2┃build-planning

[sharp horizon]

i wonder if 4 surrounded constrict helm worth for early mapping?

[fiery briar]

does time freeze work with temporal chains?

[pallid hollow]

How can i save/share a build from maxroll?

[latent dawn]

Yes, and hoping for that 3rd socket corrupt.. ugh

https://pobb.in/IcFn7g4LaQdw

Lost a bit of armour failing to craft my shield and running out of currency :p ill finish it later

Need a homogenised perf exalt and a bit of luck to hit T1 Armour % x: and ideally some chaos res on the final suffix

xbow warrior I was transforming into shield wall so skills arent done

[carmine sun]

is there a difference between energy shield recharge rate and energy shield recovery rate?

[latent dawn]

recharge rate is how much per second and recover rate makes that "per second" faster maybe? I'm not sure x:

[carmine sun]

it's the only node that says recovery instead of recharge, so I was wondering

maybe its for things that heal energy shield but didn't they get rid of that

[latent dawn]

Ah seems to be that "Recovery Rate" applies to recharge rate and to other ES regen sources - there are things that transforms your life regen into es regen, so ES recovery affects that

ES recovery affects:

ES Recharge rate
ES Leech
ES Regen
ES Flask

most of these are accessible through Unique items or Keystones

[hollow bronze]

anybody online now could help me ouyt abit on my build?

[vast egret]

is it better for LA deadeye to have fork or something else for single target damage? not sure how the damage mechanic works

[river frigate]

why can't i use toxic growth here

[junior quiver]

Any Blood Mages gurus can help me with my build? I was using online guide and this is the end result.
Do I need to change something or am I missing something? In terms of dmg- no bufs 999,934, with buffs 1.5M. In terms of survivability- I feel kinda squishy.
I guess Im ok but still, if anyone knows better and can guide me, it will be awesome C:
https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/abyss/character/OnyxGold-4361/KuntDrakula?i=0&search=class%3DBlood%2BMage%26name%3Dkunt

[dusty lance]

Is ritualist hollowplam good for simu?

[void osprey]

Hello!
https://poe.ninja/poe2/pob/f3d7
this is my current LA deadeye. i have saved up a decent amount of currency and now i want to upgrade my build
im kinda lost on where to start / build around. do i buy rings first (then build around them, resistance wise) or should i do 60 MS boots first? or is there something else i should start with?

[thorn bone]

If u looking for more dmg look into viper cap surrounded unique . If still planning to go hybrid u need a 2700+ ev armor and es boots

Otherwise ur bow can be better

Also get a 15% / 15% heart of a well jewel

30% extra dmg right there

For emeralds get companion dmg and attack dmg u can get 35% dmg from it alone per jewel

And it's cheap

[thorn bone]

its just throwing down lightning rod and LA on it for single target

no need for fork

[vast egret]

no tornado shot for bosses?

[thorn bone]

those are stuff u put on if u need the extra dmg

the goal is to have enough dmg that u don't have to do extra setup

[pliant edge]

I hate that I wanted to recreate the Genshin character Flins in poe2 and I can’t cuz Lightning spear is cooked

[fiery briar]

Can enemies be slowed below 75%?

[somber pendant]

anyone try abyssal lich using skeletal arsonists with corpsewade?

[dawn spire]

Recovery rate affects everything including recharge, leech, and regeneration

[steady flint]

Anyone here know what usually kills us as the player?
Whats most prevelant of phys, ele and chaos dmg?

Im interested in an Icetomb thorns build, but because its so unique heavy and body armour is used, going armour is inefficient kind of. Also want to use an unique shield so armour is close to impossible for phys dmg reduction.

What i am planning on is having 3-3.5k life, and around 40-48% damage taken from mana before life, depending on how much i can sustain with regen.
Speaking of, id have normal thorns leech, with fast metabolism for life and about 550-600 mana regeneration per second.

Now, considering i have 0 phys dmg reduction, would i still be able to take physical hits or no?

[dire cave]

is it worth going crit with crossbows?

specifically 21.5% without crit mods on crossbow

[ancient otter]

As a witchhunter, how am I supposed to get life recovery / leech? I can build good tankiness with armour/eva/sorc ward, but I hate relying on using flasks.

[dusty lance]

Anyone here playing ritualist hollow palm?

[balmy basalt]

Arakaali's Lust: Supported Skills deal 6% more Damage with Hits for each Poison on the Enemy, up to 30%

how is "each poison" counted? Is poison stackable in multiples of 1 2 3 4 ? ? if I I do Gas Arrow from 5 different Skeleton Archers, does it then to 6*5 : 30% dmg with their subsequent hits ?

[dawn spire]

Rings and gloves can roll leech, I think. You can also use a support gem to leech, I believe

But all that only works for physical damage as far as I'm aware. I think there's a keystone to leech from ele instead of phys though

[old rune]

Hello. LA Deadeye here, just dropped a rakiata's flow and I have no idea what to do with it. My char is almost 90, build investment is around ~5 Divs.

Should I:

1. Sell it and further improve my build based on crit.
2. Keep it and put it on my LA instead of rapid attacks II.

[rustic seal]

Does the archon cooldown start with the buff or after the buff expires?

[worldly torrent]

how does close combat work with skils like fissures? Does it calculate distance from the player or the source of damage?

[alpine basin]

99% sure it is always distance from you.

[worldly torrent]

hmm...wonder why its recomended for volcanic fissure then

[jaunty oak]

I need some help with my Mercenary: What Fire / Grenade based attacks deal the "big damage"? I have been playing deep into T15s with Explosive Shot but now that you can empower empowered bosses I just mention that I am very slow to deal ~2 - 3m damage yet everything is evaluated in this game about how many millions of damage per microsecond you can deal

[median beacon]

After the buff expires

[rustic seal]

Thanks

[patent void]

Anyone have any recommendation for 5th skill gem on Tornado Shot?

I currently have Overabudance II, Prolonged Duration II, Concentrated Area, and Defy II

Not sure if things like Elemental Armament II actually increase dps or not. I guess most boss dps comes from Lighting Rod anywas. But I figure something is a lot better than nothing. Anyone else run into this same dilema and decide on a good 5th skill gem for Tornado Shot?

[elfin dock]

Can I have the same skill but two different gems, one self cast and the other slotted in my spellslinger wand?

[carmine flicker]

Yes, afaik

[slender yoke]

can someone help me figure out what skill/character my gear is for? i got it from someone who stopped playing but he didnt tell me for what it is :D

[pseudo patrol]

returning player here just wondering what build is stronger atm lightning spear or arrow for amazon huntress i was playing a deadeye in standard league before eddict

[hollow bolt]

this is weird. i'm playing LA deadeye using a bow with leech % of phys damage, walker of wilds keystone, and 117 mana leech on hit (in PoB). but if I click any passive node with "increase % of mana leeched," it doesn't increase my leech rate at all. anyone know why?

[hollow bolt]

post screenshots or a PoB link

[slender yoke]

yea that probably would have been smart

[hollow bolt]

wow, what an odd looking build. the unique gloves, Painter's Servant, are used in about 0.7% of builds this league. from those 0.7%, 9/10 are using bows or crossbows. so i have no idea what this would be, seems very off meta. best bet is ask your friend.

you can however use the boots, rings, belt, armor, and helmet for lots of popular builds. i just don't know off any meta builds using those weapons

source: https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/abyss?items=Painter's+Servant

[static plinth]

Yeah this is 100% homebrewed

I presume the Painter's are primarily there for the 3x gain as extra mods

Wait i think i see the vision

[heady mantle]

guys does anyone know if darkness 4% cold and 4% fire gives boost to lightning arrow dps

[static plinth]

This might be an Invoker build

[heady mantle]

i got it and my dps stayed the same

wtf

[static plinth]

I think this is for an Invoker of some kind. Painter's Servant to build Unbound Avatar quickly
Idk what skills theyd use though

Hm but no crit and spirit on amulet

Maybe it isnt invoker

[slender yoke]

my best guess is molten blast

[static plinth]

That was my assumption too

[noble helm]

That's a DE molten blast

Just cooked at home with bit too much salt

[icy mural]

Anyone recommend EZ warrior leveling? Currently 55, just trying to get to 65. Doing hollow Palm lightning for the lulz but not doing quite a lot of damage anymore.

[stiff hinge]

prism guardian or +2 minion focus?

[iron harbor]

guys Minion Pact support takes 150% of my max hp from a minion, so if I run CI, it really takes only 1.5HP? sounds very powerful, has anyone tested if it works right?

[static plinth]

Yeah its good

And you can Brutus' Brain a minion and i think it should still work

[iron harbor]

really? it doesnt count as damage? 🤔

[fallow karma]

hi, i am looking for some insight, does herald have efect on holy relic or not? it have spell tag, but i am not sure i see any effect of added lightning or cold damage form heralds

[brittle anvil]

this is poe2 channel (but heralds are buff not aura so they won't affect your minions)

[fallow karma]

oh sorry, my bad 🙂

[static plinth]

It still hurts them, its Life Loss

[iron harbor]

thats big, my companion keeps dying in maps lol, will try that next time

i should be able to notice 35% damage differnece, I think...

but Loyalty doesnt work with Brutus Brain, right? I think they fixed it? most of poe.ninja still uses it, but I dont think that says much about its functionality 🙈

[quick yoke]

Is chaos inoculation worth it on a lightning arrow deadeye?

[thorn bone]

wasting too much pathing points to do that = loseing infinite damage

[royal totem]

what is the fastest clearing build rn?

[brittle anvil]

what else but LA deadeye

[frozen knot]

https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile2builds/comments/1njej6j/we_have_better_flicker_at_home_pietys_mercy/

[thorn bone]

140ms tactician explosive shot

boneshatter/molten strike on ritualist/tactician/deadeye/titan

[fringe kelp]

what online tools (or combinations of tools) do y'all use to plan out builds for potential characters you haven't even made yet?

