2┃build-planning

[minor tree]

if i take the keystone that gives minions my amulet effects and i use fixation of yix (allies in presence have bonuses), would it stack if i have a huge swarm of minions? 🤔

[silver urchin]

auras and effects like that usualyl only apply the strongest version of them.

[crystal finch]

who got the best druid wolf build so far.....ik moxsy has one and wollie aswell, which is the best or is there another out there???

[manic burrow]

Does this work with stuff like ming's heart?

Leveling as ice wolf and dropped one of those rings

[fierce charm]

that sounds right? or that when you ignite and switch skills that ignite will take over? and multiply its magnitude? sounds a bit weird to me

[silver urchin]

probably

[manic burrow]

I'm thinking of using this node with 2x ming's heart

and just stacking mana

Since it dodges all the penalties of ming's heart

I'll lose a support gem to embitter on all my skills, but that means I can also snag up the extra damage as other elements on the tree.

[silver urchin]

Could be good

[manic burrow]

It does seem to work with ming's heart.. but only on my skills, not my main attack? (before and after embitter)

nevermind, UI wasn't working the first time

it indeed works on my other skills

[high rivet]

What are some other sources of gain damage as extra phys, I know of material solidification, dangerous blossom, and the perfect essence

[turbid lantern]

whos here using pob?? need a simple help..my skill dmg is diffrent from the pob? which title or which name i should look at? my dmg for the poison arrow not the same is their a way to see or check? cause i want to change the tree and i just want to make sure i dont waste money and time

[silver urchin]

POB is not updated to the latest patch, last I checked

[granite haven]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/w97kn0u2 guys is this a good build to follow?

[glad sleet]

Hey PoE 2 superfans - how can you tell if an attack is instant or non-instant? I want to spec this node for the caster weapon set and I was wondering if the wolf form has non-instant skills

[silver urchin]

A non-instant attack is one with an attack speed

[high rivet]

If it has an attack time essentially

[glad sleet]

I think the wold is all instant then - thank you

[feral flame]

hey i have a quesion when getting a talisman which stats should i prioritise in getting ? im currently doing a wolf form build

[unreal girder]

How are you supposed to scale max mana?

Like there are pmuch no max mana nodes on the tree

[sharp thorn]

Yeah, it is supposed to be true.

[vagrant oyster]

are fire infusions not good for coc comet builds? they like triple comet damage but i never see anyone use them?

[silver urchin]

Intelligence gives mana

And gear has a lot

[unreal girder]

Ah yeah, int stacking I guess

[bleak olive]

CI bear finished all content with leap + calamity insane build ngl

0 buffs

[burnt gust]

I feel so lost with mana management and I hate it since Walker of the Wilds was removed. it was goated node ... What class should I play?

[silver urchin]

Warrior so that you can use Blood Magic

[hybrid ocean]

Man, this being melee only is so cringe

Is there any sort of alternative for skills without a melee or projectile tag?

Want to be able to use the reload on heavy stun support for crossbow skills

[steep spindle]

Is something in the game that turns fire damage to freeze build up?

[dreamy mulch]

damage as extra cold... though it would be slow

Does anyone have caster off hand tech? I am trying to find something to use for my shaman plant build

[pure otter]

Does this work with tornado? It was storm and wind tags

[silver urchin]

If Tornado has a line that says Limit, and is an Elemental skill, then yes

[pure otter]

is storm or wind elemental?

[silver urchin]

Fire, cold, and lightning are

[pure otter]

AH I see

Does elemental storm(storm weaver ascension) on the ground count as a ground effect you can suck up for torando?

[minor tree]

can i cast while shapeshifted with lord of the wilds (sceptre equipped alongside talisman)?

or do i still need to revert

[cold cipher]

I have strong feeling that attribute travel nodes are too weak when you do dex gem build on top left corner of passive tree as oracle.

[dreamy mulch]

a lot of oracles seemingly big passives are bait because of the travel nodes

you need to take other things as well on the way

[cold cipher]

Yeah

Early is hard

Later when you get decent gear it is less of a problem

[tepid wharf]

how does this even work, with ancestral cry. I feel like I am not getting armor break anymore when casting. Does it have to proc ancestral cry for it to work? also how do I even see glory, I just randomly activate it not knowing when

[cold cipher]

I was trying to do infernal legion oracle with hybrid armor and es. It is not doable. 157 dex for companion, 157 inf for support skills and add to that decent str.

Better stick to es

[bleak olive]

What build

Your trying to play

[tepid wharf]

not even build, I am just asking a question

[silent prawn]

flicker strike still prevents Power charge generation, right? so Vols will not help?

[dreamy mulch]

if you use a different warcry it overrites this one

it uses the "socketed warcry" stats instead

[tepid wharf]

what's the reason for everyone using this?

[bleak olive]

extra buffs

[tepid wharf]

so if I want armor break I need it from a different source? also where do I see the glory count for 100

[dreamy mulch]

Firstly the socketed warcry is made more powerful, second it allows any warcry in bear form even if you cannot use it normally, third the armor break itself is rather good(if you use that instead of a different warcry), forth it is part of a tech setup for offhand(mandragora unique+warcries are allways 10 power+enraged warcry support+raging cry support = 30% increased skill speed and spells generate rage and also you get to max rage via your now spammable warcries)

[tepid wharf]

idk most of what you just said lmao. but when I press it and it doesn't proc ancestral cry I have no idea why I even used it

[dreamy mulch]

oh, that is not enough power in area

this is why the warcries are allways 10 power on passive tree is usually taken when using warcries

[tepid wharf]

so glory is counted by amount of enemies around me or enemies killed?

[dreamy mulch]

power, not glory

warcries count enemies around you

[tepid wharf]

is there a counter or do I just have to guess?

[dreamy mulch]

you have to guess

it is very inconsistent in early game, if you get the passive tree node that fixes it then it starts being reliable

this is why a lot of people assign it to weapon slot 2 with the specific setup(so the point cost does not matter)

[nocturne merlin]

okay i give up on melee, what are some good ranged builds? apart from poison pf

[sharp thistle]

HoT with armour break, does it work with uul-netols / armour break supports? or no bc no phys dmg

[tepid wharf]

what node?

[summer needle]

heard there was an update tht broke druid builds?

[obtuse idol]

anyone is runing fliker strike invoker ?

i can seem to find a good guide for endgame

[unreal girder]

I bought this but it doesnt restore my ES unless i'M missing life, what am I missing

[slender bone]

Hello ! How can I Empower Wyvern's Flame Breath ?

[crystal finch]

who got the best druid wolf build so far.....ik moxsy has one and wollie aswell, which has the better one??

[dreamy mulch]

it is to the edge of passive tree south east, a warcry node that says "warcries have at least 10 power"

[dark cypress]

Who the hell made Tornado have a hidden modifier that makes only 1 tornado able to affect an enemy at a time, that's never written anywhere?

[hearty whale]

is this any good?

from my understanding, i got almost the highest roll, right?

[austere veldt]

I think that's because the damage over time effect from tornado is a debuff.

[dark cypress]

Yeah... shouldn't be though.

GGG should know by now that using limit for tornado was clearly a path forward

they even showed it in their endgame video with multiple tornadoes, and gave shaman a +1 storm Bonded mod... and then still made it not stack

[austere veldt]

Oh, I couldn't find +1 storm anywhere, so that's where they put it.

[dark cypress]

Bonded mod on Idol of Maxarius

[austere veldt]

I decided I'm just going to scale AoE on them instead. Just make the biggest singular tornado I can.

[dark cypress]

I was gonna do both hoping that it could be decent single target... but hey, time to reroll

[uncut bay]

let me get this straight, you thought a slow moving spell that needs 3 ailment grounds, doesnt get scaled with crit and needs plus to limit will be decent?

[austere veldt]

I don't know, I'm still leveling for it. I think the damage can be there. I started leveling invoker for it, but decided to swap to lich after I found another method for generating ground I preferred.

[dark cypress]

It's actually fine already with only 2 ground mods and no stacking

just not able to scale to single target

[uncut bay]

how fine?

[dark cypress]

Clears fast enough i dont need to stop walking

[austere veldt]

Yeah, the ground isn't actually super difficult to generate.

[uncut bay]

hmm interesting

[austere veldt]

My method is freezing mark supported with charged mark and frost nexus. On freezing someone, it creates chilled and shocked ground effects.

[dark cypress]

It's just really dumb they removed the avenue of scaling that they specifically advertised

Im using shocked ground from boots + a companion for ignited

i was using frost bomb for exposure anyway, so the last ground comes from ice nova infused

[austere veldt]

and then for the third type, just do bruning inscription and quick curse

[nocturne merlin]

melee is so trash when u start scaling into high endgame its hilarious. abyss mobs are so overtuned

[uncut bay]

one of you has no movement speed, another is completely dependant on freeze...

[dark cypress]

I was planning to swap to the fire boots later if tornado was good (more ms), and put shock on the companion.

bruh im lvl 42, i don't need +65% ms just to try out if a spell works

[uncut bay]

fair enough

[austere veldt]

I mean, it's pretty cool and it works. I like the jank

plus, it's not super hard to freeze anything at all

[uncut bay]

the druid forms are stronk

[austere veldt]

Between quality on freezing mark and ice nova, I've got 200% native freeze buildup before any passives.

[nocturne merlin]

im running a werewolf with really good damage but the ground degens and abyss mobs are unplayable on max juice

u need ranged or u die

swapping to a diff build now

[dark cypress]

Ill probably just delete this char and go back to my starter build thats in maps... super disappointed

[austere veldt]

I believe it can work. I'm going to keep chipping away at it, tornado is cool enough to be worth it for me.

