2┃build-planning

[brittle anvil]

you can

[naive mason]

wait you can??

is there any other way than replacing them from your inventory?

[brittle anvil]

lock it

there's a lock button replacing the I and II when you hover over it

[naive mason]

yes i found it 😭

9 months old reddit post lied to me

[fiery briar]

We can’t have magnified area I and magnified area II on the same skill right?

[leaden heart]

my resonating shield is not one tapping my shield wall even with uruk's smelting please help

[rustic coral]

so i have 2 divines should I use that to buy -4 constricting command or wait for 5 to get a -5? I'm new and lvl 72 wanna start going OP builds

doint mortar wb

[magic portal]

What annoint should I put on this for selling?

[midnight geode]

does this apply only on spells triggered by invocation gems like reaper's invocation?

or does it work with cast on crit as well

[west wharf]

if you’re ranged don’t get -4

if you’re melee -4 is fine

[elder mural]

Whats the matter with number son the Timeless Jewel ? the number 500 worst or better than number 7000 for example ?

[rustic coral]

its hard to find build without the surrounded nodes for my mortar guy

like nodes paths

guess i came in the game too late

all the videos i see use that helmet

Shoud I play another class or build until I can afford that helmet then come back to this build? Damn that sucks

[manic burrow]

it is just the seed for how it modifies nearby passives
you can't garuantee someone else's timeless jewel will alter passives the same way unless it has the same number so the best ones tend to be very high price

or at least those used by popular builds and guides

[rustic coral]

Can someone link me mortar WB build that doesn't use Constricting Command

[elder mural]

Can we see the nlist somehow ?

[west wharf]

you just run the same thing but don't take the surrounded nodes until you have the helmet

that's all

[rustic coral]

yeah but it seems to go out of the way for those and i dont know wha tto take instead

new to the game so no clue how this web works

[west wharf]

pretty much everything else nearby

[rustic coral]

ok so stuff that says damage?

[west wharf]

just take the stuff the build you're following recommends, minus the surrounded nodes for now

if you have extra points stick them in some relevant-looking nodes, damage aoe armour whatever

then respec them to the surrounded nodes once you get the helm

[elder mural]

Can we know the bonuses somehow if i want to reroll it

[rustic coral]

how long does it take to farm 5 divine orbs?

[west wharf]

not that long

rly depends how fast ur progressing etc, no way to put a timer on it

for some ppl a few days of farming, for some ppl 1-2 maps

for some ppl 5 minutes of crafting

but it's not that much money, it's easily achievable farming for a bit on ur starter

[static plinth]

If youre not particularly fast id expect like 10 - 15 maps

[meager jackal]

I am noob and confused. I finished interlude, and wanted to respec from grenades to explosive shot. I redid passive tree, it cost me 1/3 of gold I have, and when I started to change skills I realized I dont have support gems. Tried to buy some on currency exchange but none of the orders are going through. Am I stuck now because I didn't plan ahead and noticed I dont have enough supp gems to respec?

[wicked tiger]

Are you putting enough currency to buy the support gems? The top of the exchange shows the prices

[meager jackal]

it says no stock for the ones I want to put haha. Does lvl1 support gem really cost 3EX?

lvl1 is 3EX, lvl2 is 1EX. How is lvl2 less expensive

[hollow crystal]

People are making the prices of things that are useful for new characters a lil pricier

[meager jackal]

Guess that makes sense

[wicked tiger]

Why not just buy lvl 5 support gems?

Aren’t they like 5 for 1 ex?

[meager jackal]

2 for 1, and I'm doing just that now

guess I was just shocked about the prices of the supp gems, I am noob and don't really respec much, but I got this!

[weak valley]

guys i have a question reguardin ED Lich build, hope someone can help me out

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/chaos-dot-lich-starter-deadrabbit?ws-ngf5-f7d82102-7e77-4a44-ad24-33b67e8ae7bf=activeVariantId%2C1bde2724-6aae-4e79-8e8b-fab71ebdb04e

why is he using swift affliction 2 and chain 2 in the support runes? and not lv.3 instead?

[frozen knot]

swift affliction 3 does 50% more damage only when the duration is less than 1s. For chain i guess it could affect the spread of contagion.

[static plinth]

Chain 2 adds +1 chain and gives 100% more chains, Chain 3 gives 200% more chains for a total of 0 by default

Chain is on ED because it doesn't affect it's DoT damage and makes it much easier to hit your contagion targets, as it'll hit multiple enemies in a pack and wont get body blocked by enemies without the contagion debuff

And what Savant said about SA3

ED duration is like 8s+

[cedar aspen]

Is there a place to find decent atlas tree suggestions? Wondering what’s good for me as I’m SSF,

So far focused into quant and rarity on waystones, packsize, the 40% random content. Then just can’t decide on rogue exiles, strong boxes or essences for crafting

[forest monolith]

whats the benefits of getting HASTED ontop of haste aura with tame beast? does it also affect player or no?

is it more to make sure it keeps up with u and dont go out of range buff wise

[lapis condor]

anyone able to review and see how I can improve my build? https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/fallingsunrise-3765/character/PPGotStuckInASoapBottle

[frozen knot]

only the companion moves and attack faster

[fiery briar]

how does diminishing returns on rarity work?

[rancid shuttle]

Hey all, I’m completely new to PoE and trying to decide what class/ascendancy I want to go.

When I look up builds I see a lot about powerful/broken builds, but I’m kind of interested in what is the most fun to play. I’m not looking to optimize clearing or loot, more looking for high skill ceiling, large toolkit, and cool themes.

I like the witches themes a lot, but worried working with minions is not active enough of a playstyle for me, but I also have no clue what I’m talking about.

I also like the idea of hybridizing classes, like huntress and fire from sorc, or maybe hunter/ranger, but again, I don’t know what I’m talking about 🙂

Any recommendations on fun classes or skills is super appreciated!

[wicked tiger]

Supposedly it’s logarithmic, so the more rarity you get, the less effective each additional point is

[vivid crown]

Whats the best way to get mana regen? my build (grenade build) is very mana heavy and idk how to sustain it

[fiery briar]

does that work inversely too?

[wicked tiger]

What do you mean by inversely?

[fiery briar]

negative rarity

[wicked tiger]

Hmm I’m not sure

[prime drift]

So I've recently started doing maps, now I have like 8 points for the atlas map tree and not sure what to do

[wicked tiger]

Spec into the content you enjoy doing

[prime drift]

So it doesn't really affect anything build wise?

[wicked tiger]

It affects your atlas and maps

[abstract saddle]

Okay so weird question, how does the earthquake erupting with jagged ground interact with shockwave totem's erupt? Like I'm trying to figure out if there is a reason to use shockwave totem with earthquake, like it seems like it just doesn't do much, but I could be wrong maybe you can erupt from earthquake and shockwave?

[white relic]

does anyone know how to get Herald of Lightning correctly added to the Full DPS calculation? it doesn't get calculated even when selected for full dps. Enemy Shocked is checked

[median wharf]

got this interesting combo, any cooks out there?

[carmine flicker]

no spell lvls
so most spells are out, right?

[median wharf]

I guess they killed any kind of looping already

[carmine flicker]

only minion expire loop I guess

[plain cloud]

Hey, I'm looking to swap to a Hollow Palm build on my Invoker and is there an ideal split for ES/Evasion ? I'm trying to plan which pieces to purchase and of which type but I'm unclear on how much ES is required to have a good amount of Critical Hit chance

[static plinth]

You should PoB it cuz it depends on how much % inc you have

The less you have the more ES you want

Crit has a cap while attack speed doesnt

So you only want as much as it takes to cap

(though of course its also your survivability)

[pine stream]

does ataluis bloodletting still work if i use blood magic?

[chilly swan]

How does limit work when I have multiple living bombs equipped?

Like, what if I have 3 living bomb gems, is it 1 active seed per gem? Or is the limit shared between the spells?

[static plinth]

Cant equip more than 1 gem

Before 0.3 they'd share the limit, if you put overabundance on one that single one could also have 1 more

[chilly swan]

What about triggers?

Like elemental invocation, or spellslinger

[static plinth]

Idk if they changed that

You can only have 1 spellslinger for sure though, cant dual-wield wands

[chilly swan]

I mean, living bomb self cast, spellslinger living bomb, elemental invocation living bomb

[static plinth]

Oh

[chilly swan]

Would I have a limit of 3 bombs, assuming 1 came from each source?

[steel hawk]

do reaver minions benefit from bidding?

[static plinth]

I think you can do that but they'd all still share limit pretty sure

Can check by doing it with one with less duration and more duration and see if there's two explosions

[chilly swan]

They don't blow up from duration anymore. 🙁

But, it still might be testable if I control the environment enough.

Like on the A1 frost witch or something...

[static plinth]

Oh weird i had no idea they changed how it works

[chilly swan]

Damage causes them to 'splode now.

I'm trying to think what the best use of stormweaver's +1 limit ascendency node might be.

[static plinth]

I think Storm Lance might be good

Wait no explosive spear

Overabundance+Stormweaver is max of 3 which should be enough to be comfortable using it without frenzies

[chilly swan]

My thought was, firestorm, orbs, and living bombs.

[static plinth]

Oh its behind Elemental Storm, oof

[chilly swan]

Cause then you could get +1 orbs, and the ascendency would make it so you don't necessarily need overabundence on the triggered bombs.

Since you'd be somewhat starved for support slots on the triggered spells.

Looks like the source doesn't matter, as far as I can tell. The limit is shared between gems.

[signal crow]

Lich: Event Horizon+Eternal Life work?