[thorn bone]

path of building 2

[fringe kelp]

i do know about POB, but surely there's gotta be other useful tools too. Like what if I want to browse uniques? or browse skills of characters? POB seems more useful if you already HAVE a plan, but not that useful for browsing

like I am currently wanting to brainstorm a build, not just "put one together"

[static plinth]

Yeah, Loyalty now specifies your Damageable Companion

[last oriole]

i asked in general but didn't get an answer. but i am looking to run a warrior melee build for the first time and wondering if there is a really good one to pick with a helpful guide. Just wanted to try smashy smashy verses my minions that I almost always go with lol.

[iron harbor]

www.poe2db.tw has all the raw data you might ever need

[fringe kelp]

yeah but raw data isn't in a nicely browse-able format

like I can't browse skills in a nicely organized way

[iron harbor]

dunno, you can filter them by tags, you can look at just cold attacks or physical spells or whatever... but yeah, its basically a raw data dump

[rain dove]

Anyone have ideas on how to get as much life regen as possible out of one piece of gear using CI + zealots oath? To get a decent amount of ES regen

[carmine flicker]

don't even borther, CI+ZO regen won't be good

cause all %based regen is disabled basically

[rain dove]

yea I figured but there’s gotta be some way to get a bunch of flat or something idk

[merry creek]

I have 238 divs... I've been slowly saving. Should I save another 40 divs for Spirit of Cat, or is spirit of Stag/Wolf good enough at 80 divs? I'm LA Dead eye..

[candid hollow]

does anyone know how exactly this mod works

[static plinth]

You can get a max of like 40 per gear piece

Idk if its worth it especially considering the gimped pathing

[static plinth]

100% means enemy crits deal normal damage

Overcapping it doesnt do anything afaik

[candid hollow]

thats what I think but there's a rare modifier called deadly, which gives the monster 65% increased critical damage bonus

and is probably additive with this?

[static plinth]

Nah

The monster stat is Increased Critical Damage Bonus
The player stat is Reduced Extra Damage Taken From Critical Hits

[candid hollow]

that wording is used in poe 1

but not in poe 2

its different

[static plinth]

What is it in 2

[static plinth]

Huh

I hope they arent additive thatd suck

Definitely reads like they are though

[candid hollow]

I suppose it is additive

but only for the case of the mod deadly

since map mods are flat crit

[carmine flicker]

setiing up permanent reacharge is way easier

[rain dove]

What are the ways to do that?

[carmine flicker]

I covered it in my guide, can link. It's about different build, but defensive setup is more or less universal

[bronze nymph]

I have a question, if I want to make a lightning arrow char.. should I make an amazon or a deadeye? Im just starting this season so what would be the best strong experience and why the one over the other ?

[static plinth]

Deadeye

Deadeye is just too good for LA

+Projectile is great for QoL and clear, Tailwind is just great

[uncut bay]

this is a controversial topic, I would 100% go amazon if I started now

amazon can have much more evasion/ES

[static plinth]

Thats fair

[uncut bay]

depends on how much you value tankiness

[static plinth]

My hot take is LA Witchhunter is pretty sick

Is it better? No lol

[uncut bay]

both are great choices, amazon also has some damage

witchunter has a bad start on the passive tree in a way

[bronze nymph]

so far what I have heard amazon beats deadeye.. maybe I should start over.. im currently lvl 30 deadeye just finished act 2

[uncut bay]

both Conner and Fubgun claim their build is the best, so xD

and fubgun claims he never dies

if you wanted to be nearly as tanky as Conner, but with deadeye you would have to invest way more into tankiness than him

[carmine flicker]

for deadeye and zone it's mostly about players skill, tbh

both can't lol-facetank

[uncut bay]

amazon facetanks the last simulacrum wave or the hard abysses

you just leave your character standing in the middle of the abyss and it does not die

while you are AFK

[rain dove]

A link would be great! Tyvm for the help

[grim forge]

do i run lightning or fire attunement support gem on fire skills if i have valako's vice?

[carmine flicker]

impressive

[carmine flicker]

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3847364/page/1

[alpine basin]

Lightning

[grim forge]

Does lightning damage shock by itself? or do i need something specific so they can apply shock?

[carmine flicker]

It does so by itself

[tawdry breach]

how do you guys even know how to make builds i understand the general idea of the gems and gear but the skill tree is where i start to get lost

[fiery briar]

can you have 2 of the same curse on an enemy?

[west wharf]

no

[west wharf]

by itself but only 20% shock without investment into shock mag

and takes longer to get going unless u do a lot of lightning dmg or have inc shock chance

[alpine basin]

Basically how you get good at anything, research, practice, trial and error 🤷‍♂️

[white maple]

Hey guys i wanna make an alt. Im using mobalytics for builds but I dont want to make La deadeye or invoker monk as I already played them before. Any other meta builds?

[static plinth]

EDC or Last Lament Lich

[nova aspen]

Doing something jank with Rake and Ancestral Cry, does anyone know if there's a way to get Bleed to proc/scale off of fire damage?

[static plinth]

Have to be a Blood Mage

[viral sage]

for storm lance..which gem better? nova / multishot / throw 1 by 1 manually

[hollow bronze]

Anybody got a good leveling build? Going BM

[tawdry breach]

is there certain nodes that you just always need for every class or is it always just dependant on how u make the build

[nova aspen]

Oof, ok. I appreciate the info

[tawdry breach]

like if i wanted to theory craft with a blood mage is there a node that I am required to grab to make it good

[uncut trout]

Yall think berserk is worth taking over Herald of ash as a fissure slam warrior? I have reliable rage supply

I think berserk might be better for the damage

[alpine basin]

Definitely better for single target. But with fissures you’re probably fine without herald of ash.

[uncut trout]

Yeah ignite is DoT and most things getting hit with my AoE are dying instantly anyway, even more do with the extra berserk damage

I'll give it a shot, I can always go back anyway

[tired hornet]

Does Integrated Efficiency on Gemling Legionnaire work? Neither POB nor in game display seems to show the proper DPS change. Theoretically, any red gem should give a flat 20% dmg buff right?

[west wharf]

on the skill itself yea

[tired hornet]

So ignoring the 6% attack speed, any red gem should give as much dmg as deliberation?

[west wharf]

huh?

deliberation is 20% more

red gem is 20% increased

increased is 50000x worse than more

[tired hornet]

Oh yeah

Didn't read that right

Meh

So disappointed in gemling this season

[west wharf]

it def looks a little whelming

the +2 gem level is great for dmg at least

but not too impressed with th erest

[tired hornet]

But at least you can get a charge every EIGHT SECONDS

Imma go ahead and switch to Witch Hunter methinks

[stoic oriole]

is it beneficial to run a source of shock as a frost based monk?

[west wharf]

what setup you runnin

[west wharf]

it's always beneficial to fit in some shock yea

typically you don't actually need a different source by lategame

[tired hornet]

Went for lightning arrow because I didn't know what to do but I'll prolly just sell everything

[west wharf]

cus u can just slot in some flat lightning on rings or wep / ambrosia on bossing skill in many cases

cus rakiata means it doesn't matter too much what ur dmg profile is

[stoic oriole]

should i try to scale its magnitude?

[west wharf]

uhh

generally i wouldn't bother unless u have literally nothing to do with ur weaponset 2

then sure u could do some kinda shock setup

with respects to ur actual main setup nah i wouldn't bother

for bossing if u really want to u can do a belt swap

[stoic oriole]

kk

[west wharf]

with glove darkness enthroned

socketed with %inc non-damaging ailment magnitude

and that ups ur shock mag for some oneshots, cus headhunter does nothing on bosses

but i cba with gearswaps personally

[fiery briar]

am I counted as low life with chaos inocculation?

[wicked tiger]

No

[white maple]

does charm give resistance? It says it does but i dont see it counting towards my resistance

[wicked tiger]

It’s when it’s active

[kindred dawn]

this node downside is counteracted by 2 increased 10% nodes right?

cause reduction and increased is the same, then its less and more?

[dusk narwhal]

Yep pretty much

[brittle anvil]

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[pine willow]

Is Stormweaver still the go-to Sorc Ascendancy this league or is there more reason to go Chronomancer? Playing softcore

[fringe kelp]

what is effective crit chance and why is it so much lower than my crit chance?

[west wharf]

what's ur accuracy

[fringe kelp]

idk

oh, that's the answer. thanks

[west wharf]

effective crit chance takes accuracy into account

[fringe kelp]

seems like an odd choice

like yeah it's your chance to get a crit when you swing, I guess,

[west wharf]

@fringe kelp well there's other things that affect effective critchance

idk all of them off the top of my head

[fringe kelp]

am i correct in thinking this is basically just better than the +35%?

[west wharf]

but lucky/bifurcated crits etc

[fringe kelp]

cause like, if they're within two meters.... accuracy barely matters anymore

[west wharf]

uhh i wouldn't say it's better in a vacuum

in some cases yea in some cases no

that's a pretty heavy accuracy penalty for just 5% increased aoe

[fringe kelp]

naa, big mana savings too

increased area is like 130% mana cost

[west wharf]

yeah, there's a couple competing considerations

if mana isn't an issue i'd just run mag effect in most cases personally

80% less acc rating vs evasive rare is annoying

[fringe kelp]

but that's only if you're in melee range

this is for an ability with range, storm wave

[west wharf]

i mean yea that's fine

i said case by case; not sure the context for which you're using it

could be totally valid for you to use

[west wharf]

well

to add a bit more to this

it's because crits roll accuracy twice

it's not as straightforward as ok i have 30% chance to crit and 50% chance to hit, so i have "15%" effective chance to crit

[fringe kelp]

wdym

[west wharf]

crits have a second accuracy check

so, the way it works is you roll 1 accuracy check to see if you hit or not

then, you roll crit chance to see if you crit

[fringe kelp]

like if you have 50% to hit, and 50% chance to crit, when you hit, it has to roll if the crit hits, as well as whether you get the 50% crit check?

[west wharf]

then, you roll accuracy again to see if it stays a crit or downgrades to a normal hit

[fringe kelp]

that's bullshit

lol

sometimes I hate this game 😄

[west wharf]

that's how it works in poe1 too

[fringe kelp]

so in a crit build, having enough accuracy is REALLY important

[west wharf]

yeah

[fringe kelp]

cause you get double whammied by miss %?