[dark cypress]

I just dont think it'll work with no single target

[left ledge]

What is a build that is the closest thing to a auradin from D2 or RF/ autobomber from Poe? I’m not trying to 1 shot Pinnical bosses but I’m just looking for a build I kinda just walk around and everything dies, I pick up loot.
I played thorns last league and was pretty fun but with the Druid coming out I wasn’t sure if there are good passive builds out there.

[dark cypress]

walking calamity passively kills most smaller stuff on some bear form builds

[glossy dagger]

Could you check my question I have just posted on build help?

Has anyone used invocation ritual keystone? I remember using it last season and I was able to fix its targetting problem but now, I can't fix it and invocations attack the same place forever

[cerulean fog]

is blasphemy not working? why is it only applying the rightmost curse? im i missing something?

[dark cypress]

I havent played the build myself so im not really the person to ask im afraid

[dark cypress]

Enemies can only have 1 curse by default - you need to raise your limit to apply more

• if you already have 3 curse limit, it may be because the curses are too low level. They all have a "does not apply to enemies above level X" that scales with the curse level

[cerulean fog]

ahh is it this one?

[dark cypress]

yes, that will let you apply 2 curses

[cerulean fog]

i see that make sense

i always thought this node is for applying like double effect of the curse

[tidal copper]

People people people
There is one bleed node on the unseen paths so i decided to build around it
Can you convience me not to do it
thanks
||https://poe2db.tw/pob/zOJr6f2A0Z||

[glossy dagger]

I just want to know how CoC works with 2 weapon sets at the same time.

[snow tide]

If i take this node (and other nodes like it that increase the effect of broken armor) with 1 weapon set, will my other weapon set still benefit from it?

Since I'm causing an enhanced debuff, it's something on the enemy once inflicted, and shouldnt 'dissappear' once i swap weapon sets right?

Or does the enhanced part of the broken armor disappear from the enemy and just regular broken armor remains once i swap weapon sets?

[left ledge]

What is the skill I would use to trigger all of the heralds?

I’m really brain dead right now but here’s some ideas

1. smith if kitava- white body armour with thorns damage corrupt + passive thorns damage. Good survival low damage.
2. orical- extra damage on tree and some QOL things.
3. pathfinder- the 5% damage small nodes and being able to start from 2 different starting points. High damage, possibly difficult defenses d
4. warbringer/ titan- no explanation needed

Might dabble into shapeshifting if anything good can come out of it. But if I can find something that maybe a little more fun for party play that would be great. Thorns is really lame for party play

[tardy narwhal]

Might super casual mode play poe2. If I did, it would be HC SSF and very slow pace. Id' need a good build to enjoy the ramp-up. Any recommendations of what's pretty good this league?

[outer fjord]

Chronomancer

[void osprey]

heyyo, is Herald of Plague boosted by +3 Levels to All Attack Skills?

[tardy narwhal]

is that troll cuz poe2ninja has literally 0.7% of HC SSF playing Chronomancer lol

[low roost]

Is there any way to increase weapon swap speed?

[snow tide]

They already changed it to be instant back in 0.3

[low roost]

it's instant? there is a huge like 1-2 second delay when im swapping tho

[snow tide]

even before they made it instant, wep swap delay was only like .5sec or something like that, you got something else going on if your swaps are taking that long

[low roost]

I'm not sure. When I have my Djinn without weapon swap, it's instant.

But I recently split it between 2 weapon sets. One to boost freeze and spell area, and two to boost minion damage for the djinn.

So what used to be instant using freeze to djinn, there is now a huge delay when I swap to weapon set 2 to use djinn

[snow tide]

maybe some kind of bug with the new ascendency then?

[low roost]

weapon swapping didn't have a delay like that when I was playing last season

Oh, it could be

Well I found another post on the forum about it. So I guess it's an issue at least one other person is experiencing. I replied to it, hope it gets seen

[vagrant oyster]

Weapon swap with djinn is bugged i saw someone in a build vid talking about it

[celest oxide]

I think Oracle Might be better for Bear than Shaman

Furious Wellspring is inefficient/4 ascendency points

and you can get most of the good stuff it gives you from Eternal Rage

Meanwhile Oracle has some really strong things for Bear

like some broken Unseen Path nodes (25% Aftershock Chance, +21 Max Rage, hella skill effect duration nodes, big phys damage nodes, and big crit nodes (When left tree doesn't have many good crit nodes)

And auto crits let you do some powerful things too

idk

[proven rapids]

Hello, starting the league tonight. What’s super strong for campaign atm ?

[celest oxide]

The same stuff as usual like bow xbows and edc, also new shapeshifting is pretty good league start I think too

Especially Bear and also Wyvern after like level 14 and again at level 31

Devour and Oil Barrage Skill gems, respectively

[still rock]

i was almost right

[uncut bay]

that just makes absolutely no sense to me

[still rock]

my poison bleed shield wall poppin PF is currently blazing thru tiers tho, been ridiculously strong

[uncut bay]

I believe you

[still rock]

ppl dont wanna think, its p common to pick the best untouched build from the league prior that isnt the thing that was most popular

ppl wanna league start something they know will work and get them the juicy starting league currency from being in high tiers faster

[uncut bay]

indeed

[pine stream]

Does primal hunger keystone affect things like Druidic Champion on the shaman tree that gives spell power per rage?

[dreamy mulch]

what solutions are there for spell crit chance?

[still rock]

blood mage

[uncut bay]

all kinds of jewels, helmets, weapons, supports, but mostly maligaros, also passives

[still rock]

i imagine it doesn't, i read it as just not getting the more % attack damage buff inherent to rage but i haven't personally tested it

[low roost]

do you remember what video it was? I kinda want to see it

[radiant needle]

Is it just me or does some of the nodes in the new sorceress ascension look fun but none of the main summons? Think it's viable to just go cast speed, mama, focus with staff etc and just do normal sorc and ignore the summons?

[pine stream]

That’s also what I thought and what I’m hoping but wanted to see if anyone could confirm yet

[uncut bay]

about maligaros, I remember always using them and thinking they were op, people told me I am in idiot and nobody used the mbefore when the crit damage was fucking 300%

[still rock]

yeah low investment damage scaling is great for entry level builds idk what ppl were on abt

[uncut bay]

no, it's great for all stages of many builds

NOW people are catching up to this fact

a year later

[vagrant oyster]

one of the 17 ice nova djinn vids idk which one tho

oh it mightve been the waffle yt guy

[still rock]

i think actual crit dmg scaling is the high end sauce but just getting a bunch of free crit multi for free means you can use more defensive passive points

its free real estate

[uncut bay]

you just can't scale crit damage without losing more in return in some builds

the opportunity cost is too high for elemental infusion builds for example

[still rock]

yeah definitely build dependent, just like a lot of builds in poe1 that stay EO

[uncut bay]

yes. because infusion builds want to also invest into infusion passives for example, on top of ES, crit chance and mana passives

if some build doesn't need much mana and it's on the dexterity side of the tree then you can scale crit damage better imo

[still rock]

yeah exactly what im doing for a nebuloch weapon swap on shield wall

i think im at 600% multi with 0 crit investment on my main weapon swap

weapon swap tech is the juice in this game i feel

[uncut bay]

nice. my record was around 1200% crit damage in 0.2

I realized I overkileld it and just lowered it to around 900%

fucking tangletongue builds

[still rock]

yeah at some point u got enough damage for everything lol

i still need to fix my defensives, armour really needs % as Ele on every piece it feels like

eva/es still best (i think?)

[uncut bay]

yeah it does imo

[still rock]

like t3/t2+ on every piece

[uncut bay]

pure ES or eva + ES, idk which is better

this is me

elemental infusions are fun, combo gameplay

[dreamy mulch]

that was unhelpfully vague, also maligaros virtuosity is a spell crit BONUS solution.... and I already have high spell bonus, it is chance I need

[still rock]

yeah meanwhile i have 1.9k life and struggling with like 7k armour

[gentle igloo]

What's potentially stronger end game? Wand + focus, or staff + 50% focus?

[still rock]

with scraps ofc

[uncut bay]

I didn't want to answer your question in the first place because it's so vague that you need to write two full pages to answer it, and this is what I get in return xD

[still rock]

but my dmg is high enough to run thru stuff for the most part

[uncut bay]

if you are playing spells right now you pretty much need maligaros, it doubles your crit chance probably

[dreamy mulch]

I am on shaman side of tree

[uncut bay]

now that rathpit is out of the picture

[still rock]

maligaros works no matter what side of the tree ur on

[uncut bay]

ofc staff + 50% of a focus

[dreamy mulch]

are we talking about the same maligaros?

[uncut bay]

you would have to get the 60% crit chance notable through amulet or megalo then, no problem

is there more than one maligaros?

[still rock]

im still craving a staff and offhand sword gandalf build (GGG please 🥺👉👈)

[dreamy mulch]

The one I think we are talking about is the set your crit bonus to 250%, when mine is at 282%

[uncut bay]

yes, this is the maligaros, the whole point is to save a lot of mods and passives by not investing into crit damage

and buffing your crit chance like crazy

easy 90% crit chance

[still rock]

yeah unfortunately if youre playing spells and you want to scale crit outside of maligaros the best answer is be blood mage

otherwise its pointless imo

[dreamy mulch]

I can get crit chance to either 24.4(crit bonus 282) or 39(crit bonus 200)

I am mostly looking for "more" sources

[uncut bay]

maligaros is the MORE source of crit chance man

you get 60% MORE crit chance

and that's just one support gem

[dreamy mulch]

oh, I see, it negates the downside

[uncut bay]

now he gets it

oh and this was nerfed sadly, but still good

once you use maligaros if you want you can save all of your mods and passives that were crit damage before and put them all into crit chance

or whatever else useful

[lean seal]

chaos bolt

is a gem i can buy

or its part of a item?

i cant find it anywherre

[dreamy mulch]

any way to maintain power charges? I realise that if I can get at least 1 power charge every 10 seconds, it is another 30% more crit chance

[atomic halo]

wiki -> https://www.poe2wiki.net/wiki/Chaos_Bolt -> "It is granted as an inherent weapon skill from a Withered Wand"

[still rock]

found a use for wolf pack LOL

masochist wolf pack

https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExile2/s/8GYnyAJw0S

ah, i see

[midnight bolt]

this gem doesnt seem to work with infusions, are they not considered remnants, why does the game recoomend it then??

