x% applies to elemental damage" stacks with resistances? So if you have 75% all res, does the damage get further reduced by your armor applying to elemental damage?

[viral sage]

what situation that "ice tipped arrows" skill will be preferred instead of freezing salvo/ice shot?

[dawn spire]

They stack, but the armour applies first, then resistances

[drowsy tapir]

my hero. thank you

[hollow bronze]

As somebody who has never played ranger or anything besides witch/monk. POE2. How do I scale ranger? All I can think of is too attacks, levels, projectiles

Anything else that I'm missing and which items are best for whatever scale type? Rings would be best for triple to attacks right?, gloves for attack speed+attacks?

[alpine basin]

Anyone know if the molten one’s gift noteable applies to sundered armour since it’s in game description states that any modifiers to fully broken armour apply to it unless otherwise stated?

[dawn spire]

Rather than ask "How do I scale ranger?" I would pick a skill or archetype and ask how to scale that. In 0.2 incinerate pathfinder was a thing, which is a ranger. You can do any skill and use all gear on all classes.

So what type of build are you going for first?

[hollow bronze]

Ah yeah fair enough, lighting arrow and heard of thunder I'll be using for clear

And lighting rod for bossing

[dawn spire]

Lightning arrow and HoT scale with attack damage, projectile damage, lightning damage, crit chance, crit damage, elemental damage, lightning penetration, lowering enemy res, attack speed (less so for HoT), accuracy, and miscellaneous stuff like culling strike, mark effect, etc

Oh, and number of projectiles

[hollow bronze]

Thank you so much man I'll look in to which items I can buy when I get to trade!

[dawn spire]

On weapons, focus on the physical and lightning dps on it. And if you're going crit, the base crit is important too

[wild hamlet]

please help 🥹

[hollow bronze]

Oh really okok, I found out the hard way that duelstrinh is very good and with the line. ( Added bolt ) Would this mean 2x damage when an arrow hits?

[dawn spire]

This is way too broad of a question. Look at which pieces are the worst and replace those first. If your boots need to get replaced, I'd get ones with good movement speed first since you don't want to be forced to look for boots with movement speed AND a very strict resist combo

[wild dirge]

can anyone please help me theorycraft an abyssal lich build? ideally, id like to be focused around umbral souls from the umbral well. it just seems tough to build w/o a scepter, and scepters give so many minion stats that id lose. I know the level to minion skills would be good because of reservation efficiency though

[dawn spire]

Not really. If multiple Projectiles are fired from the same source at the same time, they cannot hit an enemy at the same time. But it WILL lead to more lightning rods being shot which will help scale your single target through the chaining and rod detonation interaction

[hollow bronze]

AHH okay, so it's more of a proc HoT better kinda thing for clearing? As the affect would got off twice? In two different areas?

[formal silo]

Can someone explain this to me like I am 5, so basically you get more crit hit over the 100% cap?

[hollow bronze]

Appreciate the help dude, I'll go get to endgame and see what happens haha

[rain dust]

What are the recommended supports for the forge hammer skill?

I need it to clear better

[dawn spire]

Herald of thunder isn't one I have memorized perfectly, but I believe it has a cooldown and gives you a buff for three attacks? I think the extra proj helps but I can't remember it right now

[manic venture]

When will they actually fix Herald of Ash not igniting? It does the damage but doesn't apply the debuff. Been bugged since release. How the hell has thing stayed for 8 months? EIGHT MONTHS!?

[hollow bronze]

All I know is, it sets off when you shock I think then kills everything normally lol

[dawn spire]

It worked for me in 0.2. What scenario are you experiencing where it doesn't ignite?

[uncut owl]

Anyone know what the new meta spectre is?

[manic venture]

It does the damage, but it doesn't actually apply the ignite debuff.

[subtle gust]

What's the best weapon setup for stormweaver? Staves or Wand and Focus?

[dawn spire]

What do you mean by "it does the damage"? Herald of ash shouldn't do any damage except the ignite. So if it's not igniting, what damage is it dealing?

[manic venture]

The reason the debuff itself is so important is that the new Ancestral Warcry cannot gain glory from Herald of Ash, because even though it CLEARLY states it applies ignite, it does not, it only does the damage.

[dawn spire]

It just does fire damage over time?

[manic venture]

Yes, even though the tooltip says it Ignites, it only does the damage over time, it does not actually count as an ignite.

[dawn spire]

Interesting. It sounds like they just copied over the mechanics from poe1. Have you made a bug report yet?

[full shale]

Anyone have spectre idea exept Vaal guard and Frozen mandibles ??

[manic venture]

Yes. There's dozens of reports on the forums as well, since day 1 of release. and it remains unchanged. Guess I need to be a streamer.

[tidal furnace]

Anyone here played with hexblast+Inevitable agony, I'm trying to figure if the Hexblast damage which removes the curse applies to the Cursed target.

[timid cloud]

blasphemy got bugged or something? it was working just 10min ago i logged out and log back in and now is turned off

i have 120 spirit also for it free now

[rain dust]

What are the recommended supports for the forge hammer skill?

I need it to clear better

[wild dirge]

Does anyone have any suggestions/thoughts for the following build with the Umbral Well from Abyssal Lich: Spear Main hand, Sceptre off hand. Main ability : Twister, with projectile acceleration III support gem to make projectile speed give damage as well. stack skeletal snipers w/ Umbral Well ability to get 15% projectile speed per sniper.

I believe this would make the tornados move much faster, but still have the same duration, and deal a ton more damage, right? also, I think it would just be a fun way to play the character.

I am a level 33 abyssal lich right now, and I am taking a break from leveling to plan out my path forward

I guess its kind of silly now that I think about it: its already an attack, and I could just spam the much more cost effective skeletal warriors for damage

[uncut owl]

Anyone got info on if Ant is meta again for spectre

[rain dust]

I just watched forge hammer do the fissures thing and didn't even hit the majority of the enemies inside its effect

[real zinc]

we are back to tempest flurry as a movement skill

[void raft]

guys i have question about Rakiata flow gem, bued this and dont feel anything ;-0 clear still same, dps on LS lower , pref using overextend ?

[rain dust]

I even have concentrated effect support on it and still watched multiple enemies just stand in the area and not get hit

Why are the fire mace skills so ass

The only good one is perfect strike. And molten blast if you stand at the right distance away from everything

[dawn spire]

I'm not saying there isn't an issue, but using concentrated effect makes the area smaller and thus harder to hit enemies, so it's not helping your case at all

[rain dust]

The enemies were inside the area

[real zinc]

Guys i have a question whatbout unarmed attacks and accuracy?