[west wharf]

correct

[fringe kelp]

i was even lightning spear huntress (off meta, but still crit + lightning spear) last league and somehow never knew that or was told that by anyone 😭

[west wharf]

yea there's lots of underlying systems

i forget about em all the time

a lot of stuff doesn't necessarily work how you'd expect at face value

i.e. armour not simply providing flat pdr%, evasion running on an entropy system, etc

[fringe kelp]

yeah i get the armor one, what's this entropy for eva?

[west wharf]

evasion is built to "force" you toward the evade ratio

if you have, say, 50% chance to evade

and you evade the first hit

you do not have a 50% chance to evade the second hit

you have much lower than that

on the other hand, if you get hit by the first hit

you do not have a 50% chance to evade the second hit

you have much higher than that

[fringe kelp]

interesting

is it like bash in dota?

where it's just not a uniform distribution of chance?

[west wharf]

not familiar with bash/dota but a very vague (because i'm not very good with this stuff) explanation is

when you evade a hit, an amount of "entropy" is added to you {based on your chance to evade vs attacker's chance to hit}

[fringe kelp]

like if you had a 15% to bash, it would start with like, 7% to bash, then 11%, then 15%, then 22%, etc etc. (making up the numbers), such that the expected value of hits is still 15 bashes every 100 hits, but it spaces them out better to prevent strings

[west wharf]

each time you evade, more entropy is added

when your entropy reaches 100, the next hit is guaranteed to hit you

and then your entropy resets back down

yea i guess it's quite similar then

you still end up with x% chance to evade, but prevents lucky/unlucky strings

[fringe kelp]

makes sense

[west wharf]

my explanation was quite bad sorry, you'd have to look it up to understand it better

i'm not super clear on the formulas etc

[fringe kelp]

naa i get the gist. I dont think the specifics seem too important to builds

[west wharf]

yea

[fringe kelp]

so i'm building a multi-element monk. Trying to figure out the best way to handle enemy res

[west wharf]

rakiata's and call it a day haha

[fringe kelp]

considering this

[west wharf]

that's a good one pre-rakiata's

[fringe kelp]

was also considering this with a crit build

but that means TOOOONS of points go to crit related stuff

so idk

[west wharf]

i think either is ok

just don't take them with rakiata

rakiata applies first, so there's no synergy

[fringe kelp]

also if I use this... is there a point to exposure?

since exposure just competes against their resistances which are usually gonna be above 30/40% anyway, right?

[west wharf]

well, yes and no

[fringe kelp]

or will exposure PLUS this "ignore ele res" deal bonus dmg?

[west wharf]

exposure can push resists below 0, so sometimes it can act as a damage multiplier vs simply ignoring resists

[fringe kelp]

right but that's only if their res is low already

[west wharf]

you don't need it to combine with the ignore ele res

yeah

like if it's 10 it can go to -10

there's no synergy with these nodes though, just works on its own

also exposure can help if you don't actually crit / monster isn't frozen ofc

but yeah in general i don't think it makes too much sense to invest into both mechanics

[fringe kelp]

makes sense yeah

[west wharf]

just one is enough

and then in the end everything just switches to rakiata's once you have the budget

(which is kinda unpleasant to me but w/e)

[fringe kelp]

yeah they're totally gonna patch that out

😄

its far too good

okay, new questions.

so lets start with "5% of damage as extra cold". In a vacuum, that will multiply damage ALONGSIDE "increased", right?

so like, if you had "100% increased damage", and you dealt a 100 damage hit, this would boost it to 105 (5 of which is cold), and then that 105 would be doubled?

like basically this adds extra "flat damage" kind of?

[west wharf]

so it goes conversion+gain as, and then increased/more

[fringe kelp]

and then the physical damage one... is that after skill conversions? So if I use a skill that, say, converts 80% of damage to cold, then chakra of the elements isn't doing much?

[west wharf]

so let's say you deal 100 damage

then you have a total of 21% gain as x

you now have 121 base damage, which is then scaled by increases (assuming the increases apply to those respective damage types ofc, inc cold dmg% won't scale gain as lightning)

[fringe kelp]

okay, perfect, that's what I thought

[west wharf]

correct

gain % of phys as x isn't great when you have phys->ele conversion

[fringe kelp]

now does elemental weakness just stack with exposure?

cause that might be worth it

[west wharf]

yea

[formal geyser]

Put together a mana stacking lich minion build that uses Living Lightning as its main source of damage. Got 1 living lightning to read 10k dps in pob, so that'd be something like 10 total attacking at once for 100k dps?

Could easily add other minions as well.

[kindred dawn]

is pob community for poe2 the one to use?

seems chayula ascendency is out of date so idk

[warped hazel]

you may need to update it, but yea that's the one to use, v0.12.2 is latest one (https://github.com/PathOfBuildingCommunity/PathOfBuilding-PoE2)

[cyan plinth]

If i put fire catalyst on this will it boost the fire resists in the "all elemental resists"?

[steady loom]

Hi does anyone know if companion damage scales the damage of Infernal Legion support gem?

[sharp thorn]

Yes. All ele rez is resistance, fire, cold, and lightning mod.

[cyan plinth]

Damn, i thought it would work, but i have to pick 1% below cap on fire or chaos rez. Ty tho

[buoyant quiver]

is totem good?

wanted to try warbringer with totem build

[warm cedar]

anyone got any guides that explains glory extensively on warbringer?

[warm cedar]

i guess not

[royal totem]

what are some best builds to start currency farming, i currently have like 10 div so something i can scale and does not require a lot of divs to invest to even start working

[weak valley]

as EDC Lich, which one is better to have: spell damage or chaos damage?

[crisp nimbus]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/h9shi0cn
anyone able to give me some ideas of how i can get some more boss damage into this build. Using hollow palm, tempest flurry, staggering palm for clear which is a blast. However I’m using level 1 tempest flurry because I can’t sustain mana otherwise with the attack speed. Thinking there’s maybe something I can do with weapon sets and put something (lightning arrow or lightning spear in 2nd set for bossing)

Maybe the answer is wind blast and bleed stacking? Since I’m build around phys damage

[fiery briar]

Can an enemy have multiple curses on them if they’re from different players?

[carmine flicker]

Same

[fringe kelp]

What are some ways that people apply exposure automatically? (i am a monk)

[brittle anvil]

exposure supports maybe

[royal totem]

Hi i got some questions about what i should buy next or if my tree is optimized
I currently have like 10 div maybe more
https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/NETRONYT-7425/character/PavelZERONaplett

[iron harbor]

looks like you havent clicked Walker of Winds? with that I am pretty sure you would sustain mana no problem, you deal mostly ele damage

[sleek osprey]

anyone have a good lightning spear build that i can use for t15s for map farming/

[restive needle]

is cocaine ant still tameable as a beast?

[iron harbor]

yes

[fringe kelp]

can storm wave chain from effects that say "lightning skills chain an additional time"?

[chilly swan]

Snipe says that it will explode on hit against frozen enemies. What if it's the hit that causes the enemy to freeze? I assume I'd need a second hit?

[vast egret]

can anyone help with passive tree stuff for a non crit based endgame LA deadeye for lvl 96?

[hasty tangle]

I'm I meant to switch towards crit towards endgame to scale my damage if I don't have some ''infinitely'' scaling tool like Archmage?

I'm playing cold sorc and my damage is pretty low, mainly on bosses

[static plinth]

No, its not a Projectile

[fringe kelp]

in the chain description it says something about "projectiles chain distance is 6 meters, other things are 4", which implies non-projectiles (some of them, at least) can chain, that's why I asked

[thorn bone]

#1412026301782429778 message

[fringe kelp]

Okay so POB2 doesn't support exposure? wtf

that sucks

[static plinth]

Other things are things that specifically allow to Chain

Like pre-0.3 Arc

Not a projectile, able to chain

[fringe kelp]

i see

[static plinth]

Though its a projectile now

[fringe kelp]

Are enemy negative resistances capped? Like can you have more than -75%?

[static plinth]

-200%

Hard cap, cant be changed

Actually idk if thats the monster cap, players have a cap of -200% and i kind of just assume monsters are the same

Either way you cant hit that with any way but Doryani's Prototype and then Prototype makes you unable to modify it below -200

[crisp nimbus]

I’m doing mostly physical damage I believe - I’m using a low level tempest flurry for movement and to sling the staggering palm projectiles, but most of the damage is physical. But maybe on bosses that would sustain better

[fringe kelp]

does anyone understand why cooldown recovery is a suggested on unbound avatar? As far as I can tell it basically does nothing?

[static plinth]

huge

(i have no idea)

[fringe kelp]

yeah lol

and it doesn't decrease the interval of 0.2 sec between gaining power

so 🤷‍♂️

[wintry jackal]

don't understand how bloodhound mark works, isn't it supposed to stun when that bar fills up?

it just stays like that

[pale jewel]

Can anyone recommend a "Cast on X" Comet build?

[pine willow]

I think a fair few Sorc builds use Cast on Elemental Ailment + Comet for added burst damage if that's what you're looking for

[rigid gazelle]

Trying to (mostly) home cook a Twister Amazon, but looking for some advice on how to scale single target damage with this build if anyone has any tips!

[grim gate]

Sold my beautiful, precious wand. Went quickly for a mirror, but my heart is bleeding still. Sold some other stuff. I want to try something new.
Played ED contagion. Took the build to the limit, anything non-boss was was dying from contagion alone.
But I always built for power, and never for rarity. I'd like to try a rarity build.
The part I liked about ED cont is that you could prep for encounter. Set and ramp up the sigil, the cursed ground, dark effigies. Made the build more than just one button brains-off fun. There is nothing wrong with this, but I love to have buttons to push.

Is there anything fast, not too squishy, sporting rarity, but also fun and engaging?

Not sure if there is anything with visual clarity of ED Contagion though. Maybe only siege cascade and some palm of the dreamer stuff.

[formal geyser]

How good was that wand that it sold for a mirror? The fuck

[grim gate]

My joy and pride. Best thing I ever crafted heh...

[formal geyser]

Oh lawd the fuck is this thing lol

[grim gate]

The contagionator.

[formal geyser]

I've not had the balls to sanctify my stuff get

Too scared of bricking what I have

[grim gate]

Oh I bricked so much stuff...