[light dew]

are prism of beliefs not shown in the tool tip?

[rustic coral]

can someone please link me a mortar wb build

the one i found on yt was bad and bait and im new to the game tho

so need an actual planner

[formal silo]

Is it possible to sustain demon form while leveling?

[prime drift]

I'm looking for a fun staff or regular bow (not grenades) build and curious whats still pretty decent right now

[daring prism]

Whats a better sorceress ascendancy for a pyromacer. Chronomancer or Stormweaver

[static plinth]

What skills are you using

[river frigate]

Does crifical damage get applied to gain extra "elemental" damage %?

[alpine basin]

Sounds like maybe the build wasn’t the problem if you’re new hahaha Was it the one from PoEGuy?

[static plinth]

Yes

[river frigate]

guys, if i have the exact same # of red/green/blue does crystalized immunities give me all 3 immunes

[west wharf]

yes

"gain as" essentially just takes whatever final amount of pre-mitigation damage you do and adds a multiplier ontop (additive with other gain as sources)

[river frigate]

Thank you so much

[west wharf]

i think the only exception i can think of is "gain % phys as fire" can still add a bit of damage even if you have avatar of fire

cus any non-converted phys damage is still present, the gain %phys as fire will work on it, and then the phys is nullified and does no damage cus of AOF, or somesuch

[sweet lynx]

can you proc multiple doom blasts? i.e. 3 curses with 3 doom blasts each proccing.

[weak valley]

question, does attack speed on gloves and weapons affect DPS tooltip for attacks? i see many weapons with attack speed that has DPS representation with the same amount as the ones without it

[west wharf]

yes, r u sure ur not looking at average dmg?

some skills display dps, some skills display avg dmg

[mighty jay]

lightning warp - demon form infernalist - ring for convert light to ice = good ?

[weak valley]

no i mean, when u search for the weapons in the marketplace the DPS there doesn't seem to change, let's say u have 2 weapons with the same phys and ele dmg, one has attack speed, one doesn't, it seems to me that looks the same

[west wharf]

can u show me an example

cus this is not corrrect

ur sure ur looking at the dps read and not the flat damage amount?

[weak valley]

so there is 3 values down in the weapon right

DPS, Physical DPS and Elemental DPS

what you are saying is that attack speed affects directily on the DPS on the item? i don't have an example, it's just what it seems to me

[nimble acorn]

So I'm running a bleed amazon, wondering if these boots that I just recently got are good because of the aggravate bleeding trade ( can't post images yet so hence the link)

https://pathofexile2.wiki.fextralife.com/Beetlebite+Velour+Shoes

[formal silo]

Who is this stat for? Also the spellblade node? It seems like the game wants us to play monk quarterstaff mix of spellblade with spells and melee attacks.

But the only thing this works for and those nodes work for is using a spear or mace

I am just confused like what is the actual point of this stat in the game? So its just for spear/one handed maces players to path over near monk? Because the mace and spear nodes are a hike so even getting an node like spellblade makes no sense

I keep trying to cook up a melee caster hybrid that basically plays like a spellblade but even with half and half scaling there is like no good actual skills for it, POB not even showing any changes when I take these nodes and use crown of eyes for hollow palm? 😂

[sharp thorn]

There is a lot of "just in case" nodes. It maybe will be useful when traps and dagger are released. Currently there are no meaningful synergy.

[west wharf]

yes

it affects it

if it doesn't, u can take any weapon with AS on it and screenshot the dps

and math it out

[formal silo]

Yeah i feel like "Maybe with shadow" is half the answers for chonk problems , they should not have released this ascendancy with early access

[west wharf]

https://www.poe2wiki.net/wiki/Mjölner

[formal silo]

yes one handed maces and spears

[west wharf]

oh i meant the mod on shield

[formal silo]

mod on shield?

[west wharf]

you can get that mod on a shield iirc

[formal silo]

hmm I am not seeing any on shields

[west wharf]

its' a desecrated mod

[formal silo]

and this node would be a good way to scale something like that

[west wharf]

i think ulaman desecrated prefix

[formal silo]

the issue is any mace user is not going to take it

[west wharf]

the monk ones u can do quarterstaff with reapers invocation or cast on crit right

[formal silo]

you can 100% use cast on crit and we do but the scaling for it sucks for spells, we used spear with threaded woven focus and crown of eyes for invoker during lightning spear meta

[west wharf]

yea i can't speak much for effectiveness, i haven't run the setup before

just spitballing some ideas since i've seen a ton of qs monks using reaper's invocation / coc comet

[formal silo]

the scaling just seems so off for any actual quarterstaff, I would fine not being able to have it do giga damage and just using a quarterstaff to attack and occasionally casting a spell out

but its 100% easier on something like spear or one handed mace because you can slam a focus or a scepter

[grand nebula]

What rune gives % to increased non - damage ailment?

[west wharf]

thane granell

only for gloves

[grand nebula]

Can I put it on my belt? Death enthroned?

[remote nymph]

Is there a wicked ward in poe 2?

[west wharf]

yea

though i don't really feel like sacrificing your belt slot is worth that

[grand nebula]

I'm going spark, what would be better for those two slots then?

[wispy needle]

What is currently better..Armour..evasion or armour and evasion (Trying to ignore ES)

[west wharf]

depends where u r on tree

generally armour+evasion hybrid is quite bad

it was alright in previous patches, but they added evasion to deflect% and armour applies to ele dmg% this league

so it tends to be more effective to scale one or the other to a high value, so you can get the most juice out of the secondary layers they provide

leftside tree u go life+armour

rightside tree u go life+eva (with hybrid es oftentimes)

if ur like a mercenary and in the center, u can kinda go one or the other

depends on ur preference + the specifics of ur setup

[wispy needle]

What an answer, thank you.
Im a melee tactician with open ascendancy points..in this case what would you suggest because my small brain does not quite understand the Tactician nodes regarding EVA and amrour

[west wharf]

which tact notables are you taking?

and what kind of melee tact setup, molten?

[wispy needle]

1st Ascendancy is "solid Plan"..after that it does not matter.
Ill have a companion to "always shock" and then focus on primal strikes..

Its dumb i know, but its something new..I never did a non-ES build 😅

[west wharf]

sorry, primal spirits?

what are those

[wispy needle]

my bad, primal strikes

[west wharf]

oh ok

tact is one of the only ascendancies that can kinda get away with going hybrid, if it paths all the way to stay light use cover

most common setup for tacts though is

a solid plan + the pin nodes + polish that gear

but the pin nodes aren't very useful if you're full melee

usually i see primal strikes just used as singletarget on lightning spear setups

i have not really seen primal strikes as a primary clearing skill

[wispy needle]

Currently the clear aint bad (T7 maps) but surviving is becoming a problem.
So im torn between hybrid or full armour or evasion.

[west wharf]

it may be a hybrid angle simply because i have no idea what nodes you can even take if you're full melee

so u probably end up with a solid plan + the banner node + the armour/eva line

if you clear with lightning spear u'd prob do a solid plan + the pin line + polish that gear and go full armour or full eva

[wispy needle]

do you think the 50% max Evasion and armour from "stay light" is rough as a melee?

[sly tinsel]

how do I properly set up PoB? I can't make it match what DPS I'm seeing from in game.

[west wharf]

no

you never actually have 50% pdr from armour vs big hits

your pdr% from armour is just an estimate vs basic attacks from white mobs of your level

but what you're really worried about are larger one-shot type hits

vs those you rarely get anything even close to 50% pdr from armour

the bigger the hit, the less value armour has

you would check this chart, (double your flat armour due to the tactician node) and check your pdr% against the size of the hit

let's say you have 7.5k armour doubled to 15k - you'd only have 50%+ (capped at 50 with the node) pdr into hits up to ~1200 dmg

vs a 3k dmg hit for example, you'd only have ~30% pdr

[wispy needle]

Dayum, sheeeesh.
Ok, ill go "stay close" , thank you for the assistance

[candid hollow]

how does this work

if I fully break armour on the first set, and switch to the other set, will my fire damage on the second set benefit from it

or is it a player side thing

and if I have something like a totem on the first set, and this is allocated on the first set, does it keep dealing more damage through this passive if I switch to the second set?

[timid aurora]

Is that elephant build super expensive?

[left pine]

The debuff is applied to the mob

[cerulean current]

I do not understand how this guy is saying wep swap on your own minion spawn corpses?

when i swap though the minions evaporate out and dont leave behind any cropses

[rose monolith]

he's saying to use a sceptre on your weapon swap with sacrifice and any kind of persistent minion, then cast unearth while you're still swapped to sceptre and the unearthed minions should persist when you swap back

your minions count as corpses with sacrifice active

they don't actually leave corpses

[cerulean current]

awesome thanks for elaborating!

[candid hollow]

it's not worded like that. I'll test soon

[bronze falcon]

I am happy that I made Hollow Palm work well enough to comfortably run t16 6-mod corrupted maps, but I am also sad that the very same build, modified only slightly to use a quarterstaff, is just straight up better with a good enough Qstaff

[sullen zealot]

Can I somehow increase the frenzy charge generation from electrocution by using meta gems with combat frenzy?

[bronze falcon]

Combat frenzy is a reservation skill itself, so it can't be triggered by meta gems.

The only ways I know of to increase charges generated are the Charge Profusion support gem & some passives in the skill tree. Make sure you put quality on Combat Frenzy.

[sullen zealot]

Done those already. But alright, I still struggle with making use of meta gems in my builds...