[rain dust]

Almost right on top of the fissures

And I got branching fissures too

[dawn spire]

I'm not discounting that at all, I'm just saying that mentioning conc effect doesn't really add anything

[rain dust]

Maybe i should check my accuracy

I may have forgot that was a thing

[dawn spire]

The same way armed attack accuracy is calculated

[real zinc]

Hmm that sounds like a disadvantage a bit

not a huge one tho

how is the interaction between those?

[fallow roost]

I dont think they interract tbh

[real zinc]

I think the same, but i wanted to ask cause i have no idea

[fallow roost]

besides the downside on panther are bad

you want the double evasion on chest node tbh and go pure evasion chest

[real zinc]

not if you go full evasion

and unarmed

[fallow roost]

you'd still want the chest one though right? A good rolled evasion chest can get 2k+

[real zinc]

sure but ahelmet can get 1000 and boots 500

more but thats around the numbers

so in the end u would have more evasion

[fallow roost]

do people go pure evasion? I tried it and didnt like the one shots

[real zinc]

yeah for flurry staggering palm + unarmed

youre literally using flurry as a movement skill

[fallow roost]

aah

im too poor for cool builds

[rain dust]

Ok so pretty sure my accuracy was my issue.

[real zinc]

its juststarting staggering palm and then blasting enemies with it

[fallow roost]

and ive messed up my deadeye a bit so I may call it a season tbh

[real zinc]

lol

[fallow roost]

that or I sell everything and switch builds

[real zinc]

im on my second char to endgame now

first is a monk now a huntress

[fallow roost]

I can barely do 15's but I cant keep up with the economy of no lifers

[minor tree]

do i have to be the one hitting enemies to benefit from high velocity rounds' riven armour and vaulting impact's broken stance, or can it be done by minions as well?

[real zinc]

Not that this league is really interestging

[fallow roost]

I took like 2 days off because of work and now everything is like 5 divines

[minor tree]

because the description says "any hits against those enemies deal extra damage"
but the statuses say "The inflicter's subsequent Attack Hits"

[white minnow]

jumping on the flavor of the week - is there a definitive guide for Lightning Arrow Deadeye i should be following?

[fallow roost]

fubs is decent

but the guy has like 500 divines already and its the most popular build so every is super expensive

but the levelling gear is cheap af

[minor tree]

because if any attack will then do 5% of HVR's hit damage, living lightning and whatnot could be really promising

[halcyon solar]

these ones are always like "damn, decent roles"...
"oh well, forget it"

[white minnow]

im mostly crafting / SSF with the occasional buy if i find something cheap so not worried about the cost

thank you!

[mental briar]

anyone know how thorns specifically works? in this case could thorns "fork"

I cant seem to accurately test it because stuff dies without me noticing if thorns fork did it or regular thorns did

[rain dust]

Wtf

How am I suppossed to use hammer of the gods when the boss is immune to stun

I won the fight but still

And why do I keep getting skill gems but no supports?

[jagged pawn]

has anyone crunched the numbers on which is better between nova projeciles and wildshards?

[cobalt spear]

do witchunters usually take Obsessive Rituals early on? or is that more of an endgame ascendancy point.

[tidal furnace]

is frostbomb bugged from the previos patch?

[lunar trail]

Does Biting Frost work on Frag rounds? Or does the biting frost consume the freeze before frag rounds does?

[steady stump]

For WitchHuner, is the freeze kaboom build solid? Or I should look at something else?

[elfin trellis]

gusy, whats the most chill leveling build out there, that aint deadeye or ed lich? Minion witch?

[fallow roost]

guys I need ideas for a new character? something not electric

[tacit wing]

thats actually an interesting question. Forks critical hits, specifically applies to hits with that weapon. However, Would quill burst or barbs count?

[tacit wing]

i was thinking of a spear stun build. Main hand weapon skill set for stun buildup, second weapon hand setup for the solar spear beam thing for ignite and just make a bit ignite

[fallow roost]

i played enough spear last season tbh

[vapid jasper]

correct me if this isnt the place to ask this one, im planning on building a witch, minions are appleasing but they look quite slow, how decent are they at mapping speeds? i dont need the flash but decent at least xD

[tacit wing]

in case you have a setup running already with crit + tangletongue, maybe buy a icetomb. That gives you a flat amount of thorns equal to your mana, but it has no range. So you can go upto a boss and let it hit you, check the numbers (it should just be the same number roughly every time if it doesn't work)

[quaint dagger]

is there a way for the sorceress to have good damage scaling on all 3 elements?

[hoary mountain]

anyone knows about the ED+Swift affliction? my ED duration is 5.4s, nowhere near 1 second

[pale niche]

God why is Evasion so terrible if you go AR/EV

can't even get to more than 25% evasion with a lot of nodes -_-

[crystal totem]

Anyone here have any experience with Siege Cascade? Trying to make a build around it. Is there any way to make the "fire bolts at every enemy within a 4 metre radius" bigger than 4 metres?

[mental briar]

Doesnt matter cos apparently this item got changed xD now it "bifurcates"

Just testing gear out to make thorns build a little different but man is it hard to see what works because theres no thorns skill which just has tags listed to see what scales it

I also found out avatar of fire node prevents all Bleeds and Poisons so stuff with ailments on hit I was testing out didnt work and I realised why

[tacit wing]

the bifurcate still should be beneficial it's still just 2x crit damage

[static plinth]

Bifurcate is just them renaming Forking Crits so it isnt misconstrued as Forking Projectiles

[mental briar]

Yh testing out different spears since kalltorak used a spear for the rapid assault really but the actual spear is not that important

[static plinth]

And thorns cant Bifurcate afaik

Tangletongue is only hits with the weapon

And Barbs support isnt part of the hit with your weapon its a separate thorns-only hit

[mental briar]

unfortunately this is useless too because avatar of fire does not let you bleed and therefore you cannot aggravate bleeds

and therefore cannot agravate the ignites that you do cos only fire damage

[tulip fog]

does warcries count as attacks? asking about ways to scale corrupting Cry's damage (other than Strength)

[static plinth]

No

You need % inc phys and strength basically

[mental briar]

yh I only realised after using it when you "hover over tooltip"

They need to update the non tooltip part to say "bifurcates critical hits with weapon"

[tulip fog]

but most/all of inc. phys% nodes are for attacks

[static plinth]

You can get it on gear i think

But most of what you're gonna do is strength stack yeah

[bitter spindle]

thanks jonathan

[static plinth]

Damn Corrupting Cry aint half bad in poe2

CC2 for clear and Paquate's Pact for single target

[golden forum]

Any magic staff users make use of this? Just sitting in stash

[mental briar]

Just disenchant for chance shards💀

most of the uniques in the game are garbage

[tulip fog]

if you are warbringer, you should be able to damage enemies armor with corrupting cry right? since their ascendancy doesnt specify attacks

[bitter spindle]

that shit is ass

[static plinth]

Armour break only affects hits, CC is DoT

And you can only break armour with hits

You're probably taking Turtle Charm, Bellow, and Jade

[craggy ice]

gonna trade for a spirit gem for my build but what lvl can I use if I'm lvl 72?