Mostly with corrupts. Sanctify have remained usable, usually. But some have lost skill levels.

Still, in this league crafting was positively exciting.

Just gotta play something different now. Preferably on witch or merc. Campaigning on another character would be eh.

[formal geyser]

Yeah. I feel you. My phys witch is basically complete. I should sanctify her stuff

[loud cave]

is there someone with experience in hollow palm ice strike monk build to ask for some helps

[west wharf]

SHANKGONNE

[grim gate]

B-but visual clarity...

Although... Explosions...

[west wharf]

kidding if u want to stack rarity there's better stuff

[grim gate]

Yes, but I also want it to be fun and engaging.

I could fund a mean spark bloodmage now, but this thing looks braindead...

[west wharf]

ah but the fun and engaging in stacking rarity comes not from the boombooms

but from the tinktinks

maybe you could do a rarity stack explo shot build

explo shot has lots of boombooms

boomboom less boring than lightning skills

[formal geyser]

I'm bone cage blood mage and it's a one button win machine lol

Trample toe obliterates half the map.

[grim gate]

Contagion olbiterated half the map. I just had to lazily press the unearth... People make a common mistake by putting chaotic freeze and unleash into late contagion builds.

What they really need is prism of belief with +3 contag - they are cheap, and all damage supports in contagion itself. With 300% more after 3 spreads it will outdamage ED.

And unearth minions seems to preserve this damage.

Which means things will die near instantly from their bite.

Which deals no damage by itself because you can put the brutus brain in them.

[stark kestrel]

Yeah, I played around with that interaction a bit. Its a fun one.

[grim gate]

It was hilariously effective. Running t3 breach was actually chilling near the expanding border.

[stark kestrel]

Do you also snapshot movement speed for unearth

[grim gate]

Not sure, I just got 23% quality one, since they get ms from quality.

Can put Desire in them, but I tried and found it to be an overkill.

This is... I enjoyed early ED contagion more than late Ed contagion because it was more engaging to cast contag and having to hit target with ED to start the reaction.
I know, counterintuitive.

But when it got too strong and became lazy the build kinda lost some of its fun factor.

[stark kestrel]

Yeah, I haven't pushed that char past 75ish because I got bored with unearth/contagion murdering everything 😄

and it wasn't optimized at all

[grim gate]

It's kinda the same
The only thing I stuggled with was red difficulty arbiter.

Because I suck at his mechanics.

Juiced, double corrupted, overrun, 70% delivery map? Contagion solves it at top level..

Shankgonne, hm... Can it work with temporalis I wonder...

[frigid anvil]

How mandatory would you guys put building crit defensive laver at? Like juiced t15, would you notice a difference?

Assuming your are not running waystones with crit affixes

[ember wigeon]

im making a hollow palm build, if i take this does it remove all the "attack speed from evasion rating" benefits gained from the hollow palm node

[light dew]

your evasion becomes armour, so there is no evasion to be used for the attack speed, if that makes sense

[fiery briar]

does Heavy Buffer make you die instantly with chaos innoculation?

[fringe kelp]

Do infusions do anything on their own?

or are they like power/endurance/frenzy charges

just there to be consumed potentially

like if I'm an elemental monk, is this gonna do anything for me?

cause i would make remnants and have them, but wouldn't be consuming them

[stoic oriole]

infusion modify other elemental spells

[carmine flicker]

basically yes, if you take non chaos damage
(idk how it rounds up, at very low damage number, like 10, may be you will survive? but that's purely theoretical question)

[restive needle]

Nice ty

[polar mural]

hey guys, how do i make my curse cast from weapon set 2 work in pob? whenever i allocate weapon set 2 points for curse magnitude nodes, its not changing my dps at all

playing edc with despair

[west wharf]

pob doesn't naturally hvae ur weapon set 2 set

u have to go to items

click weapon set 2

and put ur weapon in

[fringe kelp]

can anyone help me understand. I'm building a similar-type build for myself, and i'm SUPER confused how his Charged Staff shoots out a trio of shockwaves?

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

mine only shoots out one shockwave

[static plinth]

Additional Projectiles

Idk where from but somewhere

[fringe kelp]

i dont think so, cause the shockwaves aren't projectiles, AFAICT

and i've looked through the whole build and there's no gems/items that do that

[brittle anvil]

that's just 1?

[crisp nimbus]

Multi shot I think

[fringe kelp]

not projectiles, you cant socket multishot 😄

[fringe kelp]

ya know what, you're right, lol. Upon further inspection, the trio is the storm wave itself

the skill changed from a triple fissure to a forking fissure in 0.3

the support gem, that is

[static plinth]

Oh i was thinking of Charged Staff

[polar mural]

does curse duration apply to cursed ground?

[radiant needle]

i have a question about trenchtimbre weapon does the attack speed on it goto your minions or only minion attack speed goes to you?

[stoic oriole]

i believe it would explicitly say minion attack speed

i may misunderstand your question

[radiant needle]

thx also do you know if area of effect nodes or skill gens affect Infernal Legion

it says 2 metres but does AOE stacking increase that

[stoic oriole]

if the gem for it has an aoe tag, then it should

[radiant needle]

ok

my first question i just assumed mages would be using that weapon and not really need attack speed so i assumed you could buff minions with the speed on it

[stoic oriole]

other class have acces to minions

[timber star]

Heyo need help understanding the combination of tecrod + zealots oath? how to get enough regen want to have ES recharge through zealots oath

[brittle anvil]

you spend a lot of life

[carmine flicker]

increased regeneration rate and spend a lot of life

if you have 200% increased life regeneration rate then for every 100 you spend you regain 300 basically

[timber star]

so I spend hp using atalui, then that turns into regen which can overflow to my ES?

[carmine flicker]

ye

[timber star]

where do people get increased regen?

[carmine flicker]

but you need high %increased regeneration rate, or it will, at most, pay for itself

jewels and tree

[brittle anvil]

arcane surge if you crit

[carmine flicker]

arcane surge is %more regeneration rate, but yeah, it's must have too

[thin swan]

For alt lvling, is hollowed palm or pillar of caged god stacking faster to run thru campaign?

[daring prism]

How does Orb of Storms damage scale, if at all?

[carmine flicker]

Like any spell, with lvls

And its.. like 80% of arc damage or smth like that
3 stacked orbs actually do noticeable damage

[south wigeon]

are there any cheap alternatives to undying hate? for a demon lightning ball build?

[daring prism]

Alr. Was wondering if it did some % of all lightning spell dmg

[pine willow]

I'm following the maxroll ice nova leveling build for sorc, would it be worth getting a Snakepit early and swapping to Frostbolt over Ice Nova?

[idle nymph]

how do you run herald of lighning on this?

[thorn bone]

put the gem and activate it

[idle nymph]

well , how do u shock enemies?

for it to activate you need to shock enemies

[thorn bone]

what damage causes shock

[idle nymph]

lightning

[thorn bone]

theres ur answer

[idle nymph]

but what, any flat lightning damage on my rings

will cause shock?

[thorn bone]

why can't weapon have lightning

[sharp thorn]

Any lightning damage you deal inherently can shock.

Like from weapon and from rings and glove too. More - better chance.

[glossy canopy]

yo im following fubdubs deadeye build and one of the skills is summon companion, I dont see it anywhere, not in the spirit skills or the gem skills

[lunar halo]

a noob question does the spellslinger procs on its own when 100 energy is reached or do we have to cast it?

[brittle anvil]

you have to cast it

[weary sluice]

Tame Beast Lvl 9 skill gem gets you a companion. Rhoa Mount is also companion Lvl 14 Spirit gem.

[outer valley]

if I want to try chrono flameblast, would crit based make the most sense?

[untold inlet]

are there any general things that people put in infernal cry and herald of ash? i was following a build guide but the person never puts support gems in them even at 85+..

[atomic halo]

go to poe2.ninja

and look

infinite inspiration there

[tough crow]

If your chance to poison exceeds 100% can you inflict multiple stacks?

[solemn kettle]

How do you properly configure PoB for Spark?

[untold inlet]

ty

[atomic halo]

no

basically does nothing

[tough crow]

thats what i though but i wasnt sure

thanks

[orchid swift]

what classes are good rn ?

[carmine flicker]

deadeye/amazon, all witch subclasses - those are best, probably

[orchid swift]

what class is amazon sorry

[carmine flicker]

witch abusing tecrod + ZO (or constant recharge) zone/deadeye spam lightning arrow

[carmine flicker]

huntress

[orchid swift]

tyty

[carmine flicker]

warrior is ok, but have it bad cause slow melee+abyssal puddles is pain
monk - no idea
sorc - ehh, witch just better

[tough crow]

Does Herald of blood count Remaining bleed damage as part of blood loss or only the damage that has been done by bleeding

[analog patrol]

What is actually best build for ritualist?

[knotty elbow]

How does Cull interact with the herald skills? Does it trigger them? For example the shield that culls on block, can it ever trigger herald of ash?

[river pebble]

With twin bows, does the skill menu show expected DPS for both arrows or do I need to double it? Build is in an odd spot right now where everything instantly dies or I do, so testing damage is hard

[static plinth]

It doesnt show and you should not double it

Unless you have a skill that shotguns

[river pebble]

Well twin bow shoots 2 arrows. So to clarify I'm asking if the value shown is per arrow or per skill use. Running a deadeye lightning arrow, I know not very original

[static plinth]

Its per arrow, additional arrows do not give you additional dps however

Well not more single target

Additional arrows are just for clear

[river pebble]

Oh interesting, thank you!

[tiny crater]

@pulsar flax

[midnight obsidian]

k

[radiant needle]

I have bones of ullr boots, just bought new armor with reservation spirit for skills when I equip the armor my bones of ullr boots go red and cannot be used. Anyone know the cause?

I have stacking reservation on helm, belt already

[midnight obsidian]

did the old armour have other attributes

[radiant needle]

No my stats are all good. My new armor actually has str my old has nothing

Any ideas? Could it be a bug of some kind? Someone said to hold alt and see what it says but when I did that it says nothing.