[bronze falcon]

If you have good crit, you can try triggering Sniper's Mark with a meta gem & you can get some extra charges with that

[fiery briar]

Do gold bots override rarity bots?

[dusty lance]

For a palm monk build what is more important attack speed or rage on hit?

[bronze falcon]

if you're doing hollow palm & your gear is good enough, you probably don't need attack speed in your jewels, but it probably won't hurt either.

I don't personally use the support that spends rage on shattering palm, so just Rage III on Ice Strike is enough to keep rage up for me.

maybe look for stuff like crit chance, crit damage bonus, and generic damage increases like attack damage, elemental damage, cold damage, etc.

I honestly dropped hollow palm & adjusted my tree a bit to work with a quarterstaff because the damage was just so much better, so I am using attack speed, crit chance for attacks, increased attack damage, & a flex slot on 2 emeralds.

[worldly torrent]

what's the easiest haste aura to get?

[alpine basin]

The debuff is in fact applied to the mob. The noteable only changes the effect of the debuff, so yes, It does persist between swapping weapons. I have used it extensively this league

[candid hollow]

that would imply that it would also work in party play, which is odd to me

[dusty lance]

So prioritize attack speed on jewels instead of rage on hit?

[bronze falcon]

Are you using the support that spends some of your rage for more damage when you use Shattering Palm?

If you are, you might like to have the rage on hit, idk

[alpine basin]

It doesn’t negate their resists or anything. It just extends the fully broken Armour debuff (20% increased physical damage taken) to fire damage as well.

Not insane in party play 🤷‍♂️

[dusty lance]

Not really started my build yet. I'm drawing a map. I was planning on use tempest flurry and zooming around. I have about 80 divs to invest

[bronze falcon]

If you put Rage III in Tempest Flurry you probably don't need rage on hit jewels as long as you're not spending rage on anything

[candid hollow]

at the same time it also means that if someone else fully breaks armour, this notable shouldnt give any increase to fire damage

[bronze falcon]

Attack speed matters mostly for stacking combo fast on bosses, at least if you're doing that tech anyway

[candid hollow]

which kinda contradicts the notable's wording

[dusty lance]

Awesome! Ty!

Looking like my jewel from deadeye will work just fine

I have a heart of well with extra cold/lighting/ attack speed

Also have one with Crit chance

Instead of attack speed

[bronze falcon]

Those will be great for you

Nice jewels btw

[dusty lance]

Ty!

[bronze falcon]

Haven't seen one since the campaign smh

[dusty lance]

Would you go Crit or attack speed?

I know with the belt and gloves it should be capped. With Sirius in both

[bronze falcon]

If you're rocking sirrius in belt and gloves

Just take the crit lmao

I doubt you need the AS at that point

[dusty lance]

lol i think so

Ty! Excited to try this build out.

[bronze falcon]

It's quite fun

Cascading explosions during clear, very zoomy

straight up deletes bosses with the combo tech on falling thunder

• power charges from that unique support on hand of chayula

It's way more fun than my LA Deadeye was 🤐

[dusty lance]

Ik! Deadeye was just here to build currency!

Now that I'm good I'm making the switch

[bronze falcon]

I can tell you that Hollow Palm was more than good enough, with the right gear and tree, to do everything in the game, albeit a bit more dangerously bc melee

But I think its definitely just stronger with a Qstaff

[dusty lance]

Also does Crit matter in Palm? I can't seem to find a answer but I know with es you get more Crit

Are you usually Crit capped?

[bronze falcon]

If your gear is good enough crit chance matters less, but I'm kinda poor rn so the best I got was like 67% on my main skill with Hollow Palm

I did better switching to a staff lmao

But I also take crit chance in my jewels, and adjusted my tree to take a little bit more there as well

With my Qstaff setup, my main clearing skill has like 87% crit chance & I use inevitable critical on falling thunder so it's probably capped? I haven't looked lately lol

this is at less than 15div invested

[celest oxide]

Chat should I play LA on Amazon or Hollow Palm/QStaff?

[rugged kraken]

Ritualist hollow palm was sick for me

[celest oxide]

Nice

My only concern is like

Super late game scaling if I ever get rich

But Huntress seems cool for it since you get access to more flat from Accuracy/extra ring

[rugged kraken]

well super late game scaling you get a kick ass QS and ditch the hollow palm obviously right cuz it scales with gem level

and ritualist helps curve the need for gear since you get a extra ring

[celest oxide]

Buuuuut I already played LA on Deadeye for a bit too

[rugged kraken]

LA?

[celest oxide]

Heard Amazon was tankier and wanted new toon for 3.1

Lightning Arrow

[rugged kraken]

ah

big difference

[candid hollow]

this means if I accidentally break armour on the other weapon set, I won't be getting any dmg when I switch to the set that has this, it's odd

[bronze falcon]

I am wholly convinced that anything hollow palm can do, a good Qstaff can do better

HP felt great during the campaign IMO though

[pseudo gale]

does anyone know if there's a trick to get hand of chyula to generate combo with culmination support?

[bronze falcon]

If you put culmination on a skill, striking an enemy with any other skill should generate combo for the skill that has Culmination

[alpine basin]

That’s not odd, in my opinion. That’s how weapon sets work. You specialize each set. Just don’t break armour on the other weapon set, or if you’re warbringer then move stuff around and put hard points into those nodes. That’s what i do.

[pseudo gale]

ya its stacking on fall thunder but no on hand

[bronze falcon]

What is the main skill you're using to build combo? & Can you show your supports for hand pls

[pseudo gale]

ice strike

[bronze falcon]

That's weird

I don't recognize all the supports in Ice Strike and Shattering Palm, could it possibly have something to do with any of those?

[pseudo gale]

well I cant understand why it would work on falling thunder and not hand

[bronze falcon]

wait why do you have hand set to weapon set 2

[pseudo gale]

oh for swap

I think you figured it out tho

ty

[bronze falcon]

I think combo isn't shared between swaps

I might be wrong

[pseudo gale]

no youre right but now I have to rethink my ailith chime charge generator

[bronze falcon]

I just put it on hand

But I use different stuff in hand

Than what you have

[pseudo gale]

ya but my weapon set 2 points are my curse effect for hand

[bronze falcon]

tbh with you I cba to do weapon set swaps like that, but I don't think it will work how you wanted

Maybe you can put Ailith on shattering

Idk

like maybe 6 link shattering, drop rageforged (I think that's your red support?) and take culm 2 + ailith there

just spitballing really lmao

[pseudo gale]

its ancestral call

which is actually really fun with sp

[bronze falcon]

ah

I still think if you want to keep the curse effect swap for Hand, Shattering is your best choice as an alternative for Ailith

This also adds another step to your boss rotation though, not really a big deal IMO but YMMV

[pseudo gale]

ya I agree, Im rearranging stuff now

ty for the help

[bronze falcon]

np

[indigo valley]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/eXecutex-2279/character/PepeAbusi any suggestion what can I do for dps ? it's a bit low

[somber pendant]

What’s a good amount of life regen to have for a life build, I’ve been CI so long

Having a hard time getting the number to go up xD

This is with arcane surge affecting life

[carmine flicker]

depends on lvl and build number can go into near infinite

(same with ES recharge tho, 8k constant recharge so good)

[somber pendant]

92 and playing lich minions

Trying something different

Still need to replace my focus with a shield

Temptation to switch to infernalist is up there, since I went from like 500+ spirit to like 360 or something

[shy lantern]

Ive considered changing my wand for my bloodmage, this is the one i have my eyes on rn (duelling) and the Galvanic is my current one, POB says that i do get a dmg increase from 61k to 67k but i go from 79,8% crit to 71,55% but i do have more crit rate against blinded enemies so i dont know if thats so bad, would that be a good upgrade? 5 divine for me personally is an important decision. I also dont know if PoB takes the "increased spell damage from skill that cost life" into consideration

altho i lose the ignite dmg from my current wand, which also gave me 67k dmg in total, so maybe that wand is not good for 5 div as an upgrade

[livid flume]

is there any way to see what a timeless jewel does in different sockest without allocating all those sockets on a new char

[fast wind]

Is embitter viable with mana tempest and archmage?

[dire crystal]

check out this cute build https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/axnv20gu

[grizzled geyser]

As a casual should I follow a Meta build? Do a less common starter build or make my own? Not sure if I’ll be able to farm for meta amounts of currency

[chilly swan]

The correct answer is always, "Whatever you have the most fun doing," but, I always recommend doing your own thing. PoE2 is setup really well to allow experimentation and in general, you'll learn more by doing your own thing.

Think of the game as a series of problems you need to solve. Like, "Do I need to do more damage, or survive bigger hits? Is my map clear / aoe lacking? How do I fix these problems?"

[icy mural]

Anyone mind helping me decide a build for party play? Already have DPS carry and a cursebot. I'm currently playing Bannerbot but just doesn't feel as viable as it used to. Any ideas that would be fun?

[formal silo]

lmao I have been bending over backwards trying to get reduced ignite duration from the passive tree for my infernalist and just realized I can get it on gear really cheap and easy

this game is the best and the worst at the same time, i love it

[past badge]

does anyone know what the power values are for undead minions via the sacrifice of loyalty undying hate jewel?

[midnight obsidian]

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

[tribal dew]

can someone tell me how they trigger herald of ice? i dont see how they can shatter https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/abyss/character/TDFADD-0595/TDFADD_Spinning

[static plinth]

<@&174997701513969665>

[tribal dew]

Thanks!

[burnt jungle]

Hi, im following a guide from mobalitics, im just curious on the passive tree. what does it means when some of the node lines are red?