[fleet locust]

I have beat both act 1 and 3 bosses for spirit, how do i get more on my dead eye? is it just gear now?

[craggy ice]

lvl 15?

or 16

[static torrent]

You get 40 more from one of the interlude bosses.

[fleet locust]

Thanks

[tidal furnace]

is there a way to make enemies for myself?

[honest grail]

post on r/pathofexile2 that warrior is fun

[upper ore]

Question, if I use spark but convert its damage to cold, do I want more Lightning damage passive tree nodes, or cold damage passive tree nodes?

Like does the passive treee nodes increase the spark lightning damage, then the conversion happens, or does the conversion happen first, then the passive tree is taken into effect?

[north talon]

But warrior is fun :(

And you want cold

[pine wren]

how does bifurcating crit interact with guaranteed crit? do you always get the double crit bonus

[tidal furnace]

Can someone explain Ritual Cadence to me?

[static plinth]

Your invocations cost half as much, but instead of shotgunning all your spells instantly as soon as you press it it does them one by one every 2 seconds

So rather than 6 comets instantly, you get 12 comets spread over 24 seconds

[dense oriole]

yo any amazons here that could help a bit? been thinking about 4th ascendancy point after penetrate and predatory instinct. Is stalking panther worth it? I guess it could allow use of Apron of Emiran without too much loss of evasion

[tidal furnace]

ahh ok that actually doesn't sound bad

[static plinth]

Its interesting

Idk how good it is

Not being able to gain energy while its going hurts a lot

[tidal furnace]

yeah that's exactly what im looking at

[halcyon solar]

Does greater/perfect currency also roll higher on maps or tablets?

[weary elbow]

i keep seeing people one PoE ninja with jewels that have % max energy shield but I can't find any for sale? am I searching wrong or are they all being bought insta?

[halcyon solar]

there are different kinds of affixes for ES

[atomic halo]

99% you're just searching wrong

look at the wording closely

[halcyon solar]

there's flat amount, %increased etc.

[crisp basin]

Does Minion Pact work with Ravenous Swarm minions?

[quiet linden]

How would Spell Echo work on Snap? Would it even work?

[weak shard]

is anyone here familar with / really understand the Arc Stormweaver build? Spesfically the one that Goblin inc showcased?

I cant seem to get lightning conduit to pop off the way i've seen it done. I'm not seeing this "absolutely nuke the boss" behavior

I feel like i must be doing something fundamentally wrong

[warm depot]

server dead?

[quiet linden]

Tf

[jade locust]

did they change item rarity since release? or is it just as good as it was back then

[weak shard]

GGG gotta be the only company on planet earth that deploys updates at 6-7 ET during the middle of the week

[tulip fog]

seems like servers died yeah

[craggy plank]

i made it though that screen, still wont allow login

[tulip fog]

well, rip my map 🙁

[craggy plank]

the general chat, is going crazy af

[bitter spindle]

lost my map prob too thanks jonathon

[quiet linden]

Yeah same, I guess they are having server issues.

[quiet linden]

Wait it's a scheduled update? Might just be the most random time of the day and week if yes.

[muted umbra]

Does anyone know if spending a elemental remnant on a spell gives it that tag? For example, does using a lightning ball spell with a fire rem give it the fire tag so it's lightning/fire?

[past geode]

People is there a way to play Warbringer and focus on warcry and flames bot not Totems or Corrupting Blood?

[clear sphinx]

no it still retains its original tags

[past geode]

Also I don't understand how we're supposed to scale flame damages without having any mace that does exclusively flames? Am I missing something?

Is a physical/flames damage hybrid viable?

[muted umbra]

damn, I think there is some sauce with living lighting/flaming skulls but I can't find an easy way to trigger both quickly

[fickle orbit]

Hey folks.

So... After farming up currency and shit on my main, i figured id try making an alt. And i decided to try and plan out a new spark version - Instead of Stormweaver, it would be Invoker - because invoker actually has some decent nodes for spark manastackers.

here's the problem. I knew MOM CI EB spark was nerfed, but i thought i'd still be able to make it work. Alas, even with a very juiced gear i crafted for it, it seems its still not possible to make it work anymore. Archmage + MOM means that even with MASSIVE mana regen (2x 150% rings, 30% ingenuity, ton of regen on tree, mana efficiency etc) it still drains my mana in seconds.

With that in mind...

What other build can make use of "Mana/mana regen/cast speed/pure ES" gear? No life, no evasion, some crit/cast speed/proj stuff, no chaos res (but plenty of ele res). Is there any other build i can convert this to, or is this lost cause?

[clear sphinx]

if you're talking about warrior then pretty much every fire mace skill converts from phys to fire, thus increasing the base phys damage will in turn increase the converted fire damage. its the same on literally every other martial weapon that has an elemental based playstyle

[past geode]

So what's my ideal weapon for a mace fire build oriented? And what skills does it allow me to play?

I like warcrys but I dislike corrupted blood and totems

I would have dreamt of playing shield and mace and fire skills exploding and burning everything while shouting my lungs out with empowered attacks

this was my idea

is it even possible?

[inland plinth]

Thats literally what im playing now. I just changed to try out totems to set off my fissures and NGL my PC is not a fan of it

but I dont really need the totems

having the totems blow my fissures up tho is so good

[patent void]

Anyone know how Wind Dancer scales? Like does it scale based on base evasion or total evasion after all other % modifers

Trying to figure out how good it is and if it is worth it

Edit: It is after all modifers. i pulled out the calc

[arctic bough]

In POB is there a way to see which skills are assigned to which weapon swap? Same with talents

[jade sequoia]

is a melee sheild class a viable build or is it better to use proper melee skills

[inland plinth]

I tried using a 1 hander with mace the damage is just not great. you can clear maps but any single target and youre cooked. There is some shield explosion tech ive seen used for it but I didnt try that too much

[clear sphinx]

sorry for the delay in response, had to go afk. keep in mind i haven't played a fire warrior so there may be things i'm not aware of that may change what you prioritize, but in my experience playing lightning merc the main thing you focus on is having a high base attack value, whether it be physical or added fire. other passive modifiers to look out for would be things that boost attacks, melee, & mace skills in general since that will scale up all your damage.

[empty torrent]

is flat lightning better than cold/fire on a bow for LA deadeye? if so, why?

also, what about pure physical?

[mental briar]

Is there anything in game which spreads ignites/bleeds?