[faint skiff]

Any invoker build? I saw just 44 lvl invoker and he quickly killed the boss that is very hard for me

[atomic halo]

1. weapon
2. probably still weapon

[dire cave]

how good is open weakness on amazon?

as in is it actively better than unbound avatar or is avatar better?

[lime orchid]

I need some help. I can still allocate weapon set 1 points but not my weapon set 2 points

[dire cave]

you dont have skill points left

[stray breach]

u still got 3 on weapon 1

if you want use those 2 points then you need remove shared points and put them on weapon swaps

but it does not mean u have 2 points left

[lime orchid]

Except that I can still allocate weapon set 1 with 0 skill points left. Thats why I'm confused.

[dire cave]

if you have no skills points left you shouldnt be able to allocate

[lime orchid]

Yes im aware... thats why I dont understand what's going on.

[dire cave]

geussing its a bug then

[lime orchid]

Yeah its stupid. Makes no sense

[high lake]

I just dropped a rakiatas flow, how does it work? It says inverted resists, does that mean an enemy with 75% lighting res gets changed to -75%? Or is it just 75>57? Im just wondering if i should slot it into lightning arrow/rod or sell for 24 divs as im broke and could get upgrades

[brittle anvil]

75 to -75

[neon gyro]

lol. don't give GGG the idea because 75>57 is actually hilarious

[high lake]

Im glad i didnt have to explain that one lol

Is it worth using 100% of the time or mainly situational?

[fierce viper]

I think that you have accidentally made this skill somewhat useable, which is seriously against GGG's intent

[next aurora]

The problem is that it isn't useable due to an inherent failure for certain stats to apply correctly.

[neon gyro]

If your damage is mainly ele then it pretty much the best one. Even in the worst case, it still save you a bunch of point in penetration and ele exposure. Hence the 24d price

[fierce viper]

oh, that part. Yeah, that's definitely unintended

you can report it, but I dont expect supporting fire to stay in its current iteration past 3.0

[high lake]

So drop pen and exposure? Fuck yeah

[fierce viper]

it has 0 synergy with the rest of the ascendancy, with merc's skill tree, anything

[neon gyro]

Pretty much so.

[high lake]

Thank you

[dire cave]

compared to other elements how good is chaos damage?

specifically as attack skills

[pseudo gale]

anyone know why my tooltip DPS would change with my rings in R vs L slot?

[brittle anvil]

ingenuity?

[pseudo gale]

dont have one on this toon

[brittle anvil]

does the rings have max life? 👀

[static plinth]

In a total vacuum, one to one, chaos is objectively better

Enemies basically never have chaos res and you get to take advantage of the Wither debuff

Well i suppose there's Rakiatas

But still

This of course disregards the trouble going chaos can bring

Need stuff like original sin

[coral finch]

the 19% lightning damage outdous the 17 flat lightning here right? on my other gear i have 92 flat lightning (unarmed so no weapons to roll the stats on) 19% of 92 is 17.48 and it has better physical dmg

no fire but i don't build around fire so

[gaunt ether]

what are all the levels for your basic attack slots to open?

[signal badge]

Is there any reason to have Contagion at a high level?
Could just run it near level 1 for less mana cost?

[formal silo]

What spells are the best for a full crit build?

[iron harbor]

Well it deals a lot more damage at higher levels

[neon gyro]

90

[signal badge]

Yeah, but it's like a couple percent of full dps at best.

[old rune]

I need some help on replacing my supp gems with rakiata. My LA has fork, pinpoint crit, rapid att II, charged shot II and elem armament II.

[toxic mason]

Morning guys, wich DPS skill has more income from quality for the Gemling Ascendancy buffs

[fringe kelp]

does inevitable critical work with ALL hits of flicker strike? or just the first? Like if it only increases the crit chance of the first smack, then this seems bad

but a build I'm halfway following has this set in flicker strike, so that's why I'm confused

[formal geyser]

It should be all

[tepid magnet]

any recommendations for Ritual sacrifice (ritualalist ascendancy) support gems?

[iron grove]

I 'm running this https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/woolie-run-n-gun-witch-hunter and my bossing power is ass for some reason
pob : https://pobb.in/URLguT1N3XHQ

[runic sand]

hey guys, Im really struggling with t15 juiced maps
can somehone have a look and give me some tips for survivability mostly?
https://pobb.in/lEBJFCup5F-p

[west wharf]

some more deflect% and save up for an olroth's

olroth's typically the most important survivability upgrade for somewhat glass cannon specs

[runic sand]

What's orloths?

[west wharf]

life flask, costs like 15divs or something like that

instant heals 1.1k (like 1.4k cus you have the +30% life recovery from flasks from campaign)

and any extra healing gets added as guard

also, if you have any skills that have a life cost via atalui's or lifetap for example, you can tap the skill and hit olroth's before you're back at full hp to "pre-pot" the olroth's for oneshots

so for example, tap skill take 100 dmg, hit the olroth's, get like 1300 guard

and now you're nearly impossible to oneshot

guard also takes hit damage before ES, so having olroth's guard up gives your ES time to regen

expensive flask but well worth the cost

[wispy ruin]

mods like gain % of physical dmg as extra element apply to spells?

[runic sand]

Nice, didn't know that
I feel like maybe some deflection will work well first, but still something feels off
I'm way too squishy

[pale jewel]

Hey im playing CoC Comet Blood mage Spark, im going to buy a undying hate jewel, does the number of souls matter? or just that its tecrod?

[brittle anvil]

just tecrod

[formal geyser]

The number of souls is a seed number that determines what the notable passives turn into in the radius of undying hate. It doesn't matter in the grand scheme of the things bc you want undying hate for the tecrod passive effect anyway

[pale jewel]

Thanks gotcha, now do i get the 1 life per second per 8 life spent in the past 8 seconds just by socketing it in any jewel passive socket?

[static plinth]

You need to socket it with a Keystone in range and then take the keystone

[pale jewel]

ooh ok so it doesnt matter which keystone since it would be converted to that one gotcha

[formal geyser]

Correct. Just make sure it's not one you want to use

Bc it doesn't give both

[brittle anvil]

and none of your taken notables in it's radius

[pale jewel]

right

[bitter cypress]

Hi guys looking for a build guide that utilizes both "heahunter" & Constricting Command. so far i have seen that lazy exile has one for molten strike but i did not like it

[woven depot]

Neither are build defining and are usable in the vast majority of attack builds this league

Most popularly with LA I’d reckon

[untold inlet]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Himura-3233/character/HimuraxKenshin

can i have some advice on why my damage is insanely bad?

im about to respec into a shield wall build on here i think..

[livid flume]

is %increased damage taken applied before or after mitigation

[fringe kelp]

So if I'm playing a multi-element build, which two heralds should I use?

currently I'm on ice+thunder

but am open to hearing other ideas/reasons

[cyan plinth]

Im having trouble finding a wat to consistantly proc Mjolnir's auto cast.

Does the "Modified by the Percentage of the Enemy's Ailment Threshold the Hit Will Deal" mean that the harder the hit the more energy generated? And since its ailment is it only elemental damage?

[cyan plinth]

Ice and Thunder and easily the easiest and best heralds for raw damage. The rest are far less DPS without specifically speccing into them/special proc chains

Like on a warrior i have screen clearing with Herald of Ice with only speccing into "Area Damage" no ice/chill scaling

[carmine flicker]

No, it's any damage
It generates X * 3 * % * increased mods energy

where X is power and % is % of enemy ailment threshold hit deal

for example if boss(power 20) have 3000 ailment threshold and you did 1500 damage you will genetat 3 * 20 * 0.5 = 30 enegry(that is then increased by energy gain modifiers)

[cyan plinth]

So even pure physical damage would work? And general goal should just be highest DPS i can squeeze? I tried maxing attack speed and it didnt proc much

[carmine flicker]

highest DPS you can get
it's just easier to scale one damage type

scaling phys for attacks and lightning for spells would be less than ideal

(like phys want broken armour, lightning wants exposure etc)

[woven depot]

one popular use is just scaling phys and using Mjölnir for mapping with some lightning warp for example

[cyan plinth]

Very good point, im scaling lightning damage alot so no reason not to stick to it. Just feels easier to scale phys with mace skills.

Any advice on what to change with this?
Boundless Energy and Shock on the Thundergods.
Defy, Close Combat, Aftershock, Heavy Swing, Lightning Attunement on Stampede

[cyan plinth]

My PC cant handle the ball lightning/lightning warp combo sadly...

[midnight geode]

do i get this if i only ignite using herald of ash?

[cyan plinth]

Igniting through any means, but herald of ash would work yes. Just dealing fire damage will also work

[midnight geode]

ok nice ty

[static plinth]

Oh shit i was ready to um akshually but Herald of Ash is actually an ignite

Wonder what you can do with that

[cyan plinth]

Yeah, alot of people think its flat damage like Ice/Thunder. Even if its just an ignite, since its scaled based on overkill damage it still kills things fast if youre hitting hard

[static plinth]

Nah, i was 90% sure it was a non-ignite fire DoT like 1

[cyan plinth]

Is there a version of Embitter for lightning damage?

[static plinth]

No, unfortunately Embitter is all we got

[stoic oriole]

is combat frenzy support not a thing anymore?

[dawn heath]

Did u check? It should be

[stoic oriole]

i was trying to use a 5 support, not showing in all gems

[dawn heath]

spirit gem?

[stoic oriole]

rayjtdujguvkhj

shit..

ty

[dawn heath]

yw

[slate shuttle]

hello - newish player can someone take a look at my setup and tell me what is the next push i can go for to increase my dps/def? https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Spuzzy-2819/character/Nekobatsu

currently trying to push past tier9 - normal packs are ok, but some of the abyssal packs just wreck me if i cannot zerg them down fast enough - should my priority be to push for the 5th socket slot on my skills?

[brittle anvil]

that's a lot of buttons for a bloodmage build

[brittle anvil]

so I don't think taking a full circle like this is very optimized, you could go for another notable

have you tried frost wall?