It dont have any explanation on the guide 😅

[frozen knot]

that's the weapon set skill points

red is for weapon set 1 and green for weapon set 2

or maybe it's the other way around 😄

[low hare]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Aristiell-1440/character/Chronoriss
Anyone able to take a look at this and see how im able to significantly push this build's dps?

[burnt jungle]

Ohh youre right! Just found out on the equips tab there are 2 weapons. So if we swap weapon those nodes also swaps automatically??

[frozen knot]

yep

[burnt jungle]

Sounds great! Thank you mate!

[frozen knot]

if you use the same weapon type then it's important to bind the skills to the weapon set it benedits the most from.

[timid aurora]

For melee warrior what is an easy way to consume armor break so I can reapply

To get endurance charges

[modern tangle]

can any1 help me squeeze out more single target DPS here? I am very statisfied with survival and mapping, but with upcoming patch I need more DPS on bosses https://poe.ninja/poe2/pob/ef01 any1 got an idea on how to adjust?

[brittle anvil]

chaos bolt build wth

<@&174997701513969665>

[scenic ivy]

😔 when will it end

[brittle anvil]

maybe dark effigy? but you will have to cast and maintain ed/contagion

[carmine flicker]

really? one buttons chaos bolt build
it's.. strange

[brittle anvil]

CoC is the best option here but I can see you don't have the mana or life leech for it

[carmine flicker]

it look like it needs to be remade from the start
(with bloodmage being probably strongest class right now with all the life cost shenanigans)

[brittle anvil]

they prolly trying to be off meta, big respect tho

[carmine flicker]

if you add ZO and that timeless keystone there it would be so much better tho

(and spell that actually DO cost life)

[astral geode]

are there any skills that will provide you with a damage buff but dont cost spirit. somethign like war banner or tame beast that isn't spirit based?

[carmine flicker]

there is mana tempest for casters

[astral geode]

anything else? for some reason i remember someone using vine arrow for added damage but i dont understand how it worked

[carmine flicker]

all permanent buffs cost spirit tho

for temporary there are barrage, mana tempest, warcries etc

[astral geode]

temporary is fine. barrage doesn't help muh cause i already have high attack spd. in fact, even tough it causes the next ability to go twice, it would actually be slower

[carmine flicker]

ice tipped arrow?

[modern tangle]

wouldnt mind, as long as the dps on a boss is considerably higher

[carmine flicker]

ityour build is mostly hit one tho. cast on crit would probably work better if you could find spirit for

[astral geode]

so what im running is a ice shot build. i have been running with elemental curse, ice tip arrow, frozen salvo, barrage, and snipe.... but i recently got rakiata's flow and need to get rid of elemental curse. my ice shot now does enough damage that i dont need snipe. which means i dont need barrage either. So i have 3 open spots... thinking about going freezing mark, and escape shot. but i have one spot left... was going to do tame beast but i dont have teh spirit for it. same with war banner. i am really just looking for somethign that i will pop on boss fights to boost my damage for a few seconds

[carmine flicker]

also you don't use unique jewels(like megalomaniac or from nothing)
you probably could cheat a lot of nodes with them

[astral geode]

i also have second weapon set open, so could be a different weap skill

[modern tangle]

i was thinking cast on crit as well but what tho? I dont see a good chaos spell to synergize well, or should I go Arc or Comet? Seems not so strong without investment on the tree

[modern tangle]

well I mean I have some 100d left but not more than that, idk what's really possible

[brittle anvil]

weapon swap sigil and curse effect too

[spring flicker]

Bruh

[brittle anvil]

<@&174997701513969665> again

[spring flicker]

<@&174997701513969665>

[carmine flicker]

btw, how do you apply two curses without whispers?

[spring flicker]

Could you just make a second tree for single target

[modern tangle]

i dont, i just swap out temporal chains with despair for bosses

temporal chains is everything I need on maps even on the highest juice I do

[carmine flicker]

you can go whispers+coc+despair+doedre I guess for some cheap damage

[spring flicker]

problem is if they go doedre they'll start using it as clear as well

[carmine flicker]

yeah. doedre is just better than chaos bolt, no can do )

I mean, even as CoC triggered spell it will never hurt clear

[modern tangle]

is it that much better? because one hit of chaos bolt clears the screen

so if its not stronger on single target, idk?

never seen doedre in action lol

[carmine flicker]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5fXYkR5TYc&lc=Ugwp5bav9OwtbKnyFBJ4AaABAg.ANONtiT59YLANgL1QfjUXn

it's VERY defensive zero damage setup1

only like 600k DPS after all withered stacked etc

[modern tangle]

ah so basically you dont care too much about the dps because you cant even die lol

[spring flicker]

on top of that it's tanky enough to handle volatility

disgusting

[modern tangle]

ngl this does look funny as hell lol

[carmine flicker]

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

[carmine flicker]

HANDLE? volatility is like one of the reason I'm alive!

[spring flicker]

unfortunate mic issues at 1:41 btw

[spring flicker]

meant more most build that try to run volatility would just explode but this one just can get it for free

[modern tangle]

i wonder how to squeeze out a bit more dps tho, like just a bit

[carmine flicker]

not for free. for negative cost. it makes me tankier

[carmine flicker]

with blood mage you can get A LOT more DPS

since you can go crit

like 3-4 times more DPS

will cost you like 1/3 to 1/2 of the tankiness tho

[jovial patio]

Hi Guys, i am building a spark bloodmage rarity build. This is what i have for now. I am at 2k damage. Where am i going wrong.
I am making it from the build where the guy had 500k damage. I have almost got all the similar gear piece beside arcane surge and cast speed.
https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Anarok-_-X-1238/character/Kaorime

[modern tangle]

sounds like a good compromise tho

the only problem is id need to either get rid of blasphemy or find 84 more spirit lol

[spring flicker]

is this your gear ?

The wand is missing gem level for this

Life is a little low too for this

Rings also give you no damage

[modern tangle]

how would you go about building it up? Without changing too many of my items lol

[small igloo]

so as a gemling legionaire it says i get bonus effect of attributes does that apply to my timeless jewel?

[astral geode]

which is more effective, mana regen rate or mana cost efficiency?

[jovial patio]

The gear are similar or almost similar to that of the guide i followed. Only thing i was not able to afford is archane surge in gloves and cast speed in rings

[spark valve]

Monk - [Ice Strike] + [Shattering Palm] w/ [Herald of Ice] Added DMG [Charged Staff] Running Hollow Palm.

Question: Can i get [Herald of Thunder] to proc as well as [HoI] ?

[astral geode]

if my main ability is burning up too much mana, would it be better to do 20% mana regen and 31% mana cost efficiency, or would 40% mana regen and 15% mana cost efficiency be better? for an ability that has not terribly expensive but fired off very quickly

[atomic halo]

there is no objective answer to this question

but generally, i think more cost efficiency should be better

considering that it reduces all of your main attack's mana costs

while regen is only part of your recovery (along with flasks and leech)

[astral geode]

thank you! much appreciated

are there any abilities that will help with maintaining mana? like a reverse mana tempest?

like a totem or something that helps with maintaining mana

[frozen knot]

clarity support but it reserves spirit

[flint shale]

if im aiming for monk icestrike+flicker what i need to look to have no my quaterstaff?

[west wharf]

usually just 1% mana on kill mod on jewel is enough to sustain mana while mapping

[surreal canyon]

Hi guys, I wanted to do a crossbow grenade launcher, I desecrated weapon and here are my choices. Which one would be the best? Or should I reroll?

[west wharf]

the 1st one, but this is not how you craft a grenade crossbow

[surreal canyon]

Thanks. How should I do it then?

[west wharf]

i recommend starting over fresh personally; it is not easy to get a good crossbow off this craft

even if it's an exceptional base, you're starting on a cannonade crossbow instead of a siege crossbow

cannonades are just the lower tier of siege crossbows

what kind of budget are you working with for your craft?

[surreal canyon]

Oh, I see. Yeah, I didn't see the level of the weapon, just get hyped because of t1 affixes :v

Right now I have something like 10 div in my eq

[west wharf]

ok so nothing too expensive

personally the way i'd recommend doing this is

find rare siege crossbows with t2% phys, and rare siege crossbows with t1 flat

the t1 flat should not cost more than 1-2ex each

the t2% phys will cost 1-10ex each, i wouldn't go over that

recombinate

the expected success rate is ~2.5-3%

so you need to go through maybe 30-50 recombinates

which sounds like a lot but isn't bad in reality, that's about 1 div's worth of recombinates assuming you're getting the t2% phys at a bit under 10ex each

that way you start with t2 phys% + t1 flat

exalt suffix with omen -> perfect essence gain as x% element onto it with dextral crystallisation

fire/cold/lightning is ur preference, fire is most synergistic at a baseline since most grenades are fire dmg, lightning is good for shock, cold if u wanna do some herald of ice+armour explosion chaining

exalt suffix -> perfect essence of haste + dextral crystallisation

exalt another suffix -> perfect essence of battle + dextral crystallisation (you should only have 2 suffix, 3rd open)

if you lose the 50/50 repeat until you have haste+battle

then desecrate with ananamu for 15-25% chance for grenades to explode twice

you can divine before or after that final step, up to you

if you divine before it, use abyssal echoes with the desecrate incase u lowroll 15%

the total crafting cost should be around 2-3divs

for a crossbow like this

there's higher cap crossbows ofc, but out of ur budget at 10div

[surreal canyon]

Sounds good, thanks a lot for explanation and help, I will definitely do that later. I have additional question. In the most optimistic scenario, i.e., T2%phys + T1 flat Phys and haste+battle, how much can I ask for such a crossbow on the market? With a quick sale in mind, rather than waiting a week for a buyer.