[still rock]

i dont understand that either tbh lmao

[midnight bolt]

so dumb probably a bug

[still rock]

did infusions last league - i dont think its a bug but it could be explained more clearly (and also not recommended on remnants that it does nothing to)

[midnight bolt]

rip spark juice

[still rock]

i did arc cast on crit arc deadeye

was mad fun lol

[midnight bolt]

its reccomended on siphon ailments

but that gem at least says it spawns remnants

also if it didnt work it wouldve been shadowed like this

oh nvm thats from weapon swap

[still rock]

it may affect the additional effects from picking up a remnant? but idk i didnt test, just figured it wasnt worth the support gem and went from there

[hearty tendon]

Hey guys I’m going to start playing path of exile 2 today and I want to know what I should build for, last time (Poe 1) I did not know what I was going for and it kind of ruined everything, I want someone that is high damage, tanky, and pretty simple to play, someone that can solo most content in the game, is that a possibility?

[still rock]

shield wall is pretty busted rn, i don't have a recommendation on guides because im doing it hipster style as pathfinder but the warbringer version seems pretty straightforward

[hearty tendon]

Ok, I also have a question. Do thing in this game get nerfed and buffed? Like is it a seasonal thing or do I not have to worry about my stuff getting nerfed while I’m in the middle of everything?

[still rock]

because of EA, things may get tuned if theyre out of whack but so far they havent touched anything this league afaik outside of incinerate totems i think

[graceful wraith]

This is Early Access for a game continuously introducing new classes and ascendancies and support gems and passive tree nodes. It's gonna change, though not generally as much mid-season.

[hearty tendon]

And when a new season comes out will I have to make a new character or can I keep using my current one?

[still rock]

theres a lot of busted scaling in the live patch, im interested to see how they address it seeing as the backlash was pretty major previously

[graceful wraith]

new league means fresh new characters for everyone, but your character will remain (transported to "Standard" which always exists and always will).

@hearty tendon

[still rock]

i heard oil barrage is doing ridiculous numbers rn too

[hearty tendon]

Gotcha ty :3

[still rock]

im honestly surprised shield wall made it through

too much to catch perhaps

[still bough]

Wolves are trash?

[still rock]

well

theyre good for one broken interaction apparently 😂

[still bough]

which is?

[still rock]

but scaling them as dmg yeah theyre bad

[still rock]

#2┃build-planning message

id be surprised if this doesnt get nerfed though

so might not want to waste the divs, idk

[still bough]

if only wolves didnt count as a single unit

[still rock]

considering this is 0 investment aside from the 60 spirit and a lineage gem, ~80% uptime in being invulnerable seems a bit much 😂

[still bough]

yeah im not gonna invest into it, obviously not intended

ig its arcane surge crit again for this druid

[still rock]

plants seem viable but i havent looked too far into it yet

[still bough]

you crit constantly with plants so you have high uptime on arcane surge

and many arcane surge nodes are close to the druid

[still rock]

ah yeah

no doubt

[still bough]

and apocalypse looks decent for a glory ability

but idk, early days

[serene minnow]

anyone know at what level do skills on weapons get 5 sockets?

[atomic halo]

90

(at least, for skills granted by martial weapons.)

[serene minnow]

but i mean like skeletal warriors? it only goes to 20

[still rock]

i havent read thru every single bonded rune yet either but a lot of them seem worth

[still bough]

how do the bonded even work

[still rock]

its just an extra affix you get access to from every rune type

[atomic halo]

20

[still bough]

thats pretty neat

[atomic halo]

which is ilvl 80+

[still rock]

https://poe2db.tw/us/Bonded_Modifiers#BondedAugments

[dense cargo]

Does zealots oath regen bypass scarred faith no regen since its technicaly life regen?

[still rock]

doubtful

test it tho 🤷‍♂️

[dense cargo]

i will when i get enough liferegen going

[austere veldt]

some of them do seem really good - like this one. with the nodes and this, you can approach reasonable archon uptime now.

[dense cargo]

rn i got none thats why i thought id ask first

[still rock]

yeah stuff like this is just great, on a 3 socket 2h thats +10

[austere veldt]

there are +2% max resist bonded bonuses, which is SO much bigger than people think it is.

[still rock]

agreed but its a weapon slot

unfortunately

[austere veldt]

can the new atziri chest roll as weapons?

[still rock]

i think i saw a fair amt of shaman taking the combo of all three tho when i was looking around

[austere veldt]

oh no, that's soul cores.

[still rock]

iirc boots gloves helmets and yeah soul cores only

[austere veldt]

So close. That sums up a lot of how I feel about current design philosophy lol. If things just opened up a little bit more, we could have some super cool stuff.

[still rock]

i dont mind it - theres plenty of broken scaling rn elsewhere

id rather the game have limits but im an oldhead cranker ig

[austere veldt]

Oh no, I love having limits - they breed creativity. We're just a little bit too restricted right now. Like, what if glacial cascade could be used with staffs as a spell instead of an attack? Stuff like that. right now, it's just a little bit too set-piecey. I like playing combo styles that have 3-4 buttons.

[still rock]

that chest is actually kinda nutty for some things

😂

MoM with seven of these

or 8

with vaaled helm

[vagrant plinth]

hey guys, trying to plan my path for a "dragoon" build using spears + shapeshifting. goin gemling. anyways, the idea i have is to apply the bloodhound's mark and stacking bleed with rapid assault. the plan is to pop the bloodhound's mark using wing blast, for a big ol pop. anyways, i was wondering if crimson assault would be good for this build? would it build up the bloodhound's mark faster?

[bold basalt]

I'm not great with support gem stuff; what's a decent tier 1 support for arctic howl?

[still rock]

i think crimson assault is ultimately better there and youd also run herald of blood for clear obv

crimson assault just means more blood loss if im understanding it correctly

[vagrant plinth]

thats what i was thinkin too, so itd build up the mark faster

ending that whole combo with thunderous leap after wing blast to pop the embedded spears

in my HEAD, this build sounds cool lol

[calm vessel]

Is there any way to make ED lich play smoother? It feels so clunky rn

[still rock]

im moreso struggling to find a scenario where you wouldnt take crimson assault if youre in that area and also scaling bleed

tbh lol

[vagrant plinth]

i was always wary of crimson assault when thinking about making a bleed build because of the 1 second duration

i felt like maybe there was something i was missing and it surely wasnt just simply that good

[still rock]

well if youre using the bleed for things like bleed IV support then its not great

but thats not scaling the bleed its just using it for more atk dmg

[vagrant plinth]

im using bleed to build up heavy stun on bloodhound mark to then pop with wing blast

[still rock]

sorry not you specifically im just speaking generally

[vagrant plinth]

oh okay

[still rock]

ED is clunky unfortunately. the newer contagion quality helps a lot

some people run chain on ED for smoothness

i prefer proj speed to even out the wonky ass curve, but admittedly havent played it in a couple leagues now

idk why they decided to make the essence drain projectile have a wavering projectile path

chain is nice tho, it only lowers dmg of the hit so its fine

[calm vessel]

Alr thank you, forgot about quality haha that should help

[still rock]

yeah its quality makes up for it being a single target application.. i still wish it was aoe like poe1 but hey, now it can spread poisons

[muted umbra]

For oil barrage, is burning ground damage based on the supports to oil barrage or based on the attack that made the ignite?

[runic carbon]

does The Mutable Star Cleric Vestments and goregirdle plate belt work together ?

The Mutable Star Cleric Vestments has this
Defend against Hits as though you had 1% more Armour per 1% current Energy Shield

and the belt has this
Defend with 200% of Armour
Maximum Physical Damage Reduction is 50%

i am thinking the belt will nullify the body armor right ?

[still rock]

ah, seems to be just the fire damage of the oil barrage skill actually

this attack

[muted umbra]

Well, the idea is oil barrage with supporting skill gems like aoe increase, exposure support, nova support to just spread oil everywhere and then a strong single target ignite to make huge burning ground AoEs.

And the way it's written, it adds damage, but isn't the only source of damage for the ignite, unless I missunderstand how it's written.

[still rock]

yeah it quite literally says that its only based on the damage from the oil barrage skill itself

thats what it means by "this attack"

tbf i think gas arrow and stuff work similarly?

[gusty tangle]

Lord of the Wilds notable says "non-minion skills have 50% less reservation efficiency" I would expect that a spirit gem with 30 spirit cost, will now cost 45, but in game the cost is 60, I don't understand how 50% less efficiency translate to 100% more cost?

[still rock]

Less efficiency

aka more cost

(its a downside)

[gusty tangle]

correct, but 50% of 30, is 15, so why the skill now costs 60 instead of 45?

[still rock]

oh sorry i misread

hm

[gusty tangle]

I'm just trying to understand if is a bug or I'm just "mentally challenged"

[austere veldt]

No, effieciency is like this.

Last league, I was trying to squeeze as much spirit as I could into my cast on Crit Archmage - lol. So I put the quality into those gems - they got 10% reservation efficiency - they reserved 91 spirit instead of the 90 I thought they would have.

I think it's because efficency isn't a straight up reduction - it includes itself in the calculation.