[winter niche]

im kind of new to the whole intelligence side of the skills tree, which option would be tankier/more efficient for HC 😅 :
https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/slow-enfeeble-curse-support#passive-tree-0
https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/paintmasters-timefreeze-support#passive-tree-0

[slate shuttle]

i did - but i dont think it can burst thru the elites faster than darts to proc coc

darts is basically my way to finish off bosses in between spellslinger/coc procs

the range of darts it also enabling me to stay out of range in a safe distance from those abyssal eruptions

[pale jewel]

Quick question if I buy a from nothing can i allocate the keystone in the modifier?

or just the nodes in the radius ?

ok seems like not

[sharp thorn]

No, you cannot. You can allocate only everything around it.

[loud cave]

if i wanna use rakiata flow what should i replace rapid attack 2 or practiced combo on my ice strike

[buoyant quiver]

is it possible to make a build where you make your totems inflict bleed?

[dire cave]

does the projectile speed increases damage from projectile acceleration 3 stack with the feathered fletching notable?

[quaint torrent]

Im not sure if this is the right thread to post in and apologies in advance if not, anyone able to help me figure out what is next I need to upgrade for a big dps jump? I'm surviving fine in normal maps, but deli'd maps are a bit rough.

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Orlaf102-4139/character/Avviator

[chrome wren]

Do increased defenses from equipped shield nodes increase your damage from shield skills?

[atomic halo]

no

only wht the item itself says

[quartz cairn]

So when it comes to deadeye- what would be the most important upgrades first offensively? Always Bow? Then, what out of amulet/jewels/gloves/rings is most important? I might have some okay rings, and I have a good sleek jacket/okay helm(plus const. Command if I want to go that route), okay boots.

[grizzled geyser]

Is ed contagion lich viable for end game or is it just for leveling

[silk hound]

if I use a megalomaniac to allocate a specific notable and then use a timeless jewel that transforms that notable into something else, does it stay the original notable from the megalomaniac or will I get the new notable from the timeless? sorry if that's confusing lol

[static plinth]

You get the conquered notable

[silk hound]

thanks!

[static plinth]

The one thats not the original to be clear i realized that wasnt very

[fast wind]

Why are jiquani so expensive?

[quartz cairn]

I did Ed contagion all the way through t15 maps its fine in endgame

[pine stream]

Is armour explosion any good for clearing? Do support gems and my basic attack scale the damage?

[atomic halo]

yes, yes, and no

the clause about the basic attack is telling you that what would scale the basic attack scales the armour explosion as well

like attack damage increases or a bigger weapon

but if it's a support directly to the basic attack or something like that it will have no effect

[pine stream]

Gotcha! Thank you!

[compact tulip]

If my helmet doesn't have any evasion on it, would that be considered "0 evasion" and thus this node wouldn't work?

[west wharf]

ya

[wild dove]

Is there anything similar to "cast on" skills that arent for spells?

[slate shuttle]

q: is there a table/wiki where there is a list of weights for mods for a specific item?

[atomic halo]

poe2db.tw

[slate shuttle]

ty

[west wharf]

the gain x% dmg as extra element mod on weps is global right?

so if i were dw 2h maces with a skill that alternates weapons per attack, the gain as from the weapon not in use would still apply?

[weary falcon]

not really, best you can get is ancestral warrior totem/mortar cannon where a totem uses whatever you put in it

[atomic halo]

yes

and yes for the second part

same way + all skills will apply globally and make dw very strong

[west wharf]

hrmm ok

do you happen to have any experience with hoi+armour explosion chaining, or hob corrosion prolif?

[atomic halo]

not really

[west wharf]

guh, alr thanks

[west wharf]

how come POB is giving me 0% natural maximum block chance?

[midnight obsidian]

it's increased not +base chance

[west wharf]

ya but max base chance should be 50% right

it's giving me 0% max base chance

not that it matters that much but kinda weird

[uncut bay]

it depends on how much you value tankiness, it's subjective

once you have 50 flat damage on rings and gloves I would upgrade the bow first

then chest, then helmet

[untold inlet]

in my passive tree, it tells me i have 2 weapon set skill points of each but i cant use them?

[jolly zodiac]

You spend standard points when spending weapon set points

[sudden pewter]

Sione temper or wild shards which one is better ?

[brittle anvil]

on average sione has ~30% chance to trigger per cast

[rose stratus]

does anyone perhaps know what is the exact modifier i need to search to get the time lost diamond that allocates the keystones Light on your feet / Momentum?

[brittle anvil]

vaal pact

[rose stratus]

ty

[noble helm]

Aite boys, not really a specific build question:

A build which would be able to nuke the boss out of this world? Say union of souls 20 on a map boss, 6man.

Ideas?

P.s. (Reduced life regen, so no, blood mage life stacker will rip)

[static plinth]

Youre not gonna like the answer of LA Deadeye

Alternatively, Shockburst Rounds or whatever its called might work

[noble helm]

you'll rip faster than you can blink on LA deadeye

too squish

way too squish

[static plinth]

I was assuming we were in "kill it in 0.01s after finishing the spawning animation" territory

[noble helm]

you won't do that on a 20+ stacke soul boss with a 40mil hp

xD

just too much def modifiers on it

[static plinth]

Assuming the other 5 players are helping in some way you probably can

[noble helm]

nah you soloing it

[static plinth]

Id probably go Witchhunter Grenades then, i hear it does crazy bonkers damage and WH defences are awesome imo

[noble helm]

hmmm

maybe that is indeed ze wey!

thank you for the rec

[static plinth]

Though it might be "crazy bonkers damage on 0 budget"

[dawn spire]

if I have "100% reduced magnitude of ignite on you" and "ignites you cause are reflected back to you", will I count as being ignited when I ignite something?

[static plinth]

I believe thats the same as "Unaffected by"

[noble helm]

you will be ignited, but you won't take damage

[noble helm]

yeah, will have to test

[dawn spire]

neat, ty. So I still benefit from all this?

[noble helm]

yup you will

[dawn spire]

perf, ty

[west wharf]

wh has nothing special for grenades

[supple imp]

does gemini or warmonger really matter for deadeye

[rose stratus]

what is the name of the skill that helps bloodmage to tank stuff? that characteristic of having a life reserve that you don't love when you take damage even if the damage was supposed to kill you? i had this before but i forgot how to get it, turning back to bloodmage now

i have taken the grasping wounds, i wanted to know what was the skill that prevents you from dying after reaching 0

[coral finch]

how the hell do you get to use this helmet? i have res+all res on both rings, res on boots and gloves which isn't even recommended, double res +deflection body and i still have to use runes to fill my resistance

[iron harbor]

Is it all good res rolls though? Also did you get all the res from campaign?

You should need total of 10 T2+ res suffixes to cap

[rose stratus]

my blood mage keeps getting out of HP even using life remnants, how to fix this?

[rose stratus]

if you had 25%+ res on all of that it should be capped by now

[coral finch]

@rose stratus

[rose stratus]

many of your itens have only one resistance on it, that's the problem

[coral finch]

only my gloves/boots/helmet have one res, i'm not supposed to have res on gloves or boots and the helmet has no space for a second res

[rose stratus]

those are 3 itens already, if they had 2 you would be capping res

also, some of your itens have the res mod but in low tier

[coral finch]

yeah well i don't have 1000 divines, nor should i need them to just play the game the market is pissing me off

for a league where everything can be crafted deterministically everything is surprisingly unaffordable

[iron harbor]

Did you get res from tattoos and the desert interlude? That's 30 res total for free

[coral finch]

yes

oh desert might be movement speed if you mean the 9 shrines or whatever but that's +5 all res, not enough to even remove one rune

[iron harbor]

Yeah, honestly I agree it's hard to cap res sometimes, definitely worse than in poe1 by far

[coral finch]

2 runes of cold 1 of lightning

actually i take that back, if i change the desert shrine to +5 i can take off one cold and one lightning, it would free up 2 slots

but i have nothing better to put in there since my gloves and boots are pretty mediocre and comparable ones are 25-30 div (i paid like 2 for them 2-3 weeks in)

better ones are like 45-60 div minimum, so i'd be forced to craft them probably costing 30 div blind guess

[carmine flicker]

Tecrod

[rose stratus]

hm, i'm already using tecrod

i have a question

i do use spark build

if i have life leech on the rings will it work?

is there a way to make spar physical?

[iron harbor]

No, even if you could make it physical (which you cannot), you'd also have to make it an attack (which you also cannot)

[elder otter]

Howdy, howdy fellow witch enjoyers or builders.

I have a question about my build if anybody is willing to help man in need.

Long =
Got a question, came after big pause since during launch i found poe2 kinda boring.
Planning to make Minion army build with lich witch.
Already in act 3, kinda bruising okay-ish trough the campaign did not even get past act 3 in my last playthrough during launch but wanna reach end game with this one.
So I gotta ask if anybody know usefull items or stuff that I might have missed. Any tips or help are welcomed. Currently alredy have my 1 ascendancy went for necro conduit. + Pilgrim Dawn Vestments & decent scepter for warriors and spirit, carrion call engraved focus as shield and others just random stuff.
Tree wise I went for minion damage and rushed profane commander, lord of horrors, right hand of darkness and now i plan to get some mana regen stuff to make sure my necro conduit keeps working. after that i have to figure out the Life stuff which i dont really know how it works = ascendancy + mind over matter i guess.
(Did play poe1 for almost 2k hours)

Short =
Question - Any tips or stuff to look out for = for a Lich, Witch build that goes for minion army build?
(Worth reading Long if you wanna know more.)

Please tag or DM i might have server on mute, thank you. 💋

[dawn spire]

1. Most lich builds go for energy shield as their main source of hp in the endgame. In the campaign, life is totally serviceable. Just cap your ele resistances, get life on gear, and make sure your boots have good movement speed.
2. It sounds like you're not following a build guide (which isn't a bad thing, I love making my own builds) and I don't know a ton about minions specifically. So if you want inspiration you can check poe.ninja to see what other lich builds are doing and see if anything resonates with you.
3. Good rares are better than unique items in most scenarios. Only use unique items if their unique benefits are crucial for your build to work and/or they're better than anything else you have

[formal geyser]

If you get second ascendancy, where your mana regen is based on max life, you should be ok with mana regen that you don't need it on the tree.

Minion builds rely on the spirit stat a lot on gear - more spirit = more minions. A lot of people build spectres. There are a few that are considered "the best", and those lists are online.