Or is there anything that just spreads ailments universally. I know herald of plague spreads poison and contagion spreads chaos damage over times

[patent void]

@empty torrent yes

because you get things like increased lighting dmg

[arctic bough]

In POB is there a way to see which skills are assigned to which weapon swap? Same with talents

[patent void]

and ups shock chance

tbh not the biggest deal tho

[jade sequoia]

ritualist can chain corrupted blood in an aura

[empty torrent]

@patent void is pure phys better than cold/fire?

[patent void]

100%

[empty torrent]

what about phys vs flat lightning?

[patent void]

most likely yes but it depends on dps of bow

when you start going crit end game i like phys better because i am spending multiple div for a bow

and if i want to swap to cold build later

then i have perfect bow for that too

that is way i see it anyways, so i always put prio on phys dmg regardless

[arctic bough]

In POB is there a way to see which skills are assigned to which weapon swap? Same with talents

[empty torrent]

so phys>lightning?

[patent void]

if you get good phys modifer yes

[static plinth]

Theres a couple things that spread Ignite (two uniques and a support i think) but nothing that spreads bleed

[patent void]

if you get shit phys modifer then no

T1-T3 Phys % with a T1-T3 Phys Flat it is better

if you dont get above

then lightning better

that is best way to think of it

phys is better but you have to double roll good stats

[jade sequoia]

do you think a spear mace combo could work to some extent ? both sharing a sheild

like forge hammer plus spear skill , warcries and ancestral supports

[inland plinth]

I dont think so spears require high dex you would need phenomenal gear to even try. and then your skill points would be spread so thin to travel the tree for proper nodes

[jade sequoia]

they did lower the dex req alot tbf

[inland plinth]

yeah but you cant do giants blood it triples reqs for dex too

it would be insane

and one handed mace damage is so weak

[arctic bough]

In POB is there a way to see which skills are assigned to which weapon swap? Same with talents

[lean canyon]

can this be overwritten if I then convert all my fire dmg to lightning?

[jade sequoia]

what if i was using spear as the primary dmg dealer but had a mace for appllyig fissures or something?

[inland plinth]

no it states deal no non fire damage that will apply no matter what. you also cant multi convert damage the same way you can in poe1

[inland plinth]

That could possibly work but I don't know how well you could pop fissures reasonably using a spear and the damage of the fissures would likely still be weak due to pathing on the tree

[lean canyon]

so if I convery all my phys to fire and then my fire to lightning I cant?

or as much phys as I can

[inland plinth]

you cant convert a second time. Once you do phys to fire it cannot convert again

[lean canyon]

no way

that is fked up

[inland plinth]

Conversion happens all on the same step for poe2

[lean canyon]

this cooks my build plan

[arctic bough]

In POB is there a way to see which skills are assigned to which weapon swap? Same with talents

[inland plinth]

poe1 had a conversion sequence poe2 does not

[past geode]

Can I ask you your POB and in game pseudo?

[inland plinth]

slamcopium is my characters name

hopefully thats the pob properly loaded lmao

[jade sequoia]

i kinda wanna support skill with ancestral supports
forge hammer , elemental sundering , thunderous leap , primalstrikes ,wind serpents fury

something like that

[inland plinth]

wind serpants fury is pretty heavily reliant on frenzy charges isnt it?

[jade sequoia]

yeah but you can get that from a few methods

like whenever you electrocute something

[inland plinth]

yeah but that would also mean youd want to scale frenzy charges

which is way up in the dex direction

[jade sequoia]

so wind serpents fury is out then

im looking at playing ritualist since its kinda non specific it what it vibes with

extra ring slot , big regen , raremods , and corrupted blood aura

[distant aspen]

what am I looking for in a jewel that is worth slotting into the lich phylactery slot for an ED contagion build?

[jade sequoia]

maybe i could throw a forgehammer (use infenal cry) , leap in with a thunderous leap and execute with elemental sundering?

[vapid jasper]

im building minions but leveling is quite tedius, i never know where the minions are and they are super weak

[strong sand]

what am i missing here? i dont have %inc duration anywhere on gear or tree

[half ore]

I made build using the new lineage supports for fissure if someone wanna check it out. I love the build myself 😄 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5kIXc22BNo

[merry creek]

I'm trying to twink out this LA Deadeye and I'm kind of new, but should I look for better bow / quiver?

I have flat dmg on my rings gloves.. what else would increase my dmg during campaign? I'm using a 256% widowhail and this quiver

[distant aspen]

can you instil a different node on an amulet and overwrite an existing one?

[lean canyon]

yes

[distant aspen]

thanks

[fast wind]

Anyone know how long I can scale ritual sac to last for?

[vapid jasper]

whoever told me minions are great, i hate you lol, i invested into them and they are never anywhere to be found, and when they do show up, they are 1 shoted by the bosses lol and before im accused of being the fault i have even better gear than the guide sugests xD

[restive needle]

What guide

[vapid jasper]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/minion-army-infernalist-leveling-guide

[half ore]

Maxroll has good guides

use command ability to target the minions to do what you want

so they dont jig off

[vapid jasper]

sorry ima use caps just for a second WHERE THE HELL ARE THE MINIONS WHEN IM FIGHTING SOMETHING!! .. ok thats all caps for now

the ice trap skill is pure satisfaction, is there a build around it?

[feral furnace]

is there a build that would use this?

[restive needle]

Like any qs build

[feral furnace]

Qs?

quarterstaff?

[undone mortar]

I mean those are good on any attack build. I’d use those on LA deadeye

[heady pewter]

Is this worth a support slot?

[midnight obsidian]

well do you have another source of poison

[carmine flicker]

this gem do not even prohibit poisoning

so if you hit a lot and have at least some poison chance - sure

[muted ibex]

is vulnurabity even worth it or is armour breaking just better

[restive needle]

I wish I was sin in that scenario

Or silk in a7

[jovial ore]

Started a new character and just got to act 2 made this bow with the recombinator, what would be the next step to improve it? Should I wait to desecrate it, or should I just exalt slam it?

[static plinth]

Id socket 2 phys runes and wait for desecrate

Though its also not gonna be crazy since its an early game bow so like

Exalt away ig

[jovial ore]

Thanks

[sturdy trench]

which ascedancy provides most defensive value and str? Titan or smith of kitava? Planing on using two 2h weapons and get a lot of armor/hp/elemental armor form tree

[lean canyon]

How can i make Forge Hammer scale with lightning instead of fire?

[tribal surge]

guys why does unnatural resilience not work with smith of kitava ascendancy Forged In Flame?

i don't understand - it only gives the 2 to max fire res, not cold and lightning

am i literally stuck taking freaking manifest weapon lol

[dull bay]

What do I need to buy to add a T1 attack speed suffix on my bow ?

Wait nvm

Should I slam a perfect exalted orb on this?

[quick vigil]

Were you able to figure this out? I dont have the lock icon either but my buddies do

[buoyant quiver]

Anyone has a good thorns build I can follow?