[gusty tangle]

yeah, I just googled the formula, is Base Cost * (1 + Efficiency modifier) in my case 30 * (1 - 0.5) which equals 60

[still rock]

wait now im really confused

cause that equation would equal 45

[pastel nexus]

Yall, just hit act 3 with my ranger and wondering if I should have a decent enegy shield or should I just focus on evasion

[austere veldt]

I'll say ES, evasion is hard to feel until you get enough of it. But in act 3 as a ranger, mostly just make sure you've got accuracy, cause act 3 is where you start to straight up miss if you don't have any.

[pastel nexus]

okay yeah im getting hit pretty hard, gonna need to switch up some stuff for a solid ES

and duly noted, my accuracy seems solid

[austere veldt]

You can check on your gems details tab I'm pretty sure. You don't need a lot, you just need to have SOME, somewhere whether that's tree or items.

[pastel nexus]

i've got 36 right now, I feel like thats extremely low lol

[still rock]

ah i got the right formula

so its 30/(1+(-50/100))

which equals 60

[vagrant oyster]

is there a way in pob to equip a focus+staff for varashata asc? i assume maybe some custom modifier?

[still rock]

easy way would be to just copy the bonuses from the focus into your custom configuration field

[still rock]

ghost dance starts to feel good at around 1k&1.5k es

until then just focus on resistances and life and eva

probably in that order

[austere veldt]

God damnit, just got PoB 2 update installed, and the tornado calcs aren't implemented yet.

Which, yeah, duh, it's a new feature.

[still rock]

yeah new skills take a min

im more bummed that pathfinder path seeker doesnt work cause that shouldnt be new functionality lol

[austere veldt]

w/e, I can get my witch to act 4 today after work no problem, and I'll just test it myself.

[still rock]

im having to path to warrior start via attribute nodes then subtract the attributes in the config lol

jank workaround

[drifting parcel]

LA Deadeye still a viable pick?

[austere veldt]

always

[drifting parcel]

nerfed was just the single target as far as i understand?=

[still rock]

yeah

[drifting parcel]

but not that bad?

[still rock]

lightning rod got hit but it needed to be hit so its w/e

everything else is more or less the same

[vagrant oyster]

r archon nodes any good? i didnt play last league and i dont see many builds running them but they look kinda op?

[still rock]

LA has more inherent light conversion now too so better lightning dmg scaling

[still rock]

ive heard uptime is a factor, but i havent personally tried it

and i think poe players in general dont like temporary buffs that you have to invest a lot into

its probably op as a weapon swap if you path your tree correctly id imagine

[woven quartz]

Do you guys know how to get the "while shapeshifted" nodes to work in PoB? I cant find a way to set myself as "in bearform" or similar

[austere veldt]

It depends on a few things - there's 3 ways to trigger it now - energy shield recharge start, spend 100% of mana, on ignite as a lineage support.

If you get EVERY node on the tree for it, it's a fairly serious investment, with something like 65up/35 down. It gives you a lot of fun stuff though.

[still rock]

i know ive heard of people just doing it via a chiming staff swap which is what i was referring to above

from spending mana on sigil

[austere veldt]

immunity to ailments, 10% move speed and 20% all res.

[still rock]

they may not have a conditional yet, just notate the buffs you'd receive in your custom config for now probably

[woven quartz]

alright ty

[drifting parcel]

well its good that its still well playable then i can continue doing to 😂

[still rock]

LA enjoyers out here playing LA every content update

[drifting parcel]

im new
in other games i played archer aswell

[still rock]

oh bet

its fun, go for it

also the toxic growth/poisonburst pathfinder stuff is a fun poison archer power fantasy

for another character for ya

i personally miss burning arrow

even in poe1 its not really a thing anymore

[drifting parcel]

ive ready about it
but it seems that clearing monsters is easyer with the lighning 😂

but im not far into the game so maybe thats why

[still rock]

LA is solid all around

clear with poison relies on herald of plague

ice shot seems solid as well but if youre moreso focused on efficiency then LA is better

[median kraken]

I haven't played bow at all yet but there definitely are some builds that don't feel as good without the right setup or at low levels but can feel great when you set things up right

[hallow terrace]

Is it intended for you to not be able to eat ur own minions? I have the keystone that lets you use sceptor while transformed, now sacrificial can be active but I still cant eat my guy

[drifting parcel]

yes
the thing is i kinda know LA Deadeye now and swapping seems obsolete if its still viable
if i had completed all i could 😂

[median kraken]

Oh sure. If LA's working for you and you like it then stick with it

[drifting parcel]

i do for sure 😄

[still rock]

sacrifice only works on dead minions

[hallow terrace]

i just tried it still cant eat it even when they are dead

[still rock]

hm thats lame

idk why that wouldnt work then, seems like a bug to me if so

[hallow terrace]

yeah i thought that was the whole point of that node

[still rock]

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3888711

bump that post probably

seems like others confirming the same

[median kraken]

It might be a bug but I'm guessing the main reason they made the scepter node is for wolf pack summoners

[cedar aspen]

For Druids, what are endurance charges for, apart from spell totems and bypassing warcry cooldown?

[drifting parcel]

I just started a new one since i wanted to play the league
I started initially with standart, not knowing about all that 😂

[austere veldt]

jagged groudn support, spell totems, charge regulation is more defenses, rally support, 2% fire dmg per endurance charge consumed notable, a few uniques.

[lavish shell]

do anyone know if the unique Talisman Fury of the king is any good in a furious slam build ?

[cedar aspen]

Right ok good so that’s what I’m looking for is something to consume the endurance charges so that I can use the notables on the tree that gives benefits for consuming then

[austere veldt]

https://poe2db.tw/us/Charges Peruse. Nebuloch, jagged ground, or rally would then be my choices for quick consumption.

[median kraken]

Nebulock's not ideal since you'd have to leave shapeshifted form to use it

[cedar aspen]

Alright thanks il take a peak.

I know Nebuloch tech is bonkers but im SSF so I dont take any uniques into account if I dont find them

[median kraken]

Jagged Ground or Rally are probably the fastest ways to consume endurance charges other than spamming warcries. Charge regulation doesn't consume them as far but gives a really good benefit for having them

[austere veldt]

Rally is consume all, notably. So if you can get a good one two cycle going where one ability generates and the other consumes, you can stack flare alright.

[still rock]

nebuloch and a beefy armour shield offswap just to delete bosses seems to be incredibly reliable with little investment early on for any melee attack build

im a believer now

[cedar aspen]

It is outrageously insane

[still rock]

with my poison bleed setup i generally only need one shield wall pop to kill a boss

at like tier 10 atm

[cedar aspen]

Not sure why I didn’t see Rally support sooner. I was using Guts notable which with the nodes leading up to it gave around 7% max health. So you can slap rally on any skill and it will consume the charges anyways

[rapid star]

Any Ideas how I can make Trinity Work on Rend Oil Barrage Wyvern? also if any of you could have a look at my passive tree and give it tips to improve it would be awesome
Edit: For ascendance I got Shaman with Furious wellspring and Sacred Well

[austere veldt]

Trinity is a bit of an ask with wyvern. You'll mostly want to be doing all three types in equal amounts and wyvern doesn't do that right now. You could drop those damage recoup nodes to grab the other wyvern notables. The elemental node that is opposite the wyvern node that gives elemental hits a chance to invert res is pretty good too.

You'd need some funky elemental conversion stuff that we just don't have in the game at the moment.

[rapid star]

yeah, I got prety close to haveing 2 elements up all the time, but for 3 i figure I need a low phys weapon

[austere veldt]

if there's one thing I could add to the game right now, it might be that honestly. Partial conversion supports, etc.

[rapid star]

and that might be to much of a drop in dmg

[austere veldt]

oh, you can drop those stun buildup nodes too, I think

[rapid star]

yeah, was using them for bossing, but lingering Illusion is just better

[still rock]

painters servant exists but losing a gear slot just for that sucks

[rapid star]

the recoup regen nodes are there because zealoths oath, but i think vitality I and II + devour should be enough

[austere veldt]

Yeah, if you aren't doing life cost conversion, a lot of the health regen stuff isn't worth it.

We need more ways to get more life as well.

[still rock]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/vaal?items=Painter's+Servant&allskills=Trinity&skills=Oil+Barrage

heres something to look at atleast

[rapid star]

so what do I get with the extra spirit from droping trinity?

most spirity gems are underwhelming not gonna lie lol

[austere veldt]

Berserk, Convalescense, Eternal Rage?

Or you can just stack a bunch of the spirit supports that give you regen, reduced ailment duration, etc.

[vital plume]

anything you can do about having CI specced and being light stunned permanently and dying?

[rapid star]

Eternal rage is not that usefull with Furious Wellspring, but again furious wellspring is not that great if now going flame breath

[rapid star]

all CI build invest a Lot in increasing their stun threshold

mainly charms and nodes close to ES

[still rock]

yeah you need es as stun threshold nodes

[austere veldt]

2 of the notables should be enough

[rapid star]

hwo good is wisdown of Maji?

[austere veldt]

you don't need all of them, but 2 of them should get you there.

We were discussing that earlier, there's some very very good options for it. It can just be a lot of stats if you don't see a way to use any other ascendency options at the moment.

[still rock]

yeah those 2 near ci plus a stun and freeze charm

should be plenty

[serene minnow]

is this one suppose to have a buff icon or effect? cant see any difference hard to test its for minions

[austere veldt]

Why are you trying to give your minions leech?