For Lich specifically, you want high ES gear as well. Once you get the node "your life cannot change while you have ES", it becomes a lot harder to die. There's an Atziri helmet that makes 10% of damage bypass ES, so that combined with the one ascendancy node gives you a flat 20% damage reduction.

You can definitely consider a mana stacker lich build, but tbh with some of the minions out there for spectres, it's just much better to get as much spirit and spirit reservation efficiency as possible. The chaos damage from unholy might depends on being in your presence, which is a circle around you. Depending on the spectres you choose, they could be not getting the buff at times (especially melee minions)

[dire cave]

what is a reasonable amount of attributes I can expect to have per piece of gear?

[static plinth]

For attribute stacking?

Around 40 of each

[dire cave]

nah was asking for a titan theory build

titan minions

[static plinth]

Cursed

[dire cave]

yes

[alpine basin]

Pretty sure kripparian did a titan infernal legion build that was really good

[vague obsidian]

lf merc build that easy to play

[latent dawn]

anyone enjoying armour this league? 😎

[dire cave]

how much would I need to invest to allow minions to crit reliably?

[dire cave]

how are you getting 180K+ armour?

[latent dawn]

Titan +50% small passives, 2x jewels with +25% small passives... boosts both Surrounded wheels, add to that Vengeful Fury notable at 61 max rage and 73% increased rage effect, charge regulation with reliable endurance charge generation and 10 Plating from breaking armour

big big big armour on gloves, chest, shield, no armour on helm, almost no armour on boots

in town im at 100k armour

I might be able to push it higher if I go for lv100 but thats ... a slog of a grind

oh and a good armor belt with armor corruption and armour + global amulet

[dire cave]

how do you get the deflect rating then since I thought only tactician gets to scale that off of armour

[latent dawn]

unique boots Shankgonne

corrupted to 24% of armour to deflect rating

with Glancing blows for lucky deflect, unlucky evade (I have 0 evade, iron reflexes)

[dire cave]

interesting

[latent dawn]

3.2k life but I dont feel it unless its one of those degen puddles with no recovery allowed

[split venture]

⚡ Level to Projectiles

• I am running the lightning spear build. Guides are telling me that level to projectiles is a great stat but when I put an item on with it my skill dps barely budges. It is showing that 14 dex gives me more DPS than +1 Level. Does this sound right?

[hollow bolt]

what's the deal with the "church" subchannels? I can't seem to post in them specific questions about LA deadeye.

[dawn spire]

they're likely full and newcomers can't post in them

I think channels/threads have a limit of 10,000 people?

[hollow bolt]

that makes sense. do you know how accurate the in-game tooltip for evasion is? the game tooltip says 36% evade, PoB says 56%. just wondering if i can trust it haha

[dawn spire]

they recently changed the evasion formula so unless pob says it's been updated, I wouldn't trust it. But the in-game one is also your evasion rating vs a white mob, so both are pretty inaccurate

idk if pob has the new formula implemented or not

[hollow bolt]

ok, thanks

[grizzled geyser]

Just got my first div ever and it was on a t1 map. Not sure what to spend it on or how tbh

[grizzled geyser]

what do the red lines on the passive tree mean

like these

[wicked tiger]

Weapon set skill points

[pine stream]

is there a way to make scepter presences affect yourself?

[radiant crown]

Does this just increase the time it takes to become frozen or poisoned?

the mana regen is more tempting

[atomic halo]

poison isnt elemental

freeze, shock, ignite, chill are elemental

and yeah you are basicaly 30% more resistant to those ailments, assuming you have no other sources of inc threshold

[vernal lodge]

Cooked?

Im making an invoker bow build im really thinking outside the box lol

[dusk narwhal]

bowvoker isn't really anything new, but do note your pathing here.
In red you take 5 points to connect to the rest of your tree, but in blue you could just free up 2 points for something else.
Ideally, in green you could even just use 2 points which also frees up 1 more point leaving you for 6 points total saved.
Of course, this is assuming you're not taking anything from dex start.

[grizzled geyser]

how do you decide what upgrades to get on the market

not sure what to prioritize

and im only lvl 73 should i wait to spend? i have 2 div and a perf jeweler orb

[daring prism]

With Atuali's bloodletting on spark, do I use elemental weakness or vulnerability as my curse?

[brittle anvil]

vulnerability

[fleet crystal]

can someone explain to me why i am dying to any single hit from any monster? What can cause this?

it's like ignoring my energy shield, but i can't find what is causing it

[brittle anvil]

CI?

[fleet crystal]

found it.. heavy buffer..

[weary falcon]

anyone know why cast on crit comet builds don't use rakiatas on their boss damage comet? I was looking at cold chronomancers, but then I checked just any CoC comet build on poe2.ninja and only 9% uses rakiatas

[iron harbor]

Do they have a lot of exposure, penetration or ele weakness curse?

[cerulean current]

I am EB and MoM so i dont have ES and little life but over 10k mana. Build is good but atm im having issues with stuns. Are there ways to add mana to my stun threshold?

[brave siren]

Guys, is this good enough or I need more DPS on level 58?

[formal geyser]

Are you killing things quickly in the campaign?

[brave siren]

2 shot per normal mob. 1 minutes on boss kill. I'm weak af but i could do dps race on the boss

I used my ice shot as my aoe attack and poison arrow for the boss. It lack 1k dps but the attack speed compensate the lack of dps

[pine stream]

Is there a way to make scepter auras apply to yourself?

[sharp thorn]

If you mean affixes then no. If you mean skills from sceptres they do apply.

[pine stream]

I do mean affixes. Ty!

[tulip fog]

is it a bug that this aura is not affected by the +2 levels from my wand?

or is it because the aura is not a "spell" ?

[old zinc]

Does anyone know about any caveman builds? Like barbarian unga bunga builds, doesn’t have to be meta or anything, was just thinking if see how far I could get with this kind of build aka just brute force everything, like pure high damage, I don’t know if anyone else has done this? Couldn’t find any videos on YouTube about a caveman build

[amber anchor]

cause it’s buff not a spell

[median beacon]

Heyo o/

Any Incinerate gamers here? I'm trying to theorycraft a Blackflame Incinerate Chrono, and I'm wondering about the fire infusion thing. It says that if you consume a fire infusion, it creates ignited ground; but since enemies can only be ignited once, a single enemy couldn't take damage from both Incinerate itself and the ignited ground, right?

If that's correct, then are fire infusions that important? The best way I've found of generating those easily is the tech used in the build of the week, using Cast on Ele Ailment + Living Bomb, but that means sacrificing 100 spirit. Do fire infusions bring enough to the table to warrant the 100 spirit? I'd like to fit in a Blasphemy curse, as well as Convalescence, so I'm a little tight on spirit ^^

And another question: is there any good tech to apply Withered easily? Like I said, I'm tight on spirit, so unless I drop Cast on Ele Ailment, I probably won't be able to use Withering Presence; and since Incinerate doesn't hit, Withering Touch wouldn't work. Maybe Withering Touch on Living Bomb, if I use CoEE? But I doubt it'll hit often enough and hard enough to apply it well...

Thanks in advance <3

[vital dome]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/ec92d721-893b-4cc1-954a-4eab565caa4d/builds/d1b53ffe-c307-464e-9330-8d4f4f0a1c84?weaponSet=set2&ws-ngf5-f7d82102-7e77-4a44-ad24-33b67e8ae7bf=activeVariantId%2C1 does anyone know where can i get 100 extra spirit for my invoker build here? i cant equip cast on crit

[vernal lodge]

So something like this?

To make things a little bit easier i might use one of these

[alpine basin]

You did it again. You can join the paths at the bottom for one point, and then cut 4 points you spend pathing above that

Unless there’s a specific reason you’re pathing through there for 3 extra points

[uncut bay]

I don't recommend getting attribute small passives at the start of the passive tree

you lose out on a lot of value

[alpine basin]

Speaking of the starting area, i noticed another place you pathed with more points than needed.

That’s 6 free skill points total if you fix those

[vernal lodge]

K i. Think the skill tree is done

[winter niche]

whats better for hollow palm: chayula or deadye? or the answer is still invoker? 😅

[dusk narwhal]

there's tradeoffs between each of the 3 ascendancies this league

[winter niche]

may i get your insight, so i could choose? 😄

[vernal lodge]

Uh is it a leveling build if it requires some gold to get a bow and quiver?

In the beginning?

[ocean needle]

Non

[winter niche]

then who is? 😏

[ocean needle]

Bloodmage lifestacker

[winter niche]

why is it better?

[ocean needle]

Its the most op build this ssn

[winter niche]

only spells gain the innate crit

[winter niche]

care to elaborate?

because of 2x dip into body armour?

[dusk narwhal]

Chayula, just like Amazon, has access to double leech. The main advantage is just starting on monk side. There's not much other reasons to click on this though.
DEye has pretty good access to frenzy charges via called shots/tailwind. Very speedy overall which means you can allocate more resources into survivability/damage if you choose.
Invoker's still very nice even assuming high budget. Easy spirit & unbound avatar is good, and starting on monk side is a pretty big plus.

[dusk narwhal]

atalui's bloodletting & undying hate/tecrod's. It's what makes it scale to the moon, but blood mage is pretty much the strongest spellcaster ascendancy this league even without that because of the high bonuses to crit innately.

It does take a high amount of investment to be able to ignore all mods on maps though
And 90%+ of BMs are scared of less life recovery on maps still.

[winter niche]

so its ether blood or invoker,,, which would be cheaper to build you think?

[timber cove]

I cant get Cast on Critical to work it just keeps saying Socketed Skill missing

[atomic halo]

what's socketed in it

[timber cove]

Profane Ritual

[dull path]

Does anybody here use elemental sundering as a bossing skill? Can you share your build? I’m able to do 12m damage once the boss is frozen, but that’s it. I’ve seen people dealing 30m damage but they didn’t post builds

[chilly swan]

Does stomping round work with vaulting impact?

I can socket it in, but, I can't actually tell if it's doing anything...

[uneven flower]

flat life runes with 1560 or % runes with 1530?

[frozen needle]

Does empowered attacks deal #% increased damage on weapons only apply to skills that use that weapon or is it global?