[wanton stirrup]

so I love lighting spear for amazon but im seeing the bleed rake build all over the place. is lighting spear good or is bleed rake just better

[fresh belfry]

meh blackflame covenant doesnt work on mace skills

[carmine flicker]

they are not spells

[fresh belfry]

i had a small sliver of hope

would of been a cool build

[lilac granite]

Does sunder my enemies work with rakiata’s flow?

Idk which is applied first

[dusty gyro]

Does anyone know a good guide for Poison Pathfinder?

[carmine flicker]

Why take both at all?

[lilac granite]

If sunder works first my crits ignore res and with rakiatas the monster will be at negative resis which is additional damage

So in the end it should do more damage

[carmine flicker]

No, it won't be additional damage

[lilac granite]

First time playing monk as well so new to its skills and stuff

[carmine flicker]

You don't ever need to ignore res when they are negative already

[lilac granite]

Sunder only works if they have non negative resis

So I guess it’s best to just not take that node

[honest grail]

bug, they're looking into it

[lilac granite]

Since if it’s negative resis my crits will hit anyways

[honest grail]

I'd say it's still smith in terms of bang for your buck but Titan has a good armour stacker angle now at least

on smith you basically ignore armour and just get the 25% phys as fire plus some additional % pdr wherever you can and then you go 90% all res and capped chaos res and you're cosy

it was funny seeing everyone assume that smith is giganerfed just because they removed some broken sources of max fire res

[carmine flicker]

Smith still nerfed tho

[honest grail]

not nerfed enough

[carmine flicker]

Nerfed regen and harder to stack fire res

ES builds still tankier

[honest grail]

I'm at 89% all res rn lol

it's really not hard

you get the regen you lost back with constricting command and the 2.5% regen while surrounded node

I took 50% reduced crit bonus dmg taken instead of regen though

[carmine flicker]

Lich can survive like 100k ele hit
I doubt smith can go higher than 40-45k max hit

[honest grail]

With a couple of body runes I'm basically crit immune which is giga when so many maps roll crit

[honest grail]

measuring survivability in raw max hit is idiotic in this league

you want survivability vs loads of bullshit happening at once

juiced abyss is the main farm

[carmine flicker]

50% block is so easy to grab on basically anyone tho
Es/armour shields exist

[honest grail]

I'm sure int builds have their ways of getting plenty tanky as well

regardless Smith is feeling pretty unkillable in maps

[carmine flicker]

Poor dex guys tho
Even deflection doesn't offset having 2500 life

[honest grail]

still pretty easy to get 90% max all res, easier to get capped chaos res for them too

active block gigabuffed as well

[weak shard]

anyone have any tips on best annoint to use for arc sorc?

is there a really good ES one i should get?

[carmine flicker]

It blocks everything now?

[honest grail]

Smith getting 100% inc stun thresh on chest is so good for shield build as well

yeah active block negates everything but big red flash 3-5 business days boss slams

warrior also got way more access to movement and skill speed so it's way easier to avoid giga boss slams

I was already just walking to dodge xesht hand slam in 0.2 lol

Now I have 48% ms

[carmine flicker]

Yeah, if you don't go 2 second attack time sunder)

[honest grail]

Sunder is a combo piece now and should be used with a fast weapon and rapid attacks 3 + rage 3

my sunder comes out in less than a second

it's just for doubling armour break effect now

[carmine flicker]

Wow, it feels good then I guess

[honest grail]

Maybe you can clear with it if you build for it as well but that doesn't sound worth it

would be too slow and you'd need accuracy to hit at range

[carmine flicker]

I was do much in troubles how to get damage on my lich I was thinking about going maces, but remembered them being way too slow

[honest grail]

resonating shield + shield wave feels like the comfiest clear for warrior this league

it's like playing a roomba

1h maces aren't slow, but people aren't used to building around them so they expect them to do no damage

shield skills aren't slow either

and shield skills are OP

[fiery brook]

Hey im a tactician. Is there anyway to improve my defensive layers from here?

[carmine flicker]

Even with ar/es shield?

[honest grail]

with some more investment I will be oneshotting max difficulty xesht

shield skills need full armour shield

[carmine flicker]

How are shield clearing?

Like, aoe etc

New warcry did look good at least

[honest grail]

aoe isn't that big but you just fort cry + resonating shield and kill everything around you

got about a 3m radius on it, feels fine

[carmine flicker]

On warbringer without cd it was endless guard source

[honest grail]

can add explosions with heralds etc. if you want

warbringer is giga bait for shield angle because you can ignore warcry cd anyway

[carmine flicker]

Charges?

[honest grail]

by just making end charges with reso shield + armour break 3

ye

and you armour break bosses so fast with reso shield that their armour break node also seems kinda pointless

shield angle is either titan for armour stack or will smith if you want to slap the guy who insults your wife

[carmine flicker]

Too bad all kitava offensive nodes are.. well

[honest grail]

you go full defensive on kitava

which lets you invest more easily in offense elsewhere

kitava gets +2 gloves +3 amulet much more easily

[carmine flicker]

Why armour stack?
Did armour start working for some reason?
They fixed the formula?

[honest grail]

and runs constricting command easier as well

the armour formula is fine for what armour is there for

it always worked lol

the only big phys hits in the game are extremely telegraphed boss slams and armour has been good vs everything else for a long time

now they added mods to make it apply to ele as well

[carmine flicker]

It's literally twice as bad as it was in poe1
And in poe1 armour was useless without endurance charges against anything stronger than light wind

[weary elbow]

is there a confirmed bug with blasphemy? Mine keeps unchecking itself when i weapon swap. with just 1 curse in it and no supports, 200+ spirit on both sets? It's really frustrating

[honest grail]

worthless to compare to poe 1

different game and different expectations

different monster damage values etc.

in poe 1 I need to tank drox slams because I want to do juiced maven 4 way and I'm gonna get hit by it probably

in poe 2 I don't have to worry about that and every slam that does that kind of damage can be avoided with half a brain cell

99% of the phys damage you take that threatens you as a warrior is lots of moderate hits coming in at once while mapping

like packs of those spear throwing hyena assholes

armour is great vs that

[carmine flicker]

In poe1 I need to tank uue fight shaper slam cause I do 50 of them in a row carrying 5 mans for voidstone and I have no room for mistake, so must be 100% facetank)

[honest grail]

it's bad vs xesht hand slam but I was literally walking out of that in 0.2 with half the bonus ms I have in 0.3 lol

I think the only scary big phys slam in maps is monkey boss and you can dodge that or just opt out lol

[carmine flicker]

My main death source for warrior were t16 version of act2 first boss
One with lots of dogggos before

[honest grail]

yeah he does some big phys hits as well

[carmine flicker]

His slam was fast and pretty damaging

[honest grail]

also pretty well telegraphed though

small aoe, predictable windup

[carmine flicker]

I can't really dodge it except by luck
My reaction times are horrible probably

[honest grail]

thing with armour stacker is that at like 60k+ armour you will have meaningful damage reduction vs that kind of hit as well

[carmine flicker]

And for all that holy I can't do anything against Viper in 3rd act at all
One with spearmans

[honest grail]

I enjoyed oneshotting her while leveling lol

[carmine flicker]

Well
Stun and oneshot works

But if it fail and she starts spear phase..