[serene minnow]

unearth are abit squishy

[rapid star]

hum I'll look for a list of the bonded affixes then, removing the 4 points of Furious of Wellspring, should I go for Bringer of Apocalypse or Avatar of Evolution?
I don't fell like I'm taking much damage, but no Idea if I can scale Apocalypse since is a spell

[austere veldt]

so as to the apocalypse question, only 1 of your cluster right now is specifically attacks. The rest is just generic damage, I think.

but even then, honestly, I'd go for the adaptations, as it gives you a lot more defense options, and lets you invest less heavily in defense in your tree for more offense.

a dead enemy can't hurt you. you just need to live long enough to make sure they die.

[slim spoke]

skill effect duration doesnt effect buffs like archon right? cause its not technically a skill?

[austere veldt]

Nope

[kindred trout]

curious about something for monks or any elemental melee fighter, is it best to only use skills with the same element or should you have a 2-3 elements, curious cause I'm running a monk character and I currently have a bit of a mix between lightning and ice (mostly using ice) and its getting a little tough to decide on where to focus on the skill tree

[vagrant oyster]

r archons bugged rn? i just tried a build with the reduced recovery period node and it still has a 20 second cooldown? maybe the 20 seconds ticks faster idk but it still says 20 seconds

[rapid star]

It always depends, but focus on one is always cheaper and faster to scale, a weapon with add phys, phys% damage and add cold, is cheaper than one with add phys, add cold and add Lightning
that said for Monk stacking phys damage on oyu weapon is the norm since it benefits all the skills damage regardless their Element

if you really want 2 elements, choose one to be the main one, and the other to be the support, if cold is the main one, just get Shock chance and magnitude for the lightning instead of damage so it can support the cold damage better

[kindred trout]

ah alright, so use the other elements for their debuff effect on ennemies, would you say the same for moves that inflict daze or is that something else?

[austere veldt]

yeah, for stuff like daze and blind if you aren't specifically building around it they are nice to haves

[rapid star]

I would get daze form the passive tree, if i have the points to spare, but for skill i would not use anything for that alone, maybe staggering palm so it can help with clear

[austere veldt]

so I would say if they cost you 5 points or less from the tree, go for it.

daze and blind and stuff like that is more of a defensive layer than an offensive one.

[stiff hinge]

Are spell totems meant to NOT consume infusions?

I cant get mine to use my infusions.

[austere veldt]

Yeah, they don't share resources with you.

They are their own entities. When created, they take a snapshot of the skills they are using, the passive you have that affect them, etc. etc. they don't use your pwer charges or infusions, which are really just buffs that you have.

[rapid star]

last league there were a phew phys builds from Palstrom and Wudjio, they would use staggering palm with nova projectiles with whirlwind or Lightning flurry for clear, and falling thunder for boss

and this guy take it to another level with amazon lol

[austere veldt]

people are still cooking.

it's only been a few days, there are going to be more and more emergent builds as people mess around

[restive mirage]

is there any way to make arc better than spark at direct casting? It seams like spark is superior

[austere veldt]

I viewed them as mostly interchangeable last league, but haven't messed with them this league.

Spark is a little more brained, i.e. don't have to aim.

[restive mirage]

it also does have significantly more impact / damage

even if the tooltips shows it has less dps

but its hits several times if the room is smaller

on ST

[still rock]

depends on the map too

i played arc coc arc deadeye last league and enjoyed it but spark is probably better on most maps

[restive mirage]

can i make it hit hard on single target? Which support gems do I need then?

[still rock]

rakiatas 😂

short and easy answer to anything ele

its broken

i was scaling crit via blind and blindside and going for infusion

mine was probably unorthodox but the infusion is pretty juicy so i imagine most arcers are taking some form of infusion generation and investment on tree

[austere veldt]

You can turn infusions into power charges now, which is sweet.

that can easily become either a totem or the adonia's ego spell for a lot more damage

[still rock]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/aahdaddy-0891/character/DeadeyeMetaAlwaysWas

if interested

i didnt fully optimize and got bored of endgame so quit out earlier than i normally wouldve

but the bones are there

[unborn oak]

is the tool tip number for minions all minions or per minions?

(dmg)

[digital axle]

hello, is there knowledgeable ppl who could explain to me why mana flare doesnt work with totem?

[still rock]

Totem doesnt have mana

its casting from the totem and not you

[main jetty]

will this node kill me if i take CI?

[still rock]

yes

[bronze ore]

at what level do you get 4 sockets on shred for the talisman

[fading stone]

what's the best spell for applying freeze?

[austere veldt]

Either freezing shards or ice nova

[midnight geode]

im playing an ice shot + snipe amazon, and im using lightning warp on coa so im zooming around, and this spell gives me lightning infusions. Is there anything I can use them for? Never played any spell so im clueless

[frank python]

Hi, I have a problem with monk and "The soul springs ethernal" ascendancy node. it says 50% META skill gems efficiency - I want to use CAST ON CRITICAL which costs 100 spirit BUT it reserves 67 of my spirit instead of 50.

[pastel swift]

Reservation efficiency is measured as 1/(1+efficiency)

[bronze ore]

im no expert at sorc but you could try firestorm, they just buffed it.

[frank python]

ahh i see now, thanks

[bronze ore]

you could also try putting on ice bomb to get ice infusions and easy exposure

firestorm absorbs all infusions

[bleak olive]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/f3272c55-85ba-4530-bde5-6260777f0fdd/builds/3d84f3bd-f8a8-42d1-ab5b-c775b76206e4

for the druid CI players a favourite would be nice 😁

[midnight geode]

ill be using rakiata so i dont need the exposure, i think ill try arc, it seems cool

[vagrant timber]

What’s a good build for Amazon

[pastel nexus]

For ranger, is a skill like Poisonburst Arrow affected by the physical damage amount of my equipped bow?

Looks like it does

[still rock]

yes

[pastel nexus]

okay cool

[polar ore]

Is there still haste aura on companion beasts? I cannot seem to find it on the diretusk boar anymore.

[vivid sierra]

what do most people do for a good bear starter build? im trying to run fury/slam/volcano but compared to maul, fury is just feeling a bit... meh?

[simple mural]

if something says "spirit reservation efficiency reduced by 50%" then a skill that requires 30 spirit should then need 45 right? cause it seems to be making it 60

[still rock]

the one from a3? it should afaik

[simple mural]

its from the Lord of the Wilds notable

[polar ore]

Have been farming the diretusk boar at infested barrens, but no luck so far. Only saw hasted, not haste aura. Killed around 150 now

[still rock]

#2┃build-planning message

[still rock]

maybe try werewolf prowler? its better than boar anyways

[tight plank]

does anybody know if the vaal siphoner only works like a divine orb or if the mods that are left can go over max roll?

[still rock]

from interlude1

stones of serle

[polar ore]

where can you farm that? Interlude 1 stones of serle?

[still rock]

yep

[polar ore]

is there a quick respawn point nearby ?

[still rock]

theres a waypoint yeah its just a huge circle

[simple mural]

maybe im bad at math bust that seems to come out at 45

[still rock]

just do a loop looking for it

[still rock]

30/(1+(-50/100))

[fathom folio]

Have people figured this out?

[simple mural]

thank you great sage

[daring veldt]

Is anyone playing permafrost bolt build? Is it good this league?

[tranquil steeple]

if u look on poe ninja some ppl are running it, idk if its good though its very little

[still rock]

for other scenarios, change:
30 = base reservation
-50 = total efficiency (sum of inc/red and multiplied by more/less)

[fathom folio]

Yeah I've seen people running it, that doesn't necessarily imply it works great haha

I suppose the main question is if "rolling twice" from bifurcating also means inevitable crits happens twice

I would expect it not to?

[vivid sierra]

?

[bleak olive]

What lvl

[vivid sierra]

15

[bleak olive]

Just slam it

Until getting more skills

[vivid sierra]

thats feeling slow, and rage gen isn't exactly the best rn

[bleak olive]

Yeh it wont be until you have some more levels and ascendancy done

[polar oasis]

Does anyone know if Laviaga's spirit synergises with the during flask effect nodes?

[still rock]

yeah why wouldn't it

[polar oasis]

Idk this game can be funky sometimes, i was planning to use those nodes in my build so wanted to make sure it worked before i committed 🤣

thanks

[woven otter]

Does anyone know how many times whirling assault hits?

[iron vigil]

Are there any mechanics to gain "stages" faster? E.g., deadly resolve?

[cerulean fog]

im so confused by this line, does this mean that all the movement modifier will also apply to sprinting ?

i tried this and i sprint slower thaan my regular walk is this a bug or intended like this? my sprint is much slower than my regular walking now LMAO

[stuck monolith]

guys, whats the general consensus on this, is it worth picking up now from smiths asc tree

[graceful wraith]

it means 1% per x spirit is the only movement modifier your char can stack, aside from sprint (which should). sprint shouldnt be messed up from that...

[cerulean fog]

yeah well this is what my sprint looks like

[grave compass]

guys anyone know interaction between oracle inevitable critical and maligaro virtuosity ?

[flat orbit]

anybody know of a good monk guide?

for endgame

[formal silo]

interested in trying plants, can someone explain rotation? Are you suppose to spam entangle all over or is it just a one cast?

[supple jay]

so what changed about the last lament build

i just got a death articulated drop

[cerulean fog]

the build is dead

[supple jay]

damn

how

[cerulean fog]

you need to actually spent life noww

[supple jay]

oh that lich node is gone?

wack

guess i just sell the articulated then

idk maybe some builds would use it to free up 100 spirit

but that downside tho

[silver summit]

You are now an Olympic power walker

[formal geyser]

What's a reasonable hit dps in pob for melee to do t16s and pinnacles

[verbal summit]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Laurinp-2514/character/Staatsoberhaupt

can anyone tell me why the Snake Idols in this builds offhand apply to their character? Does your shapeshift form count as your own ally?

edit: It's a Bonded modifier from the ascendancy

[restive mirage]

how do i find out whats using my spirit?

is it intended that life remnants costs 40 spirit while youre a blood mage?