[fringe kelp]

This happened to me too. The only way I could fix it was making a new COC gem sadly. Annoying bug.

[thorny inlet]

Guys, why are people using Loyalty with Rhoa Mount in LA Deadeye? AFAIK, it doesn't work if you are mounted

[south wigeon]

not sure if this is where to ask, but is there any cheap alternatives for undying hate for demon form lightning warp build?

[thorny inlet]

I am not sure as I didn't play with it this league but wouldn't Defiance of Destiny be able to help you sustain your health?

[shell thistle]

For my witch minion build i am using spark as main basic attack, and DoT dmg for bossing , should i swap out spark for something else or keep it? (Btw i just reached act 3 if that matters)

[carmine flicker]

You probably should use curse that support your main minions and choose other skills around that
(Also investing into mana regen on minion builds is waisting points on smth not benefitting your minions, so you probably can't really spam anything)

[shell thistle]

Cool thank you

[carmine flicker]

What do you use as main minion btw?

[shell thistle]

I have skeleton warriors, an ice mage, and 2 snipers

Oh i also have the fire hound

[carmine flicker]

If you don't explode sniper's poison cloud you should probably remove those

[shell thistle]

I use those, since my main dps against big targets is dot from contagion,the sniper, ravenous swarm, essence drain

Also i have bone storm in the build for burst dps if i get the chance to cast it

But mainly minions and dot is what i am going for

[carmine flicker]

Ravenous swarm is 30 spirit that could be another good minion)

Wow, man
Ed/c, bonestorm, spark..
You really should focus on smth
Where do you even get skill gems to have all skills lvled up?

Also spells deal like no damage without +lvls from wand etc
So easier to pick one type and get wand with, say, +3 cold or smth

[shell thistle]

As of rn just ended act 2 all my skills are lvl8 , and my wand is a unique that gives me 100% spell dmg, and the build is working well skeletons and unearth minions are great for mobbing and as for bossing minions don't do much besides sniper and swarm for dot and my choas dot skills,

I guess maybe late game this won't work?

[carmine flicker]

the more you get into the game the more you need to focus

[shell thistle]

So hybrid builds aren't a thing?

[carmine flicker]

not really
some use minions as meat shield and deal damage themselves

but if you want damage from minions you scale them HARD and let minions do the work

[shell thistle]

Alright, cool thanks for the tip

[carmine flicker]

also best minions for you atm would be frost mages

with multiple projectiles support since they shotgun with it

(as added bonus most bosses are frozen for like half of the fight)

[quartz cairn]

How are people generally getting enough dex(163) and int(117 for helm) for deadeye builds? Them +5ers aren't enough. How many int and dex rolls do I need on gear?

[iron harbor]

I currently have +15 dex+int on belt and +30 int on helm and thats pretty exactly enough, I have like 2 extra int and 3 dex (and like 6 str nodes for supports)... pro tip, good roll of reduced attribute req on the helm might actually be more efficient than getting more int, you dont need much int for anything else on most bow builds I think

[quartz cairn]

Damn I wish I would have kept all those bases with reduced att. Requirements 😂 but yeah you're right. I've got a helm with 33 that I was going to trick on with rings but I'd still be missing an att. Roll.

[tepid magnet]

i have 10 blue support gems equipped but im not getting the extra mana from gem enthusiast. anyone know why?

had to equip 12 to get it. idk why but okay.

[short lynx]

Hi, for some reason I cant post in Deadeye channel, so I will try my luck here 🙂

I am following this build https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/lightning-arrow-farmer-fubgun?ws-ngf5-f7d82102-7e77-4a44-ad24-33b67e8ae7bf=activeVariantId%2C1, and it recommends Head hunter.

I tested it for a while and I don`t like the user experience - too many flashy elements, random teleports and I cant see anything on my screen lol

How does ingenuity compares to HH? Or what are other good alternatives to HH?

[grim gate]

Is there anby reliable way to generate frenzy charges on bosses?

[pearl sluice]

hi guys

m new player and can u recommend buuild for me league starter and easy cheap

[rigid gazelle]

Yoyo, playing lightning Twister Amazon and wondering if the infuse weapon ascendancy is worth it? Can’t tell considering twister duration is decently long

[tough crow]

Can you overwrite an anointment on amulet?

[wicked tiger]

If it’s not sanctified or corrupted, yes

[keen charm]

is there a deadeye leveling build that's not hollow palm? I tried it but I don't like it at all

[chilly swan]

In looking for a good way to break armor when taking avatar of fire. Any suggestions? I'd prefer to do it passively if possible.

So far, I've only seen the nodes that break 50% armor on stun / pin.

[hollow bronze]

Any build using flicker with ranger? I have acl 95 but sold all her gear lol

[chilly swan]

Passive as in, with any skill

[cedar aspen]

Hi. I’m doing this. Easiest way I’ve found is there’s a node on the tree called Shattering Blow which fully breaks armour on stunning an enemy (previously known as Devastate Support Gem).

It breaks 50% of armour on heavy stun, so you’ll have to put some points into breaking 100% more armour on the tree. You can do this via the Breakage support cluster just above Shattering Blow, or by some other armour break clusters scattered around the Warrior side of the tree.

[cedar aspen]

What sort of playstyle are you wanting to go for? Melee or Ranged?

[formal geyser]

Usually the easiest is essence drain + contagion. Very straightforward and you can combine contagion with unearth for some temporary minions that spread it.

[chilly swan]

That's funny. I saw that node but didn't consider getting 100% increased armor break.

Thank you. That's super helpful actually.

[alpine basin]

Pretty sure there’s a desecrated suffix for maces that gives armour break locally on your weapon. So any weapon skill would apply armour break.

I’d check poedb to make sure i’m not an idiot though

[cedar aspen]

No I think you’re right in saying that. There is a desecrated node that also applies more damage to enemies with fully broken armour but I’m sure I’ve see the armour breaking one.

[cedar aspen]

Your welcome. And yeah I was confused by it at first. It’s all in the wording.

Shattering Blow BREAKS 50% of armour on heavy stun

Where as other nodes say “Break X% INCREASED armour”. So as long as your breaking a total of 100% increased armour, you’ll fully armour break on every heavy stun

[alpine basin]

Yeah, i checked. Unfortunately it’s an amanamu suffix, which for whatever reason there’s 4 of, so you can’t force it like you can the others, but it’s decent chance to hit it with omen of liege + suffix desecrate

[cedar aspen]

But, that’s just one way to break armour. Of course there are other ways such as using support gems on skills or Warbringer Ascendancy.

[chilly swan]

Yeah. Warbringer would work, but, with avatar of fire, supports won't.

[alpine basin]

Isn’t there an embrace gem that would do this? Fire damage as extra chaos, and break armour based on chaos?

Oh duh 🤦‍♂️can’t deal nonfire damage

[cedar aspen]

Yep. That’s what I found out too when I went to use Blackflame Ring

Had the purple flame effects on enemies but wasn’t convinced it was doing chaos damage during ignite

[dull path]

Hi, does anyone know whether "chill magnitute" will increase freeze buildup? Like stormweaver's ascendancy, it says all damage can chill.

Does it have absolutely ZERO assistnace to freeze ?

[hollow bolt]

why does fubgun's guide say 3.7% minimum crit chance for bow builds? what is 3.7 the breakpoint for? like i'm trying to understand but i have nothing.

[uncut bay]

could be arbitrary, idk

I wouldn't attempt a crit build with less than 4,5% myself

[hollow bolt]

ok so it's not just an obvious thing only i am missing, good to know haha. thanks man, i am trying to make a little progress but there's not a lot of guides that explain where to go after you hit red maps

[uncut bay]

here we go again

wtf are red maps?

[hollow bolt]

red maps are 11-16, no?

*tier

[uncut bay]

why are they red?

I thought you mean corrupted maps

because of the red vaal color

[hollow bolt]

sorry, just using PoE 1 terminology haha. in Poe 1 tiers 11-16 are called red maps

[uncut bay]

okay it's confusing, just say t11

[hollow bolt]

yes, after t11 i mean.

[placid frost]

Lightning Arrows - do you guys prefer Deadeye or Amazon?

[carmine flicker]

deadeye better clear, zone more tanky

[quartz cairn]

Maybe it's because in his guide he's using Greater essence of seeking to self craft a bow early and you really want to be hitting the maximum with it or stop there.

In his "how to craft" video he used it, anyway.

[hollow bolt]

Damn dude, I think you're right! That's exactly why, thank you!

[dusk narwhal]

It's because you want a high base crit bow before even starting to invest in crit.
Before then, investing in crit is generally much less worth it than non-crit.

[vague obsidian]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/warlug/builds/warlug-s-1-button-curse-build-guide
or
https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/fbfdb066-c166-4f82-ab81-1b56bab85435/builds/56b12947-1596-43da-a2e8-576ffe11920e****

[frail sedge]

Anyone knows why I cannot socket voltaic mark into Cast on elemental ailment? I've seen many builds socketing it into cast on freeze last pach

[oblique nebula]

I'm thinking about trying to make a minion swarm type build using living lightning and raging spirit. Put ele conversion on a fire spell like maybe ember fusillade or fireball with unleash. So now we have a fire spell that does a little lightning damage to summon a bunch of temp minions all at once

Scale minion damage, boost damage with necromantic talisman. No need to worry about minion life, go all in on damage.

Any ideas on how to really beef up a build like that?

Would both minions scale with elemental damage increase?

Also I'm trying to decide on what ascendancy might work best for something like this.

[midnight geode]

does "more attack speed" multiply skill speed increases?

[weary falcon]

yes

[weary falcon]

in 0.3 they made marks no longer a spell, so it cannot be put into "cast on x" anymore

[formal geyser]

I did a living lightning plan where each one was doing something like 10k dps, so with 10 that's 100k? The thought about raging spirits is interesting.

I tried leveling it up, and keeping living lightnings up against bosses is tough. Probably need to run spark against bosses.

I was running Lich for the unholy might, the stacking mana to scale it more. I don't know that another ascendancy scales as hard, but minions do need to be near you for that extra damage

You could always run flame wall + spark. Flame wall is the easiest way to get raging spirits out.