[west wharf]

hmm

i haven't crafted crossbows in a couple weeks so idk how prices have changed, but from a quick glance at the trade site

i would estimate 20-30div fast sale

looking at the site, in terms of actual value on a pure grenade spec, there are not superior crossbows until the 80d range

but a craft like this would not sell for 80d

because some of the desirable stats aren't money-makers

2x grenade explode chance, gain as x% don't show on dps

i think a slow sale could be 40d, maybe 50d tops

if you were to try to buy a comparable crossbow for a grenade spec outright, it would cost you 80-100d

[surreal canyon]

Got it, thanks for your time and advices 😉

[west wharf]

np good luck, feel free to @ or dm me if you have questions during the crafting process

[sweet cargo]

I have a couple of questions that I'd appreciate some clarification for:

• First, does spell damage scale the damage from the DoT component of Essence Drain and Decaying Hex? It's my understanding that for some ailment types like ignite, spell damage does not scale their DoT output. But, since ED and DH aren't technically ailments but rather DoT components of spells, do spell damage modifiers effect it? In which case, could I pick up these Lich nodes to augment their damage?
• Second, does Burning Inscription work with Blackflame Covenant? Since the fire damage is coming from burning ground generated by a support gem applied to a curse, I don't know if it qualifies as the right type of fire damage for BC to work.

[carmine flicker]

it's int stack build, so will need to change ALL items. lol 🙁

but 100 div is like WAY more than enough to build it

[rancid shuttle]

I've picked a huntress, and am doing spear and bow, with about half and half skills. I'm liking bleed related things form huntress, and I'm enjoying the poison arrow, vine plant, and toxic rain plant things... but if I'm really liking poison than huntress was the wrong way to go yea? I needed to go ranger so I could go pathfinder?

[royal totem]

what is the fastest clearing build rn?

[carmine flicker]

well, PF is kinda big for poison, doubling the number of stacks and prolif

[astral geode]

Can Rakiata's flow turn a bosses negative resistance into positive resistance?

[flint shore]

Do you not get +skills from your offhand? I just bought a second 2h mace to put in my offhand with giants blood and my skills gain no points o.O

[rancid shuttle]

If I wanted to do bleed + poison, or fire + poison, is there a way huntress could be okay? Or better off rerolling ranger

[carmine flicker]

fire+poison? you mean spellcaster with blackflame?

[digital axle]

does this work with minions?

or overall hit doesnt count for minions?

[static plinth]

Minions hit but this doesnt make an inclusion for minions so it doesnt work

Itd have to be "You or your minions' shocking hits"

[fading vault]

does kalandras touch work with ingenuity? or how does it interact with eachother?

[static plinth]

I think they dont work together but im not certain

[astral geode]

my main clearing ability has really big damage. almost to the point where i think I am going to get rid of snipe and use ice shot for bosses too. But I am kind of in that inbetween where the big time pinnacle bosses are easy cause of rakiatas flow. the lower tier stuff is easy cause my ice shot hits like a truck. but its the t3/t4 map bosses that I feel like I need snipe to take down with any ease. I will be freeing up 2 skill gem slots, what can i use in those slots to improve my damage and bail on snipe for good? (willing to use different weapon in second weapon set to boost dmg)

[rancid shuttle]

no I just mean like a build that uses fire and also poison

I don't know what I'm doing just making thematic things up

[carmine flicker]

Can't poison with fire

[rancid shuttle]

no I know that lol

I just mean like half of my skills are poison and half are fire

[carmine flicker]

Impossible to scale

[tough karma]

Do CI builds use any unique life flasks, for an alternative benefit?

[static plinth]

Well you're not using them for anything else lol

Olroth's is probably your go-to

Blood of The Warrior needs Blood of Rage to not feel like dogshit

[fast wind]

Can you make an infusion based build

[rancid shuttle]

what does this mean?

[static plinth]

Youd need to be taking Ignite Clusters, Poison Clusters, and probably Blackflame Covenant

Though with all ailments scaling off hits its more reasonable than 1

But ignite just isnt that good rn

Bleed + Poison at least has dedicated support

[rancid shuttle]

what ascendancy is that?

[carmine flicker]

Wdym?

[rancid shuttle]

all I'm trying to figure out is if I need to reroll by character now (because huntress doesn't give me the right ascendancies for what I want to do) or not

so, if I want to go full poison, it seems like I need to be pathfinder, and thus should reroll ranger

but if there's a poison and bleed build, or maybe a poison and fire build, that can work with the ascendancies that huntress offers, then I could keep going

[carmine flicker]

No
Hybrid builds would be worse than pure poison

And fire+poison build would be just bad any matter what you do

[rancid shuttle]

aight - soundsz like I need to reroll ranger

thanks twice

TWICE!

https://tenor.com/view/kpop-kpop-happy-scientist-twice-twice-formula-of-love-gif-24940016

[carmine flicker]

And for bleed you probably want blood mage

Idk what's the bleed meta now

[static plinth]

Tbh id run one of warrior merc huntress or ranger for bleed

Blood Mage is only good if you want to use ele skills to bleed

[cyan plinth]

Other than the mana, is there even anything i can catalyze on this?

[west wharf]

nyope

[worthy echo]

im thinkin of rolling minions. what's the ideal rattling scepter? plus 5 minion levels, T1 percent spirit, T1 percent ally damage and what else?

[pearl sluice]

just to clarify a +5 scep is ~mirror or more

[worthy echo]

im aware

[viral sage]

i hope with changes to parry i CANT get heavy stunned by tutorial zombies instantly 😅

[worthy echo]

the ideal scepter prob cost multiple mirrors

i just wanna know what it looks like

[pearl sluice]

yeah you would need t0 on both spirit rolls

[worthy echo]

both? one on prefix and suffix?

[pearl sluice]

theres only prefix spirit rolls

theres a % increased spirit roll and then a hybrid spirit mana roll

you need both on the scepter

[worthy echo]

that's 4 stats i think

[worthy echo]

what's the other 2

[pearl sluice]

then you need the pref for increased damage so theres all 3 pref.

[worthy echo]

plus 5 minions

T1 percent spirit

t1 ally damage

t1 hybrid spirit mana

[pearl sluice]

suffixs are always +5 minions and then it just depends on ur minions ur using after that but +life isnt bad

ideally you get +attack speed/cast speed tho depending on minions

[worthy echo]

what's the most damaging minions to build around

[pearl sluice]

probably vaal guards or gelid zealot ant hybrid

[worthy echo]

ok attack speed for guards?

[pearl sluice]

for both tbh but cast speed would be acceptable on the second option

[worthy echo]

that's ally attack speed right i assume

[pearl sluice]

correct its allies in presence for both

[worthy echo]

and then finally minion life i guess

[pearl sluice]

yeah that ones solid so is presence of area

depends how juiced your gems are

[worthy echo]

how many vaal guards should i expect to have

i want the game to play itself with this build

[pearl sluice]

enough to ruin most computers if you go vaal guards

[worthy echo]

sick

[pearl sluice]

crafting a scepter btw is pretty horrible rng

[worthy echo]

is there a good path of building someone has for it

im just gonna craft other things and save

i just crafted a prob 100 div breach ring

[pearl sluice]

what i did to craft mine was take a scepter with a t1 hydbrid spirit base and then a scepter with allies regen life with as low of a mod level as possible and recomb them

then i would use 2 homo ex with greater ex orbs until i hit +4 on minions

[worthy echo]

it's still a lot even if i make more things like this and they sell but it should get there eventually

[pearl sluice]

after you do that succesfully you have to greater/perf ex slam pref until you hit either t1 %spirit or t1 allies in your presence deal increased damage

with a prefix omen*

then you have to omen of whittling away the low tier regen life mod with a perf chaos orb

[pearl sluice]

this leaves you with 2 good suffixs and finally you desecrate for the missing mod

[worthy echo]

is there a good path of building for vaal guards

[pearl sluice]

I wish

[worthy echo]

[pearl sluice]

presence of area has merrit as a suffix too especially if youre a lich

with alot of minions and while mapping with good ms its easy for them to be outside your aura range

[worthy echo]

yeesh is there any kind of build guide for this

not finding one

[pearl sluice]

for the crafting? no guides exist kekw

[worthy echo]

no

i mean the build in general

like passive tree and such

[pearl sluice]

maxroll has a couple guides by helmbreaker

i recomend those

[worthy echo]

im looking not finding it

oh i found

a leveling guide

ok he has links at the end to other variants

[chilly trellis]

Just to make sure, do shield skills like Shield Wall or Resonating Shield benefit from Mace damage nodes?

[worthy echo]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/minion-army-infernalist-build-guide he doesn't seem to mention vaal guards

[pearl sluice]

he pivots from vaal to ant spectres once at better gear

btw i should mention ants bug out semi often and you have to respawn them and they didnt fix it in the patch notes it looks like

peak

[worthy echo]

f

[vapid patrol]

0.3.1 "Fixed a bug where Damage over Time would reserve all Darkness immediately." For everyone who was still coping about Monk of Chayula

[odd needle]

"The plants from Vine Arrow can now only take poison damage from allies." did this just nerf pathfinder builds with this skill to the ground? or is this a response to the concoction interaction?

[inland nebula]

Romira's Requital is now FINALLY after so long, able to be dropped..

Anyone have any ideas on how to implement this into either minion/spectre builds, or even non-minion builds with companions or otherwise?