[tender osprey]

whats the best endgame talisman base?

[static plinth]

No, you just need to actually lose life to gain a Bolt

Lament got changed, not Lich

[supple jay]

ah no infinite ammo

temporalis blink dodge reload build real

wait blink prolly doesnt count as a dodge for that

because no fun allowed

[formal geyser]

Supports can cost spirit

If you have something like vitality on that it'll cost 30 spirit

[midnight geode]

does this help with armour break? It should right?

[north heart]

Is bear titan really viable?

[still rock]

it would mean you'd armour break faster, yeah

(important to note that this does nothing if youve already broke their armour)

[manic venture]

Anyone know why Deadeye's Mirage Archer won't fire when using Hailstorm Rounds?

[formal geyser]

Yes

[formal geyser]

https://youtu.be/mlkq4tf29e8?si=RiFCV4P17_QVsu9h

[abstract mountain]

PoE1 had RF as a skill to leverage high life/ES regen for damage. Does PoE2 have anything where regen can be leveraged for damage output?

[rapid star]

how much crit chance is enough crit chance to be worth going crit? atm withtout support gems I can get 25%

[formal geyser]

80%+ imo

[harsh yew]

two questions:

1. does consuming rage count as spending it?
2. if you have primal hunger on one weapon set but not the other, will it count the rage spent using the other weapon set and give regen?

[tranquil steeple]

what do you mean by consuming? Like using it for lunar blessing?

[tranquil steeple]

keystones cant be on weapon sets

so you cant do the 2nd one

[harsh yew]

ahh I see

[nimble latch]

builds that can use this?

seems cracked damage wise

[harsh yew]

there's a node consumes all rage in exchange for healing when you shapeshift into human form, and I'm curious if it counts towards primal hunger's regen

[tranquil steeple]

id assume it does yea

[hallow terrace]

is this thing any good with inevitable crit on druid? I honestly cant tell much of a difference in dps

[harsh yew]

could be a potential use for the keystone then, alongside lunar blessing uptime. though I don't know if that would make up for the dps loss of not having the extra rage bonuses

[tranquil steeple]

i dont think anything does if im being honest 😭

you can get 100% lunar without it

[long pine]

Hey i watched a build where someone used detonate dead under fire spell on hit without the intelligent requirement but i tried to do the same and it didn’t work any help with that ?

[dense pumice]

what's the highest dps non-djinn summoner in 0.4 currently? I'm tired of playing piano

[scenic hinge]

can someone explains what is this "trigger" means?

[serene minnow]

are you dead with bleed + ci ?

[wraith palm]

Check ci tooltip

[solar walrus]

is the fury talisman the only base with the additional rage?

[broken night]

Can anyone explain to me why it seems that people who take the Lord of The Wilds talent to have scepters with talismans seem to have "allies" modifiers on said scepter? e.g., https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/vaal/character/ashyratv-6316/Druid_ebet?i=15&search=skills%3DFurious%2520Slam

You don't count as an ally so ia m confused

[torn quiver]

for their wolf companions or its cheaper

[broken night]

They don't have any wolf skills equipped it would seem. Cost was the only other thing I could think of

[torn quiver]

have you check if sceptres have enough modifiers to not include allies ones

[broken night]

no. I just wasn't sure if teher was some way to make yourself count as an ally

[torn quiver]

group gameplay

most likely they just want the debuff from the sceptres

[fluid maple]

Hey guys are u noticing ignite damage?

[simple mural]

why does Lord of the Wilds exist? the whole point of wielding a scepter and talisman at the same time would be to get more spirit, but i cant find a build where you end up without losing spirit by taking it, because it halves your total spirit and doubles the spirit cost of non-minion skills

if you are minions then you have spirit on your chest and amulet, and that being halved is more than the the scepter gives you

if you are melee, the rage passive now costs 200

[analog compass]

on the skill tree is there any way to tell which node was allocated using the additional skill points?

[gloomy rain]

What does corrupted blood damage scale with other than my strength, if anything?

Also, who was drinking on the job when they made Paquate's Pact?

[red lake]

where can i post a sreenshot of a POB error while trying to import my account after the newest update?

[solid brook]

does anyone know how these two (and damage conversion in poe2 in general) works?

[red lake]

yea whats the question

[bronze ore]

is this calculated and shown in the DPS number in the skills panel or does it not add until you strike

[red lake]

its when you hit

[still rock]

bros whats the key to armour investment in 0.4

just a shit ton of armour for ele dmg %?

[bronze ore]

so does it only increase weapon elemental or does it stack with other elemental increases?

[red lake]

it increases all types of elemental damage and does stack with other increases to elemental damage %

[atomic halo]

shows in dps number

[bronze ore]

hmmmmm

[atomic halo]

why do you say or

both are accurate descriptors

[red lake]

if you look at the fine detail numbers in the skill screen drop down menu you should see % elemental increase being included in the damage equation

what are you trying to boost specifically? just elemental %?

[red lake]

lots of nodes with % to armor, if your a druid there is a lot of those nodes that give % armor when shapeshifted, also on left side of the skill tree if you get the mastery Ancient Aegies, that helps a lot if you have good armour amount on body armor

[bronze ore]

i have a talisman that does have this line but slightly less dps when i equip it and has 1 +skill lvl less and a talisman without the stat line and has slightly better dps numbers

[still rock]

life still feels clunky to theorycraft

[red lake]

papa i ran ice wolf til lvl 70, stacked a lot of armor and also armour applies to elemental damage %, both stacked to 78% and 76%, made a huge diff on survivability

[still rock]

yeah it feels like a requirement to have high armour, life rolls, and armour as ele rolls

as non-titan

[still rock]

floor is much higher than dipping es i just dont want to because im str/dex rn in point layout

[merry osprey]

does anyone know what happens if youre able to stun AND freeze with your damage

im assuming you cant do both simultaneously

but like can i lock myself out of one if i do the other

[red lake]

yea you can, buff up more stun and youll heavy stun more and they will take more damage during that phase

[merry osprey]

oh actually?

[red lake]

i forget which talisman does it but couple of them types roll with more stun %

[merry osprey]

cool

[red lake]

yea it worked on my ice wolf

[merry osprey]

nice cool

[red lake]

the jade talisman, thats not the name, just the image of the talisman, those roll with the stun

[merry osprey]

was looking at ascendancies for wolf and it just seems like titan is best

[red lake]

i went oracle, didnt regret it.

[merry osprey]

thats fair

[red lake]

also went rage, with 83 rage ceiling

[merry osprey]

im cooking up a temporalis setup atm

[red lake]

rage regen

temporalis?

[merry osprey]

ye, gives moonbeams a 0.1 sec cd and crosslash a 0.1 sec cd so u can spam it backwards to teleport around basically lmao

can even use some attack supports that have a cd like volcanic eruption

[red lake]

@chrono oh that sounds nice using the moonbeams that was powerful in my playthrough, that sounds decent

[upper epoch]

if i use a omen of the liege on my bow, is it guaranted that all the options are amumu modifiers?

[brittle anvil]

only 1 as of last league

[silver anvil]

https://pobb.in/HE98gqJHpdwi
lightning spear, need some advice

tried to bootleg conner's 0.3 amazon but i think i've learnt the hard way that the build's kinda dogshit without very high investment

• damage is ass (can't even properly scale gem levels like a normal build because-)
• mana sustain is ass
• max hit is ass (tried simu because technically an ehp build like this should be good against it, right? Bosses oneshot me and its not even diff3 yet lmao)
• no leech and even if i did have leech it'll be ass too because i'd have to find a way to convert it to ES leech and that's on the other side of the tree
• absolutely horrendous against DoT and that's everywhere this league or something (holy shit what did they do to ignite and don't even get me started on shade walker abyss mobs)

I feel like i've already spent more divs on this build than like, idk, druid, would need to do even harder content than what I've been capable of

[olive compass]

Im trying a build that would be nice if my Mortar Cannon worked with my shocking grenade. But as soon as i put the totem it gets distroyed. Are those ballistas supposed to be that fragile? Are support gems that give it defenses and hp enough for its survivability?

[alpine yacht]

does Tactician A Solid Plan https://poe2db.tw/us/A_Solid_Plan work with https://poe2db.tw/us/Lord_of_the_Wilds

[atomic halo]

i mean, i feel like the keystone pushes you away from stacking reservation effects and the notable pushes you towards

so there is a mismatch there

[atomic halo]

oh yeah it works

dunno if you want to do it tho

[alpine yacht]

idk stack harald and auras

[atomic halo]

yeah, i just think i would struggle to do that with lord of the wilds being so harsh

[austere veldt]

Has anyone else messed around with tornado?

I think the AoE on it is bugged, I can't get it bigger or smaller with any combination of talents/gems

does ignited ground not bypass flammability anymore?

[main jetty]

what is the base distance for remnant collection? like how much of a difference, say "remnants can be picked up from 20% further away" makes?

[tranquil steeple]

The range -60 to 60 does this mean if it rolls the -60 its increase instead of decrease?

or is it a poedb mistake

[atomic halo]

yeah, a negative reduced should be increaed

[thin badge]

is pure evasion build worth it or should i do hybrid es ? as huntress

[hybrid ocean]

Did the potential support gem get removed? I don't see it in the gemcutting menu, but I also don't see anything in the patch notes about it

[dreamy bridge]

is overleech supposed to go away after weapon swapping?

[hearty tendon]

Hey I just started Poe don’t know know much and I don’t know what class to pick, I want something not to complicated, solo friendly and pretty good damage and survivability, could you guys point me in the right direction?