[honest grail]

I just oneshot her with shield wall

broken skill

[carmine flicker]

Never used it tbh

[honest grail]

still laughing at everyone that thought warrior needs giant's blood to do damage

[carmine flicker]

Played totems in 0.1 and rakestomp kitava in 0.2

[honest grail]

https://youtu.be/PULtRewP7KE?si=xxjBPJX99iOTSly6

example

[carmine flicker]

I DID think about shield wall lich

But found better things to cast

Too bad I can't do it shield+scepter

Need to test if I would be able to full facetank him

[honest grail]

I've never understood the appeal in facetanking these bosses

the more people do it the more likely GGG is going to make future boss slams even harder to facetank lol

just doesn't make sense when you can just dodge stuff

poe 2 boss slams have way more telegraphing than poe 1's

like compare shaper teleport slam to xesht hand slam

[broken scroll]

can shattering conc not freeze by itself anymore? do you need to prime for freeze first? or can it freeze build up still?

[digital axle]

care to explain ur damage? 😄

[restive needle]

Honestly both are reactable

But yeah poe2 gives waaay more time to react

[steady birch]

tf? you also can't put 2 skills on cast on-- gems anymore?

at least for voltaic mark

[harsh yew]

weird specific question: does infernal cry give bonus damage to caltrops?

[digital axle]

i believe it only gives to slams, but can be wrong. its EA, anything can happen

[harsh yew]

seismic cry only applies to slams, but infernal cry just says "attacks"

[honest grail]

big sundered armour plus big rage plus big nebuloch crit plus lots of inc damage = big wall boom fart attack

[harsh yew]

so I'm not sure if it would buff the projectile that creates the caltrops and the caltrops themselves, or just the caltrops

[carmine flicker]

I play damn arpgs to facetank big bosses
My main dopamine hit and all

[honest grail]

is caltrops a melee attack

infernal cry only empowers melee attacks

[harsh yew]

it is neither a melee attack nor a projectile attack, just an "attack"

[harsh yew]

oh shit it does? is the pob description outdated?

[honest grail]

well I facetanked all of t4 xesht's slams in 0.2 with life+armour warrior lol

[carmine flicker]

Then would be very easy

[honest grail]

use poe2db for reference

[carmine flicker]

Need to find harder goal

In poe1 I basically ignored everything that didn't disable recovery

[honest grail]

it's a shame kulamak boss design is pretty ass

each phase is too easy to oneshot

and you can't even fail the final form fight lol

just respawns you

[carmine flicker]

Chatting with "buyer" while tanking his 80q all at once feared
Priceless

[honest grail]

I only play ruthless poe 1 but I always play tanky builds for that

[harsh yew]

I'm honestly not sure how reliable poe2db is, given that it doesn't have herald of blood in the spirit gem page, and claims that trail of caltrops has an energy mechanic somehow

[honest grail]

because dying sucks a lot more when you gain xp so much slower

herald of blood is in the spirit gem page

[harsh yew]

oh wait, herald of blood is in there, I just missed it

[restive needle]

Does caltrops have the attack tag?

[harsh yew]

yup

[restive needle]

Then I dont see why it wouldn't

[carmine flicker]

Ruthless lack move skills so meh, sadly

[harsh yew]

well, poe2db says that infernal cry only empowers melee attacks, whereas pob says it empowers attacks in general, so I'm honestly not sure

[restive needle]

What does the skill itself say?

In game

[harsh yew]

not sure, not at my pc rn

also just remembered that caltrops are triggered, so they might not be empowerable in the first place

[languid kestrel]

when looking at the pob node power sim should we choose full or combined dps?

[harsh yew]

...unless they're from trail of caltrops? documentation on these 2 skills is atrocious (not surprising, they're absurdly niche), so I'll probably just have to check the skill tags next time I'm in game

[restive needle]

Yeah it's definitely a test it to find out angle

[sturdy trench]

Titan can still have a lot more armor and the minor node bonus, but iam not sure if this is better than smith 25% phys as fire, do you still think that smith is superior? at least defensively

[carmine flicker]

Smith is 100% superior
90 res is better than 75 with armour stack any day

And you can stack a bit phys taken as fire from tree as well, afaik

To stack with kitava's

[mystic osprey]

does blackflame amethyst ring(Enemies Ignited by you take Chaos Damage instead of Fire Damage from Ignite) benefit from increased chaos damage on the tree? increased chaos damage nodes doesnt add damage on PoB but maybe I'm using PoB wrong? I set "Enemy is ignited" in configuration. Edit: I think it still only benefits from fire nodes.

[sturdy trench]

Titan in general have more EHP in poe ninja builds, but no one is taking Forged in Flame tho

[swift ridge]

anyone got a fix for this new lagg and stuttering after the last patch hotfix?

[vagrant plinth]

Yeahhh you know the longer I live, the longer Im convinced I have dyslexia. I noticed later that consuming charges triggers chaotic surge lol

[carmine flicker]

Idk, I think ehp is some random meaningless number
What matters is max hit and recovery
And block chance, if it's there

[supple jay]

can you still level corrupted skill gems

[north talon]

Is ehp not just max hit?

I could definitely see Titan having better max hit than Smith now, just with way more armor and 15% more HP

[alpine basin]

Anyone know if the molten one’s gift noteable applies to sundered armour since it’s in game description states that any modifiers to fully broken armour apply to it unless otherwise stated?

[formal silo]

can we change our tat from act 4?

[long burrow]

can someone let me know what i can do to make my build better? i have about 40divs to use i just got a lock to drop https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Faninza-9946/character/TheBigWu

[craggy tiger]

With out any specifics. Or a pob or anything. I have only ever played gemling shield charge/shield wall poison. With life leech. It was slow. But worked well enough for me. Interested in trying thr new league. I am thinking bloodmage. Go left to get the two attack damage nodes, and a few slam/life leech. Down for some bleed nodes. And to the right from start are, for hollow palm. Primary skills woupd be shield wall for defence/aoe and vaulting leap.

Since both utilize attack physical damage. Then add in a good weapon to synergies with shield wall, or has a unique/nifty perk to it.

Curious if anyone has tried this or something similar. Othe than shield charge.