[worthy echo]

so i guess ultimately powered zealots are the best minion then?

[pearl sluice]

for clear probably powered zealots or ants

gelid zealots boss the best though

[worthy echo]

is there a set up that does both so i never have to engage any of my brain cells for even a single thought

[pearl sluice]

ant gelid zealot is a pretty popular hybrid setup and tbh the only time i swap them at all is to do t4 pinnacle content

[worthy echo]

i probably need to jam like 150 percent rarity in somewhere

[pearl sluice]

btw this is in one of the guides and its completely wrong so

its true white bases are worth something but ur also literally downgrading raw currency drops at the same time

[wooden blade]

Just wondering is summoning which viable or is it recommended to go a different kind of witch? I was trying to look at stuff and it kept saying like only 2 summons are viable

[pearl sluice]

you mean like meta wise or

youll be able to do pinnacle and end game content on summoner witch as long as you build and gear properly

but youll never do the things like breach at the same efficiency as something like ED cont will

[wooden blade]

Just like in general I’m not speedrunning but I don’t know what people mean by “unviable”

Ah okay so it’s not that it doesn’t do it it’s just less fast

[pearl sluice]

well it depends. are you going to get to the point where ur in a kit worth multiple mirrors and every map is a t18

[wooden blade]

Definitely not

[pearl sluice]

then it doesnt matter

most of money comes from understanding how to craft anyway

[wooden blade]

Okay sound haha

[worthy echo]

maybe i should do a diff build then

[pearl sluice]

granted when i say same efficiency its not like ur struggling to do it i just mean like

ed cont and things like deadeye basically turn into autobombers with enough gear

[wooden blade]

Right now my build is based on liking how the arsonists can tell other summons to Sui cide bomb which is just kinda funny

[worthy echo]

oh ed cont is good i heard it sucked

it's meta?

[wooden blade]

Yeah that’s fine then I just saw people saying only 2 of the spectre things or whatever are viable and wasn’t sure if others being unviable mean they were bad or if it’s just not as fast but that makes sense thank you

[pearl sluice]

lol

[pearl sluice]

thats a bit different granted you will have to optimize your spectres if you want to function

[worthy echo]

how many buttons it gotta press

[pearl sluice]

first you press

contagion

then u press ed

[wooden blade]

I see am I right in saying the spectres thing are like Pokémon?

[pearl sluice]

then you detonate with hexblast

[worthy echo]

just 2 is acce- hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[pearl sluice]

thats it kekw

its pretty brainless

[worthy echo]

that was what i was after

sounds less thinking involved than minions

comparitively

[pearl sluice]

minions when ur optimized is just walk forward and they kill everything for you

[worthy echo]

do you have to switch anything around for mapping and bossing on ed

[pearl sluice]

im not as familiar with it but i imagine you at least have a weapon set two for optimal curse casting

[worthy echo]

could this be better

[pearl sluice]

for poe ninja idk but just make sure it is a hexblast setup thats whats strong on ed cont

[weak shard]

1 or 2 for ed/contagian ?

[pearl sluice]

id also look at multiple builds with the goal of understanding what gear is good and why

[celest oxide]

Should I do Stalking Panther with Evasion Helm on LA Amazon, or Subterfuge Mask with Energy Shield Helm and Mystic Harvest instead?

Idk what’s better

[worthy echo]

what does the best warmonger bow have on it other than plus 5 attack skills

[restive ocean]

how do i use same shield in both slots

i and II

its not working i can't do this build

oh i seee

[split venture]

Huntress

Is “% increased lightning damage” any good for lightning spear builds? I just don’t know how much this mod helps us in general

[candid hollow]

does anyone happen to know if path of building has a way to view the infused vs non infused version of a skill?

[hard pumice]

Aight yk what all of my char need like 10 div upgrades or just suck so ima start a fresh char tmw with like a 50ish exalt budget what char/asc should I play

[unkempt kayak]

Can anyone tell me if the pathfinder "contagious contamination " ascendency node and herald of plague stack? Is it even worth running both if they do?

[static plinth]

They dont

Its a really really bad ascendancy node

[unkempt kayak]

Balls. Wasted a spirt gem lol. Thanks for the info

[rugged nimbus]

How is damage redirect (damage taken from mana before life) supposed to work? I'm at 46% but my mana never dips below 90% full, as if damage is not being redirected to my mana. For example, if I have 100 mana and 50% redirect - if I get hit with 100 damage, shouldn't I be left at 50 mana?

[static plinth]

Do you have ES

All damage taken to mana is specifically Damage Taken to Life

[cyan plinth]

Does the extra fire damage from Chernobog use the shield’s block chance, or the characters overall block chance?

[rugged nimbus]

I converted my ES to Mana via Eldritch Battery, but also took off Eldritch Battery to see if it made a difference. Neither made any difference

[static plinth]

Total block chance

[cyan plinth]

Good thing I’m a warbringer

Does it still scale with overlapped block?

[static plinth]

No

You need +max

[rugged nimbus]

Please correct me if I'm wrong - ES would be first line of defense, and once that's gone, damage redirect kicks in when there's damage taken to life? I die so quickly I don't even see my mana pool dip, so I can't tell if the damage redirect is working or not. I don't have fast mana regen so I expected to see my mana pool depleted/affected when getting hit

[spring maple]

Does Overheating Blow (Gain 25% of Physical Damage as extra Fire Damage) work with Avatar of Fire (Deal no Non-fire damage)? Since you deal no physical damage, it feels like it shouldn't work

Actually they probably mean before the damage is dealt, so it probably would work...

[deft crag]

what's the best constricting command build right now?

[brittle anvil]

<@&174997701513969665>

[sleek crypt]

ty

[cyan plinth]

Does "Fire damage converted to cold damage" negate the effect of Herald of Ash since it ignites not upfront damage?

[upper viper]

What are people having fun with, that is quite tanky and a good bosser/mapper. That isnt using the tecrod tech or a deadeye 😂 ?

[worldly torrent]

how many nodes are considered "good" for ATD?

[unkempt kayak]

would ryslatha's coil help scale a poison build ?

[cyan plinth]

Play a warrior build. Off meta and slower than a deadeye, but strong and fun

[west wharf]

shankgonneeeeees

[loud cave]

guys is it okay to ask for build advise here or i need to creaste a thread?

[carmine flicker]

Does "being so tanky you can kill bosses by attrition" counts?

[left ledge]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/VirusParidox-2983/character/Let_Me_Solo__Her

check out my flickerstrike build. Poe ninja is a little misleading.

800k dps and 65k ehp.

[drifting apex]

Not really building per se, but what do people typically select as the Hall of the dead tattoo rewards? struggle to select between resistance and attribute, but lean towards attributes

[sharp thorn]

In general resistances are harder to get. So imo better to get resistances.

[formal geyser]

Build resist here. I took stats and it's not worth it. Resists means you have more wiggle room for getting other stats on your gear like crit or damage

[timid aurora]

What maps do divine start dropping I just started end game

[green dust]

Hey,
how does Vulnerability interact with Broken Armour? Does it stack to act as negative armour?

[sharp thorn]

No.

If an enemy have vulnerability, you just need less amount of armour break to make it fully broken.

[river frigate]

How does the eternal youth, enduring elixir, mom combo works

[covert fossil]

They’re a random drop but just an fyi this channel is for build help, for more general questions about maps and such please #2┃after-acts-help

[analog wren]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/lightning-arrow-farmer-fubgun?ws-ngf5-f7d82102-7e77-4a44-ad24-33b67e8ae7bf=activeVariantId%2C3

does this work on huntress?

[covert fossil]

Not sure why I would know that one. I don’t see why not but if the guide says deadeye I would just build a deadeye

[elder mural]

Is it possible to 1 shot shield wall with resonating shield

[oblique oracle]

Can someone tell what I should prioritize upgrading with my ED/Contagion Lich build: https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/butterchicken-5236/character/butter_chicken

[drifting apex]

man, i just took 3 x attributes 😄 ah well, next character then

[west wharf]

it's not a big deal

if ur build runs like 5 uniques i'd for sure take the resists

if ur build is mostly rares it doesn't really mean anything you'll easily overcap res later anyway

itemcrafting is too op this league

[carmine flicker]

mostly you want to take attributes for stat stack

I'm sad I didn't take int myself

[wanton silo]

does using hollow palm technique count as dual wielding in poe2?
i think it should, as it does in poe1
but adding the notable Blade Flurry (6% attack speed while dual wielding, 15% crit while dual wielding) adds 0 dmg to the ingame ability stats

[sullen zealot]

I am trying to use lightning coil. Why does path of building say that increases to max lightning res barely increase my EHP?

[static plinth]

<@&174997701513969665>

[ornate igloo]

If I want a spear bleed build with companions, which ascendancy should I go?

[static plinth]

It doesn't, PoE1 specifically tells you you're dual wielding

[scenic ivy]

who took my investment opportunity i swear to god

[static torrent]

Mine now

As for Hollow Palm in PoE2, you're effectively using a Quarterstaff, that's two-handed and a single weapon.

[wanton silo]

and yet quarterstaff damage passives dont work with hollow palm, neither do two-handed, one-handed or dual wield
just seems odd, when it isnt like that in poe1

[atomic halo]

hollow palm is just totally different in poe1

[novel cove]

Hey guys! I'm having a bit of an issue understanding ballista totems. I see their damage scaling, but what damage are they scaling off of? My crossbow damage? Generic "default attack" damage?

I know global modifiers to attack damage and attack speed impact them, but I don't understand where the raw damage amount is coming from.