[brittle anvil]

you should look at league starter builds, these builds should be simple enough to follow, and you can choose by your preference

[hearty tendon]

Ok thanks

[brittle anvil]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides?filter[build_guide_type][filters][0][taxonomy]=taxonomies.build_guide_type&filter[build_guide_type][filters][0][value]=archive&filter[build_guide_type][filters][0][operation]=!%3D&filter[build_guide_type][filters][1][taxonomy]=taxonomies.build_guide_type&filter[build_guide_type][filters][1][value]= &filter[build_guide_type][filters][1][operation]=NOT EXISTS&filter[metas][taxonomy]=taxonomies.metas&filter[metas][value]=leveling
maxroll is a well known site for guides

[hearty tendon]

Coool thank :3

[austere reef]

Anyone know if the djinn minions from Disciple of Verashta count as being in your presence for the purpose of “allies in your presence _____” modifiers?

[atomic halo]

yes

[feral flame]

im ttrying to add one more socket to my shred but when i use lesser jewellers orb it dosent do anything

[static plinth]

Shred is a basic attack, so you need a higher level weapon

[feral flame]

ah okay so a high level talisman should fix that ?

[atomic halo]

sockets for martial skills depends on character level

the weapon level is only a determinant for caster weapons

[tender osprey]

when do u get 6th socket for basic attacks? also how do u quality them

[atomic halo]

5th socket at lvl 90

[viscid flax]

does kurgal's leash not work on djinns? info dps doesnt change when you command them

[hearty tendon]

i figured out i wanna make a minion build but i don't know what class to use apparently druid, witch, sorceress can all use minion, but what class excels at using minion to best? there are soooooooo many pre nerf, post nerf, changed skill tree, e.c.t its a lot to take in and i just wanna know what's the best minion build currently as of 12/16/2025 @ 10:04pm

[agile remnant]

when it says "+20% of armor also applies to elemental damage while shapeshifted"
If current armor says its at 50%, does that mean i get 10% reduction to fire/frost/shock?

because Bear says it gives "30% of armor also applies to elemental" yet when in bear form i dont see my character stats change

Tryn to make myself tanky and get all the resist i can

[west wharf]

no

doesn't matter what your current armour says ever

that % is used in zero calculations

it's just an estimated %reduction vs a regular hit from a white monster at your level

the only thing that matters is the flat armour value

[agile remnant]

oh jeez, so i just gotta hope it works then

[west wharf]

chart for flat armour value vs various sized physical hits -> resulting reduction %

tldr armour is very effective vs small hits, passable vs medium hits, offers very little vs large hits

[west wharf]

when it says 20% of armour applies to ele

that means if your flat armour value is 10,000

then you have 2,000 armour vs ele

this will reduce incoming elemental damage by some amount (based on above chart), then that resulting value will be cut by your resistance% to that element

none of these have anything to do 1:1 with fire/frost/shock if you mean ignite, chill/freeze, and shock - those are elemental ailments

they just reduce incoming fire/cold/lightning damage

ignite, chill/freeze, and shock are elemental ailments associated with those damage types

[agile remnant]

oh crap right, my estimated physical reduction is somthing else entirely down at the bottom

[west wharf]

yea estimated physical dmg reduction is a completely irrelevant number

always just look at the flat armour value

and compare it to an assumed hit of "x" size

[agile remnant]

im only at 87 armor since i just started lmao

[west wharf]

generally speaking a tldr; though is armour is good vs lots of small hits, not good vs singular big hits

[agile remnant]

oh ok thats good to know

im gonna try to brain better and digest that, appreciate the help!

[fierce charm]

Guys for druid is the plant poison druid actually decent? And if so how would you build it? Im running oracle druid wyvern and it’s kinda shit for T10.. i keep getting my ass handed to me and no matter what i do my dmg ramp is super slow against bosses and map clears are excruciatingly slow and i have all of the meta skills/spirits/supports on as well passive tree is also geared toward stun/dmg/crit/survivability but feels slow and sluggish doing anything

Current tool tip for breath is 139k which scales when i go into wolf form to 167k to put down my heals but it doesnt feel fast enough

[agile remnant]

is everyone runnign oracle? i havent heard anything about the shaman

[fierce charm]

Ive seen so many shamans i kinda regret going oracle lol the inevitable crit is nice but its downside is almost not worth it lmfao

[agile remnant]

im not much of a crit guy in any game i just like being tanky and animals lol

i havent read the perks on the asc yet

[fierce charm]

Lmfao fair fair i like doing as much dps as possible but damn this game humbled the shit out of me idk if its just game mechs i dont understand or its just early access lmfaoo

[grim parcel]

Should I just be running straight armour gear on my werewolf druid I'm running es armour split gear rn and I feel like I just don't have much of either

[polar wraith]

what sorc asc should i go?

[unreal girder]

Do you count as "full energy shield" if you convert all of it to mana and have 0?

[unreal girder]

Depends on the build 🙂

[kind timber]

does this need to be the skill that destroys ice crystals to get the bonus, or will it get the bonus when any skill destroys an ice crystal

[uncut bay]

stormweaver for spells, varashta for chilled ground explosions and minions

[uncut bay]

doesnt matter what destroys the crystals

[uncut bay]

you do not

[steel lynx]

does anyone have a bear build that isnt walking cata? the skill is cool but i kinda wanna do slams

[uncut bay]

armour is not very important, just get as much life+ES as you can and some faster ES start and faster recharge

[uncut bay]

watch captainlance

[steel lynx]

isnt he doing walking cata too?

[uncut bay]

he does a lot of slams too

[grim parcel]

I picked up the es regens from life Regen node as because I'm always in melee so the natural Regen almost never kicks in

[steel lynx]

alright ill check it out

[silver urchin]

The notable "Eroding Chains" says:

Break 50% of Armour on Pinning an Enemy
If I have increases to breaking armour, would that make it break more on pin? So getting "Break 100% increased armour" would make enemies fully broken on pin?

[pastel forge]

What supports do invokers generally use on elemental expression? Tried asking in church of invokers and its kinda dead there lol

[brittle anvil]

tried to see what they use on poe.ninja?

[kindred path]

Are there any ways to apply bleed and shock with avatar of fire outside of minions? Even with Bleed III you don't apply bleed as you don't deal phys dmg, and shock also gets no magnitude as no lightning DMG, three dragons is not an option as it's an ignite build.

Boots are off limit as that's most of my Res and beasts cost too much spirit to fit in, weapon is also limited to spear, wand and shield as swapping any of them is a dmg downgrade compared to shock. A lightning mage with all the shock supports he can get is kinda my only hope no?

[pastel forge]

Thanks, I'll check that out, haven't used poe ninja before

[dim lantern]

Can someone explain to me how the new curse from chronomancer Inevitable Agony works?
I thought it stores all dmg done to a Boss and after the curse expires it does some% dmg of it as big insta chunk.

[brittle anvil]

you said it

btw it only stores hit damage

if you do damage over time it won't get stored

[glossy dagger]

Does this heal you 5 times the regen you would have in 4 seconds? And could it work with zealots oath?

[pastel forge]

Is there a reliable way to proc power charges outside of devour/voll's/resonance+combat frenzy?

[silver urchin]

Yes it would heal 5x every 4 seconds. No it would not work with Zealots Oath

[formal silo]

I am having a hard time with area of attack vs area of effect, what is the main difference. If I have a skill like whirling assault, what scales the actual radius of the ability, area of effect or attack?

[silver urchin]

if the skill is an attack, the stats are identical

if it is not an attack, then the former would not apply

[formal silo]

ok so area of effect also applies to attacks right?

[silver urchin]

it applies to attacks with area, yes

[formal silo]

so for a martial weapon skill they would want area of effect and area of attack if that was the ability they wanted to scale

ty ty

[pastel forge]

Melee strike range also scales area technically for melee skills so that's something to consider

[formal silo]

ok tysm

[silver urchin]

For anyone else curious, the answer is yes. This is crazy good

[sudden stirrup]

whats a good annoit for druiid wolf im unsure

ive been using a crit one but idk

[formal silo]

"area damage" also applies right? 😂

[pastel forge]

As long as the skill has aoe listed in the tags

[formal silo]

yeah like this area has "area of effect for attacks" on the left, on the right it has "area damage" and opposite side of that is "area of effect" I was just like wtf wait 😂

[flat orbit]

i’m using coc w profane ritual

not sure what your crit looks like but

or even just profane ritual by itself is good imo

[pastel forge]

Hmm I mainly need a reliable way to generate charges at bosses since I'm currently forced to do it with wingblast which requires building up stun, guess it goes back to voll's at this point lol

[flat orbit]

if you can cough up 60 spirit you could use sacrifice

that’s what i did

before switching to my current build

[pastel forge]

I heard it doesn't work with devour so I guess I need to use profane too

[flat orbit]

oh i see

[pastel forge]

Voll is just the simple solution I guess since I'm building crit (38% atm)

[flat orbit]

yeah i’m at 95% crit so i just use coc

then hand of chaluya if i need charges in boss

but that takes combo building

[pastel forge]

95% is kinda rough to get for me since the best talisman are lower base crit and there's a lack of crit nodes in general for attacks

Charge regulation will get me to 50-60% at least

[flat orbit]

yeah i’m on invoker

crafted this beauty today and got third socket on corrupt

[pastel forge]

Huge

[lime narwhal]

for wolf attack vibe what yall rates best to 6 link first? lunar assault or cross slash?

[abstract mortar]

how the new jewel flesh crucible even works?
I thought it would just allocate the keystone lol
I get the downside but not the keystone

[frail fable]

My tornado build is going strong 💪

[barren nacelle]

is there a way to shock with other damage types besides lightning ?

[distant dome]

If I have 0/0 ES, am I considered low ES? or does reinforced barrier just work

[slender night]

Trying to think of a way to get shocked ground for Tornado with non invoker, but unsure if im forgetting something obvious. Chilled ground with frost nova is easy, then ball lightning is fine for ignite, but shocked ground seems way under represented?