[north thistle]

Has anyone figured out a good method to add consistent fire resonance to trinity for an ice strike invoker? I've tried a couple different things but nothing has been super consistent

[river dew]

I haven't played any spell builds but are there any good approaches for cast on triggers?

what would be the strongest triggered spells for someone in melee?

I'm thinking localised nova kinda things

[robust ember]

If I posion mobs with 1 skill, can I build poison magnitude with another assuming its either chaos or phys? Or do my magnitude skill also need poison chance?

[lone wave]

you don't build magnitude on enemies

its just how good the poison is when applied

[harsh yew]

when running a decent amount of "10% increased effect of fully broken armour" small passives, is it better to use warbringer for the negative armour on armour breaks, or titan for the 50% increased effect of small passives?

[harsh yew]

I don't know how potent negative armour or the increased effect is, so I figured I'd ask here

[high tusk]

guys wanna ask, is fully eva build actually viable with the new mechanic deflection rate?

or ES+CI is still the best

[honest grail]

negative armour is giga bait, just use sunder for sundered armour

sundered armour scales with all inc effects to full broken armour

[heady garnet]

what kind of specters or minions are people using? thinking about doing a minion build next

[harsh yew]

aight, better to go for the 50% increased effect of small passives then I'm guessing?

[honest grail]

better to play Smith unless you're armour stacking really

[robust ember]

So both skills need chance to posion then?

[distant aspen]

does considered casting work on the DoT of essence drain?

[harsh yew]

I'm tryin to do a weird caltrop thorns build with spears, so most of the smith nodes don't really do much for me

[lament jewel]

Is this a good bow?

[river dew]

can we only get Charm charges by killing enemies?

[devout dew]

for the skill gems of Wind Dancer and Tornado Shot are they lvl 11 uncut skill gems

[harsh yew]

tornado shot is from lvl 11 and above uncut skill gems, wind dancer is from lvl 4 and above uncut spirit gems

[viral sage]

1h weapon viable build for warrior until endgame?

[honest grail]

they all do a lot for you because they help you not die

you're thinking about ascendancies wrong

[harsh yew]

ohhhh, because of the elemental resist ascendancies, right?

[honest grail]

the fire res node lets you gear for anything much more easily and the max res nodes takes some investment but in return offers the best defense vs ele damage warrior has to offer

the normal body armour nodes are also very good

smith of kitava can just solve most of your defenses for you which leaves you free to do whatever else you want with your gear and tree

[harsh yew]

true, being restricted to a normal rarity body armour does get a bit iffy with thorns tho

[honest grail]

Titan can also be strong defensively but you need to lean into their armour stackig angle for that

if you're wanting to stack armour from thorns specifically then you go Titan

and do armour stacking route with armour applies to ele mods instead of kitava max res

[harsh yew]

given that I'm already gonna be building around scavenged plating for thorns bonuses, armour stacking is definitely gonna be a core part of the build

[harsh yew]

exactly what I was thinking

some of those nodes are next to some good thorns and rage when hit passives as well

[honest grail]

Hulking Form boosting some armour break nodes is a lot less important than Titan overall synergizing with stacking armour

[high tusk]

guys wanna ask, is fully eva build actually viable with the new mechanic deflection rate?
or ES+CI is still the best

[honest grail]

warbringer also has good thorns angles afaik with auto armour break on hit damage

the trouble I think with caltrops is that it has no tag you can use to stack +levels with it

oh nvm it has proj tag

I guess that's fine then

[harsh yew]

yeah, that's somethin I was considering to free up a support slot, I just don't know if warbringer has enough other good nodes to be worth running over titan

[lone wave]

Warbringer is only for thorns in that warbringer is for shields.
If the goal is thorns titan is definitely better for Hulking Form on the thorn small passives

[harsh yew]

though I could probably just use caltrop support for the armour breaking, and trail of caltrops for the damage, since caltrop support can't benefit from gem levels

[lone wave]

I might like to use Warbringer with bucklers for more value from Renly's Training, but could i make it worth stretching to parry nodes...

[viral sage]

the stun threshold nodes in passive tree is referring to the stun bar located above HP/MP pots right?

[harsh yew]

iirc it also applies to "light" stuns, when your character flinches from getting hit and can't do anything for a split second

[viral sage]

thats what i been thinking..is it related to the light stun only, or it can increase the heavy stun threshold from using a shield/buckler

[lean canyon]

anyone knows how to make forge hammer scale with lightning or like convert it to lightning? Cuz I was thinking of making a thor build with mjolner but cant figure out how to make forge hammer work

[harsh yew]

both

[viral sage]

i c, tq

[midnight bolt]

whats the point of this armor, isnt this just straight up downside if you get hit for 1k youll lose 1k max health for 5 seconds instead of being able to leech it

[harsh yew]

there's actually a support gem that specifically increases your stun threshold by a ton if you're channeling the skill, which counts blocking/parrying

[viral sage]

yea..its steadfast gem

[hoary mountain]

anyone knows how swift affliction works?

it is not increasing the damage of essence drain dot

[static torrent]

Is your Essence Drain duration less than one second?

Most of the third tier supports are not direct upgrades to the prior ones, but either offer some additional feature, or are sidegrades that may or may not be useful depending on what skill you're supporting.

[hoary mountain]

No, it's 7.72 and becomes 5.4s when the gem is equipped

in order to get the 50% more non-ailment(chaos) damage, I need it to be 1s or less I guess

but it's almost impossible to lower the debuff duration

to 1s or less

oh, I think I should use the swift affliction II

yeah

the tier III requires the duration to be less than one second, but tier 2 doesn't

[devout dew]

for a Lightning Arrow Invoker Monk which of the 2 vials is better for it overall?

[sterile furnace]

I'd take ailment threshold
25% mana Regen isn't enough to solve mana issue

You need other sources to solve mana issues regardless, and they still get solved just with those alternative sources even without this 25%

[fleet swift]

is there a single Invoker build that people are like, thats the one? im worried my storm wave wont get me to endgame like i want and im wondering if i should swap to something else, i tried Ice Strike early one then swapped, should i just swap back to go to something else entirely with Invoker, i just beat the 1st interlude act and im worried i wont get through the other 2, i feel like my dps is falling behind.

[mental briar]

No matter how much I try to make thorns build work it just feels super bad at clearing large packs

I tried using herald of plague to poison packs in a large radius but its not large enough of a spread

[wise vector]

When did you bloodmage fireball Lads Transition into fireball?

[burnt gust]

CoC Bloodmage with Choir: Spark or Arc, what's your take why you prefer one or the other?

[ashen mango]

Can you set a belt to a hotkey to fast swap it? Serious question.

[past pond]

Hello, which is most reliable website/youtuber for builds since there is so many?