[stiff hinge]

What are the easiest ways to get dmg as extra lightning to spells without storm rune, a wand, or the passive at the top?
I basically have a fire spell I just need a tiny bit of lightning dmg on.

Ambrosia support is too cost prohibitive.. Any mechanics experts here?

[alpine basin]

Do you mean in order to blow up the shield wall?

If so, then yes. Resonating shield will explode shield wall.

[pale jewel]

Yoo wsg yall liking this patch a lot but im getting bored of my mortar tactician. So far Ive done ED/C Chronomancer, LA deadeye, Fissure warbringer, what would you guys recommend to play? i have a 26 div budget for another toon, but i want something thats actually fun to play and if possible not too cluttery on the visual side, got enough of that with mortar tact lol

[delicate root]

Can anyone help me why im so fkin squishy https://poe.ninja/poe2/pob/f13d

[candid hollow]

if you want fun to play and don't mind it being super non meta, i've been doing a tri infusion stormweaver with mercy arc + CoC warp for clear and firestorm + swap to CoC comet for bossing, and it's been hella fun and goes crazy fast

no visual clarity issues but you do end up needing to react to suddenly being 3 screens away lmao

[candid hollow]

you have 15% chaos res for starters

[static wagon]

Anyone know why my stats arent matching in pob? i have the campaign stats set already and all of my gear is correctly input

[west wharf]

weapon set 1 v 2?

[elder mural]

@alpine basin I mean in 1 hit.

[indigo valley]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/eXecutex-2279/character/PepeAbusi Anything I can improve here ?

[tame mirage]

I didnt realise Living Lightning counted as Companions for the notables that give dmg if you have Companions in presensce

Anyone know how i would increase the dmg thier deal

[weak shard]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1224185270560362597/1257756642276278313/307B9FA5-0A97-4410-89E5-AE16032363C0.gif

[static wagon]

its on the right weapon set

[west wharf]

can u link poeninja

can't rly tell from ss

or just link pob

[static wagon]

its gonna be fucky rn im respeccing to constricting command, taking forever to refresh

[west wharf]

u can just export from pob

[static wagon]

i have the pob code do you want that or do i put that in poe ninja

[west wharf]

code is fine

[west wharf]

it looks right to me

92 137 126

[static wagon]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/pob/f160

[west wharf]

i'm pretty sure ur on the wrong weapon set

how r u toggling weapon sets in pob?

[static wagon]

okay so now that my helm is dif, its not a problem because i didnt have the int for the helm in pob. but now its saying im negative spirit

[west wharf]

huh

doesn't say neg for me

[west wharf]

can u show ur skills

[west wharf]

well u have 2 of each loaded in

2 hot and 2 wind dancer

[static wagon]

wtf

[west wharf]

u should prolly do a clean load of ur character

and ur issues will be fixed

[tired hornet]

Is there any good way to play Evasion+Armour? What thresholds should I be looking for? Went for it as I'm doing crossbow with Constricting Command so it made sense, but I'm getting one shot every 2-3 maps which isn't ideal (level 93)

[static wagon]

i got this, but otherwise everything looks correct now i think

actually

its showing 10 higher stats than in game

[west wharf]

uh can u link me ur pob with the constricting

and this is a fresh upload of ur char correct?

[west wharf]

are you tactician

if no then don't go hybrid

[tired hornet]

Gas grenade pathfinder

[west wharf]

just go full armour or full eva

hybrid is generally cheeks

if you don't wanna redo your gear, pick up iron reflexes

also what links are you using on your gas nade?

[tired hornet]

I ditched Iron Reflexes because it doesn't take into account the % evasion I get from Surrounded nodes but yeah I get that they're useless anyways. Gas nade is Persistent Ground, Deadly Poison, Defy, Short Fuse & Deliberation

[west wharf]

r u sure ur not looking at ur stats without constricting command somehow ingame

cus if u remove constricting command ur attributes line up exactly

[west wharf]

yea i would either just go IR, drop the eva% surrounded nodes and scale full armour with armour applies to ele dmg taken rolls

or drop armour entirely and just scale eva + deflect%

the problem with hybrid is

[static wagon]

uhhh i mean i have the helm on

[west wharf]

armour and eva both have their respective secondary defensive layers

and when u go hybrid u end up with a really weak amount of both

also

i don't recommend using short fuse

[static wagon]

i guess im good now, the stats dont matter as long as i hit reqs for it to calc full damage

[west wharf]

that shit is gigantic ass

put on adhesive grenade support instead

[tired hornet]

Yep that's exactly it. Can't go beyond 78% armour with IR, so I reckon I should change my armour entirely. I think it makes more sense to go armour cos my tree's already thinly spread due to the poison nodes

Oh, okay, I'll give it a shot. Feels like it takes soooo long to detonate without it (long enough to get my butt fried)

[west wharf]

adhesive grenade and gas grenade have a bugged interaction

[tired hornet]

Oh?

[west wharf]

gas grenade instantly detonates when it hits the ground with adhesive

[tired hornet]

OH

[west wharf]

no matter where u throw it

[tired hornet]

How the hell did I not know that

[static wagon]

yall think its worth to use a t16 map on a wandering trader? im asuming enemy level contributes to what uniques drop

[west wharf]

it makes ur character much safer via not having to sit around waiting for nade to go off

[tired hornet]

Holy hell that's not a bug my friend that's a feature

[west wharf]

don't think there's an effect

[west wharf]

haha

that's how i treat it

feature

[tired hornet]

We'll weep next season when it's patched

[west wharf]

i mean if i'm not playing some meta deadeye setup any bug is a feature to me

[tired hornet]

this

[west wharf]

u can just move to a standard grenader then

adhesive grenade is disgusting on cluster grenade

[tired hornet]

Yeah absolutely

[west wharf]

on cluster grenade it makes the secondary grenades instant-explode

[tired hornet]

Did that on my Witch hunter for a while

[west wharf]

which not only removes the horrendous delay for clusters, but

[tired hornet]

Was fun

[west wharf]

it also lets u control the AOE

if u toss it at ur feet u get mega tight boss bombing

toss it far u get screen boom

as for gas grenade i have zero idea why it insta-dets the gas grenade but

i'm not complaining

[gusty dawn]

Path of building doesn't support Saqawals rune, is there a good workaround to see the 5% gain to all element? I want to test it but I'm 90% sure it's going to be a dps drop over the 1-60 lightning damage runes i'm running

[tired hornet]

I mean, detonation time is basically the one thing holding grenades back (relatively speaking)

[west wharf]

shankgonnes

:D

[west wharf]

yes u can put it in custom modifiers

at the bottom here

u can simply input it as

5% gain as fire 5% gain as lightning 5% gain as cold on separate lines

[west wharf]

u gotta try a shankgonne nader next if u haven't already

it is a wildly different experience from the other nade setups

[tired hornet]

So what does it look like

[gusty dawn]

oh nice. and i'm also certain that pillar of the caged god doesn't scale the gain as it's not weapon damage. so it should just be a clean 20%/20%/20%. Thanks

[west wharf]

u boingboing through the map

and oneshot any uber pinnacle with 1 grenade

good 1alch boots

[west wharf]

nothing scales gain

gain is the final step

well, nothing on the damage side scales it

it's still affected by resistance/armour/penetration type stuff

[gusty dawn]

Well, it was a 50% dps decrease so i'm glad I gave it a look

[tired hornet]

What's the general setup?

[gusty dawn]

Pillar of the caged god with 4 sockets all running 1-60 lightning seems to go real hard.

[west wharf]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/abyss/character/Languidness-2416/BACKFLIPBOOMBOOM

stack cdr and aoe

get some nice armour

run fireflower for big damage on cluster/explosive + scales the level of blackpowderblitz (lower cd)

proc fireflower cus shankgonne always ignites -> procs ngamahu's charm -> max rage

run berserk and take no dmg because bpb is a leap -> run holy descent for consecrated ground -> perma 5% life regen and 50% reduced curse effect -> 1.8x ur dmg

[tired hornet]

Dang that's neat

[west wharf]

u get a pretty cool boomboom character that feels rly different from other grenade specs

[tired hornet]

Now I know what to do with warrior

Either that or gatling gun with the lightning ember fusillade thingy

[grizzled geyser]

im using this guide https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/chaos-dot-lich-starter-deadrabbit but i cant find a loot filter. anyone mind pointing me in the right direction?

[atomic halo]

what

gain is before inc./red. more/less

[west wharf]

huh

[atomic halo]

it does

[west wharf]

u mean gain x% damage

.

\ as

s o r r y c a ty

sorry cat attack

gain is the final step no?

you do x amount of damage after everything

then you have x% damage gained as _ element

[atomic halo]

#% of damage gained as ... is the same timing as conversion

which is before inc./red. more/less

[west wharf]

o did i have it wrong, i thought if you had for example

100 fire dmg, and +100% fire dmg

it'd be 200 -> gain as x% would scale off that 200

it just scales off the base 100 before any type of scaling?

@atomic halo o sorry nah ur totally right now that i think abt it lmao

i'm not sure how i got it mixed up

[dusk narwhal]

ah, so that's why I don't brick my leech after doing ancestral cry

Forgot I had 60% gain as phys

[frozen needle]

is increased elemtal damage with attacks a global mod or does it only affect attacks made with the weapon its on?

[atomic halo]

global

[fiery briar]

does feathered fletching count arrow speed as well?

[alpine basin]

I believe so, yes.

[unkempt kayak]

Is there a unique belt that would help a poison pathfinder build ?