I could go invoker for it, but it just seems like it's gonna be awful to start from that part of the tree

[naive violet]

Skeletal frost mages are good?

i see the build forbossing and simulacrum from last league

[unreal girder]

can armor go negative? like is there a point in using it if I break armor?

using vulnerability

[silver urchin]

If you have none, it does nothing. You would need at least 1 ES

[wide otter]

should i do pathfinder poisonburst or flicker strike if i want a brainless build

[silent prawn]

brainless would be ED-Cont imho

[brisk pasture]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/vaal/character/relaksbro-7004/PreLeagueNerfTheVision?i=40&search=class%3DDisciple%2Bof%2BVarashta%26skills%3DPounce
did anyone have familiar build like this? may i asking for some tips and advice to improve, thank youuuu so so much

[pure oracle]

If a Vaal Infuser corrupts an item, does it shuffle/remove/add mods to it, or is it just the corruption tag that gets added?

[unreal girder]

Im gonna be honest

Cloak of defiance mana/life hybrid feels way better than ES for oracle

You get so much regen, and sustain on es just felt awkward

[lime narwhal]

are there any other spirit gems that work like savage fury where even if on your non melee weapon set they are still active?

[unique root]

Hi, do y'all know if there's a way to be perma ignited ? like with a unique item or something

[stark stream]

is the level of the modifier the same as the T next to it?

omen of whittling removes the lowest level modifier is it also the lowest Tier

[tepid otter]

Any1 know if the demon form recoup stuff still works

[silver urchin]

no

[hexed tiger]

Any way to force enemies to crit me?

[stark stream]

ye found it

so if you have fire res and fire damage on the same ring and use catalys to upgrade fire modifiers does it upgrade both of them

[silver urchin]

yes, it applies simultaneously to all fire mods on the item

[dim fox]

Hi ! looking for a s tier meta build to play 0.4, i skipped 0.3 and i hate dot builds like contagion, if you have any recommendation

[fringe lagoon]

I may be biased but imo whirling slash twister is tier S after all these nerfs to MS. Clear speed is unmatched but you prob won't oneshot t3 pinnacle content

[dim fox]

if i can pass pinnacle it should be fine, im not that much of a tryharder, just farm enjoyer

[fringe lagoon]

If you like to go fast it might be the build for you.. https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Vomii-2056/character/Vomi_WH for reference

[dim fox]

idk if it's still viable but the spark coc comet build looks fun

[fringe lagoon]

It should still be very viable yeah

[dim fox]

ok and spark is good for leveling ? which ascendency is best ? having a hard time to find a planner of it

[fringe lagoon]

spark really bad for levelling imo

maybe better now for stormweaver as u can get high limit orb of storms

[dim fox]

ok, found this video for the final build
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzDXmfoi0j8&t=270s

[dim fox]

what could be confortable for leveling ?

[fringe lagoon]

Not sure, I levelled with spark on 0.1 and it took forever.. Can still try it, it should be better with many orb of storm.
Ask Church of Stormweaver maybe

[dim fox]

ok ok thanks

[formal geyser]

Bone cage basically needs nothing to be great at leveling. Get astral projection as soon as possible and you're good until pinnacles lol

[young scarab]

Guys Best druid bossing build?

[desert hedge]

i dont understand whats wrong with my build how can i find out?

[torn quiver]

you could start with some specifics otherwise finding someone who is building the same thing and compare your tree/skills

you die easily, you dont deal damage, the skills dont feel fluid etc?

[desert hedge]

damage feels okay- ish and im not tanky at all i die once there are 2 or more rares

ive already compared and besides that im broke and cant afford a 20 div build i dont see much i can change rn

[torn quiver]

did you alreadyt post your build?

need more details/a poe ninja link if available works

[desert hedge]

no clue what that is

im just gonna buy new armour and pray it works ig

[torn quiver]

no one can help you

without context

[desert hedge]

so tell me what tf you need then xd

saying more details and not specifiying what kinda details you want could mean everything no?

[silver tapir]

what they need is your build. Your equipment, tree, skills.

[desert hedge]

alr gimme a second

anyone know why when i screenshot it looks like shit? xD

[torn quiver]

well youre high enough for a poeninja link id recommend going there, logging in and sending the link

[desert hedge]

so its a site?

[silver urchin]

They probably don't know what that is or how to do it

[torn quiver]

its a website

[desert hedge]

yeah ive said it earlier but he didnt explain

[torn quiver]

are you all incapable of helping yourselves? How hard is it to go to a website and look at it?

the website walks you through linking yourself

[silver urchin]

"Bro why are yo uasking for help in the help channels"

[silver tapir]

how hard is it to drop the link, elak?

[desert hedge]

alr nevermind

[silver tapir]

anyway, you seem to really be lacking in the defensive department. Perhaps invest in some defensive nodes?

could we perhaps get a screenshot of your tree?

[desert hedge]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/bear-druid-build-league-starter-to-endgame

im just following this build guide so the tree is the same

[torn quiver]

at minmum you need to fix lightning res to cap 75%

life build issues are mainly a gear issue, as there is no health on the passive tree to fix builds

Take a few minutes to go to poeninja login to your poe account and link grab the link to your character. Otherwise youll have to screenshot every piece of gear and likely skills

[desert hedge]

i dont understand the site so im just gonna leave it since if i ask for help id just be dumb again

ill just try to fix it myself ig

[torn quiver]

what do you mean. The instructions are click login, login to your path of exile account and it takes you to an account page

[desert hedge]

yes im logged in.

[torn quiver]

click on poe 2 characters, click on the name of your character

send us a link

[desert hedge]

there is none

[torn quiver]

refresh at the top

refresh character list

[desert hedge]

ah

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Ace-6581/character/KippeLean

[torn quiver]

your weapon has no phys, are you going all in on the elemental part of that build guide?

[desert hedge]

no but the big phys ones are too expensive for me rn

cant rly upgrade dps without spending at least a div

[torn quiver]

a t2 or t3 phys will be a big damage increase on your current one

[desert hedge]

damage is not really my problem

its not great but ive played with worse dmg

[silver tapir]

okay, looking at the build it it high aggression, do-not-engage-enemy style. There are very very few investments in defensives and you are thereby very fragile. How is your damage recovery?

[torn quiver]

I still believe youll see a big improvement from a phys based weapon,

[desert hedge]

yes ofc but i die in 1 hit thats my problem rn

[torn quiver]

sadly you need life on nearly all gear pieces and you only have it on 2 armours

[desert hedge]

whats damage recovery?

[torn quiver]

recoup, life regen

[silver tapir]

life leech, life regen, recoup, etc

[desert hedge]

so its gg?

[desert hedge]

idk okay ig, with pots

[torn quiver]

you want layers of defense

8k armour is also very low

but i might be wrong on that since I havent tried armour this patch

[silver tapir]

if you can, get a primal talisman (that has block), to have a higher chance of surviving damage for now

[desert hedge]

then i might be cooked i got like 3 div i could invest into the build but it sounds like id need to quit my job and farm 10 div a day for it to work out xD

[torn quiver]

you shouldnt need a whole div

[desert hedge]

what about the armour then? sounds like my armour is a big problem

but if i look at it the helmet and chest look both decently good to me

[desert hedge]

then i prbly dont know what i need for a melee build

[silver tapir]

you really really need to invest into more defensive nodes. sry

at least in my opinion

[torn quiver]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/vaalhc?class=Shaman&skills=Rampage

[desert hedge]

so the build im following is dogshit?

[torn quiver]

defensively yes

majority of build guides are terrible on defense

look at these hc rampage builds and see if you like one

cloak of flames might be a cheap option to get you fixed defensively

but if you dont understand the mechanic id look at other options

basically an alternate rabbit hole using cloak of flames

[desert hedge]

idk that item

i got this one but i dont think its better then my armour?

[torn quiver]

not for your current setup

[desert hedge]

yeah i figured

idk what to do man xD i dont wanna go back to like tier 6-8 maps

[torn quiver]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/vaalhc/character/아가리풀파츠-7217/다시뽑으면되?i=3&search=class%3DShaman%26skills%3DRampage

you cant just swap your tree to this but if you look through there gear it should point you in a better direction

[desert hedge]

there are so many on there tho idk which one to follow, i dont wanna follow another wrong one like im doing rn

[desert hedge]

ill try thx

[torn quiver]

main stats are % armour applies to elemental daamge

honestly they might be a bad example didnt realise how much es they had

[desert hedge]

Yeah idk which one to Pick tho xd

What do i need to lookout for a build on there ? Like how do i know its a really good build

[quiet vale]

Please can someone help me understand the Undying Hate timeless jewel? How do I know which one gives me the node I need etc etc?

[torn quiver]

ive linked you the hardcore builds

cause they are more likely to have defense built in

[dusty tusk]

Hey guys, dont this look weird? (im still leveling this char) but why do i only have 6.8 % crit, with 20 % extra accuracy, when i run the ascency to give extra crit from excedeed accuracy?

Is base crit really 0?

[torn quiver]

you may want to go watch a youtube guide on it if you cant look at those characters and get anything to help you

alternately the person who made your guide is live

can probably actually help with your issue without a full redo

nvm mobalytics lied to me

[desert hedge]

So just Pick a hardcore build and basically copy one? Id just copy the highest lvl guy or smthing im not sure id that is the right call tho

Or the one you linked ig

[torn quiver]

well the highest level guy uses cloak of flame

50% of physical damage taken is converted to fire damage

so it splits into a smaller phys hit and a smaller fire hit

its fantastic defensively if you build into it

[torn quiver]

is there a different crit value in blue?

[desert hedge]

Okay ill follow the build then thx