[digital axle]

can someone explain why this item is not ingame? atleast market is empty and not showing this item.... https://poe2db.tw/us/Bursting_Decay
i planned my build around this ring.... 🙁

[sharp thorn]

It is in the game but it's really rare and nobody farms them. People prefer to convert corrupted biomes into cleansed.

Because fracturing orbs are much more obvious as a loot.

[digital axle]

tyvm for explaining. makes sense for me now

[slim spoke]

does anyone know the aboslute earliest you can ascend to abyssal witch?

[inland pelican]

how do these work together? (or not)

so, just faster gain of tailwind, huh?

[twilit cairn]

whats a Fissure skill? i dont see that tag on any warrior skill. Is Leap with Crater support considered a Fissure skill and would that node help there for example?

[zealous swift]

i would assume it should work with any skill that creates at least one fissure

[random hornet]

You need to do a level 80 boss gauntlet for it, If you have someone killing it for you probably as soon as you ascend as lich?, Otherwise, yeah something like 80-ish I guess?

[midnight bolt]

What are the best minion or DOT builds(i know only essence drain)

also on ED can i cast it and then switch to your 2nd weapon slot with way more spirit and minions to get more dmg for ED, or it wont affect it since it was cast from 1st weapon slot

[twin mauve]

just making sure, i still need source of armor break for this to work right?

[stark kettle]

How does Cast on Crit and Spellslinger work with skills that have cooldowns?

[prime plaza]

What's more important on staff in end-game for crit build

-100% spell damage
-+5 to all skills
+30% to crit damage
+20 dmg as extra damage

and why

[prime plaza]

yes

[prime plaza]

cast on can't skip cd of a skill

[lapis pond]

who has the best thorns guide atm?

[fallen lagoon]

hi guys, will life leech support gem work if its on the wind dancer buff?

[prime plaza]

it's considered attack and melee so it will work

[fallen lagoon]

I have a archer deadeye, so im good right?

[sour basin]

Firestorm skill: can every individual bolt crit or is it area damage meaning it do same damage over a duration rather than the individual bolts?

[prime plaza]

every bolt can hit or not so it deal damage on hit but im not sure if you cas't and it's roll crit for all or for invidual

[viral sage]

https://poe2db.tw/Chakra_of_Stability wonder what build u can make with this node

[sour basin]

Crit isn't calculated multiplicative is it? So 7% base crit with 100% increased is 14%???

[static torrent]

Increases to critical hit chance are calculated based on the flat crit chance, so if your flat crit is 7%, 100% increased will make it 14%, yes. However, if you were to get +1% critical hit chance on top of that, your final crit chance would be 16%, for instance.

[sour basin]

So if a node doesn't say "increased" specifically it's base chance?

[carmine flicker]

what node?

but most nodes are increased

[sour basin]

In passive tree

[carmine flicker]

I know, I mean, what's the node's name?

[static torrent]

This would be an example of flat added crit

And this would be the more common increased.

[sour basin]

Is there any added base crit for spells in tree?

[carmine flicker]

afaik no

spells have up to 15% base already

[sour basin]

Do we as a player have a base crit chance on top of the gems crit chance? Or if a gem says 7% that's my base for that skill

[hasty gust]

Is this where one asks for advice on builds ?

[carmine flicker]

7% that's it

[high rivet]

any of you guys know passive ways to break armour? i know theres the mace desecrated mod, warbringer, and mark for death

well to be fair the mark one isnt passive

[carmine flicker]

well, more or less yes
it's more about making your own build tho

[hasty gust]

I have a build already but don't know how to keep going and if I should do x thing

[carmine flicker]

there is a node to break with spell crit

there is "build help" channel

but you can as well ask there

[high rivet]

oh fair, i dont use spells sadly though

im theorycrafting right now

[dusky wadi]

I’m ngl, I’m starting to get burnt out, I’m so sick of every fucking build suggestion being super bait with expensive items, I don’t have time to play this game full time and I just wanna have some fun

[high rivet]

thorns isnt bait

[carmine flicker]

what build?

[high rivet]

i speak from experience

[hasty gust]

I'll just ask if you guys can answer me great if you don't want to ok :(. I am playing as a Warbringer with totems and Volcanic Fissure and Forge Hammer. I got Avatar of Fire node but right now I don't know what to keep getting or if it is really worth going fire dmg.

[carmine flicker]

there is that shield skill that break armour too

[high rivet]

the build enabling uniques are only exalts

[high rivet]

yeah i was hoping for passive breaking

i use resonating

im doing the less convenient version of thorns

i made a warbringer version that just walks through maps

[mellow shale]

I don't suppose Brutus' brain lineage support which makes minion deal and take 100% less damage still allows "all damage shocks/ignites/bleeds/etc" effects to work? Has anyone tested that? Maybe a hit which deals 0 damage still counts as damage copium

[high rivet]

like i had my friend do my warbringer thorns, and he's barely invested even 60 exalts (most of that was for good thorns gear, not the uniques)

[carmine flicker]

ailments are based on damage taken, so no

[high rivet]

and is at t15's

[carmine flicker]

well, resonate is channel, so can add support that add thorns to channel there at least

[mellow shale]

i'm thinking specifcally for companions with monster modifiers. they inflict the ailment with every hit even if they deal 1 damage. maybe even if they deal 0?

[carmine flicker]

then.. test it. best way to know

I spent first 4 days of league on tests
too bad that mean I didn't play much

[high rivet]

yeah the issue isnt really the damage, and i barely have any mana

[mellow shale]

yea i guess i'll test it eventually, don't have enough currency right now to get the gem

[carmine flicker]

wdym? gem is free

oh, brutus brain

[mellow shale]

yea lineage support

[devout sedge]

i already played a grenade-based mercenary build in previous league, do you think is there a way to build a "heavy machinegun" style build which dont relay on grenades but more on shotgunny\machinegunny style of play? viable to end the game and so some endgame maps, nothing hyper efficient

[carmine flicker]

isn't it like.. 2ex? or 3?

[mellow shale]

53 chaos on curency exchange

[carmine flicker]

wtf

bought it for 4 ex day ago

just for collection

time to get free 50 chaos I guess

[mellow shale]

are you on softcore?

[carmine flicker]

soft

[mellow shale]

yea me too

i guess there's some new meta build for it or something

[dusky wadi]

I’ve been thinking about playing warrior actually, what does thorns even do again? I was also thinking about doing like totem warrior or fissure warrior I just wanna be tanky and do atleast decent damage

[carmine flicker]

thorns deal damage to things that deal damage to you

things that do tons of small hits literally shred themself

[high rivet]

so thorns has a lot more to it than people think

[dusky wadi]

I just realized your name lol

[high rivet]

there are supports that allow you to apply your thorns hits on attacks

lol

[carmine flicker]

thorns also have easy leech, so they heal you every time you are hit