[next aurora]

Alright I have discovered a cursed technique for scaling Supporting Fire on Tactician. However, I think in doing so I've found a pretty major bug/unintended mechanic working against the build, and I'm hoping for someone else's eyes on it to see if I should bug report it.
First I'll explain the scaling/mechanics.

1. Supporting Fire is a minionless minion skill that fires down 4 volleys of arrows at an interval with really good base damage and a 40 sec CD. You can scale the damage, but modifiers to attack speed and skill duration have no obvious affect. (So just scale damage or reduced CD)
2. Undying Hate has this cracked ass notable that modifies Minion CD directly and therefore modifies Supporting Fire's CD. (Image 1)
3. With this you can get roughly 400% CDR on supporting fire for the exchange of hefty point investment.
4. After some testing Supporting Fire, it properly scales it's CD down quite heftily. Here I have only roughly 268% CDR, and it reduces it to the correct amount. (Image 2)
5. After casting the skill, the cooldown works properly, and it fires 4 volleys. However, after the cooldown finishes, the next cast only fires 1 volley and the cooldown seems to only gain the 80% minion CDR from Bidding 3 support. Every odd number casts fires the proper number of volleys, and every even number of casts fires only 1 volley and results in a support-only CDR.
   (1)https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/248964734269915136/1423165930028138589/image.png?ex=68df520e&is=68de008e&hm=a8607ff4d286b5cfad12051841ce4a8afa95e21a01d12d96a9562d1e05bdb3db&
   (2)https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/248964734269915136/1423166765172785192/image.png?ex=68df52d5&is=68de0155&hm=cc7abb446213ec566b5ad9847ac0ffa70da49ebcf204e1062d25e7e91a5313df&

I'll post a vid in a bit displaying the bug

[next aurora]

https://youtu.be/3aS2nSXMAGM

1st half of the video is displaying the bug, the 2nd half is displaying that the bug is not tied to a strange background cooldown for the individual volleys (waited 1/4th of unmodified CD to test if 1 more volley would fire (it did not)).
Anyone know if I'm missing something here, or if I'm reasonably right that this is unintended?

[compact tulip]

has anybody tested this?

[autumn roost]

as far as i know a support or something is in the game that makes your companion take no dmg but deal no dmg. does this mean they take no dmg from this support as well?

if not than ill do what i have to do

figured out they can still take that dmg

so if i wana minion pact my roah ill need thirsting ally

[next aurora]

"Sacrifice", "Cost", "Remove", and "Lose" are not damage sadly

[cyan plinth]

Whats the highest lvl req on a piece of gear?

[dawn badge]

hey guys, is lightning damage more important as ranger with lightning arrow or physical damage?

[warm cedar]

question, if i were to add smth like armor demolisher on leap, even tho leap doesn't remove armor, the armor demolisher won't work right?

i presume i gotta add armour break and than armor demolisher for it to work

[surreal rock]

how do you level as a spellcaster.

I run out of mana during bosses and they're at 60% hp while I have no mana or mana pots.

please someone help me

[forest monolith]

the new sacrifical flesh keystone from alamana timeless if u dont got instant leech is a normal life flask probly enough to sustain it 20% hit 120% of hit ammount is delt over 4s basicly reducing 1 shot hit ammounts for dot

im doing kongors but dont got enough to buy a instant leech heart of the well yet

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/92oj70c0

[vale apex]

is there a cap to gems level? I see I could get above lvl 40, but pob doesn't calculate more damage past lvl 40 ― not sure if that's just a pob issue or if lvl 40 is the hard cap

[coral finch]

this is an unarmed monk guide, but uses multiple skills that say they only apply to quarterstaffs, how do they work with an unarmed monk?

[meager elk]

Hollow Palm notable makes unarmed as using quaterstaff

[carmine flicker]

what skills do you use?

[coral finch]

leech % dmg as mana on rings or gloves

[carmine flicker]

won't work for spells

[coral finch]

not early game i guess but you can spec into walker of the wilds to convert elemental dmg to mana instead of physical

or put walker of the wilds on your amulet to save a ton of skillpoints

[carmine flicker]

can't annoint keystone

also most leech is %of ATTACK damage leeched as X

can't use that for spell anyway, no matter damage type

[digital lance]

with this passive, do support gems on my rhoa also apply? I don't know if there actually is one but yeah ty

[coral finch]

for unarmed monk what kind of jewels am i looking for, i figure global attack speed for sure but otherwise unsure

[coral finch]

those builds don't use dmg on supports

loyalty/minion mastery/brutus' brain

[west wharf]

does loyalty + brutus brain still work

i heard it doesn't

[coral finch]

idk i just have them on anyway, takes no extra effort to just have it

[west wharf]

if u do have it put loyalty in before brutus brain

[digital lance]

I got brutus' dropped a while ago and since then, my bird hasn't died but I still take damage/knocked off

[west wharf]

cus when it worked, it only worked if u socketed loyalty in first

[digital lance]

yeah I tried rearranging the support gems just now and can only put loyalty in first

brutus' blocks everything else when socketed

what does minion mastery do for the bird with brutus?

okay wait nvm dumb question

anyone know how hulking minion on the rhoa works?

I see higher hp but don't notice anything else

[fair venture]

I have a unique Chiming Staff as a Sorceress that has the modifier "spells fire projectiles in a circle"

My issue is that when I use Frost Bolt, it fires freeze balls in a cricle as described, but when using Ice Nova (which does its effect on the ball Frost Bolt launches [or one of them if you have Multishot] instead of around the character), it generates the Ice Nova behind my character, and then on a ball that is behind me, which is super awkward to use. It should naturally be the ball that goes in the direction of your aim

Does anyone know why this is happening or if it's even supposed to happen?

[slender bone]

Please help ! I die like shit with 37k effective HP. 5.8k ES, 12.5k EV (57%) and 47% deflection, max res, chaos immmune... wtf

[iron harbor]

that sounds wrong, but I dont think anyone can fix that without seeing you play... any clue what is killing you? DoT is the most dangerous for ES/EV chracters, do you pay attention to that?

[compact tulip]

hey guys noob question, how do I assign weapon sets in PoB?

[dusk narwhal]

as in weapon set points? Click the at the top of the window where the number of assigned skill points are

[compact tulip]

wow thanks

[naive pike]

Guys for molten blast which would give more dps

[static plinth]

DPS in the bottom left corner

[white maple]

fubgun LA deadeye and nuke storm still top tier??? its been like 3 seasons dude

[valid bolt]

guys iam looking for a fun build to play i dont need an op build with 1k divs budget cause i already have that i just need a fun build

[west wharf]

SHANKGONNES

🥺

PLAY SHANKGONNES

[static plinth]

If i put Garukhan's Resolve on Rake, will the distance Rake moves count towards the next usage?

[iron harbor]

does Minion Pact support worl with Companions, can it take health from them?

[static plinth]

Yes

I dont think it works if youre riding Rhoa though

[iron harbor]

ok, would make sense, it cannot be damaged when you are on it, right

[marble valley]

Hey, does leech skill have an effect if I use bow?

[tranquil phoenix]

Which one will give me higher damage with ice strike? wanna decide to buy one

[lunar halo]

i AM NOT ABLE TO EQUIP WALKER OF THE WILD JEWEL FOR SOME REASON ANY HELP

[weak shard]

the from nothing ?

im pretty sure you can only equip one at a time if thats the problem

[woeful steppe]

need help figuring out why im dying when i have energy shield, im CI monk, no nodes taken on tree that say bypass es, this wasnt happening earlier today, started happening after i made a few changes to my build to generate power charges for the falling thunder tech, none of the changes i made though say anything about damage bypassing es.

[thin marten]

hi guys, rakiata or heart of well for LA deadeye first?

[gentle veldt]

how can I make my frostbolt faster? I have 86% MS and I am faster than it. I already have 120% projectile speed modifier using cast speed and proj speed..

[wicked tiger]

does anyone know how much more chance you get from a catalysing exaltation? been burning esh catalyst and haven't hit any lightning mods 😭

[latent dawn]

I've been bulking up on my warrior... I wonder how high I can reach

[quartz snow]

anyone know how to do the bleed ritualist build?

[carmine flicker]

how much life do you have?

[dawn spire]

What do you find fun?

[final basin]

I see a lot of essence drain builds don't use CI for soulless form, is there a setup that use CI so i don't have to worry about chaos damage?

[latent dawn]

under 3k, im not getting one shot - only the chaos degen puddles have a chance to get me

[carmine flicker]

yeah, POE2 mostly lack big oneshots

my 70k max hit wasn't needed ever, nothing but arbiter removed even 1/2 of my ES

[west wharf]

sheee

lemme peep the setup

[carmine flicker]

they are PHYS degen puddles

that's the worst part

[tidal gale]

what does reservation efficiency of minions mean?

[carmine flicker]

they reserve less spirit

like if minion reserve 100 spirit and you have 20% reservation efficiency it will reserv 100/1.2=83.3 (idk how it will round it up)

[latent dawn]

ahh yea that sucks.

[latent dawn]

still need to finish my shield if RNG stops biting me in the rear, trying to get 1500+ shield but it hasnt happened yet

[alpine basin]

I wanna see the setup too!

Crafting my 1450 shield was rough. You starting with an exceptional base?

[grizzled geyser]

would it be cheaper to play lich, deadeye or ritualist as my starter char

[steady flint]

Either Lich or Deadeye depending on if you want bow gameplay or spells.
Both works fine, ofc Deadeye is the most popular tho

[carmine flicker]

Lich is less hyped so cheaper

[pearl sluice]

edc is alot cheaper for sure minions is shilling out everything you have for minor improvements