2┃build-planning

[stiff hinge]

good news. means warcry boosts can help it

[white spindle]

wolf pack build good yet? noticed a few buffs to the wolfs

[formal silo]

is there a way to actually play hexblast or is it dead because of how long it takes to pop a curse?

[austere veldt]

No changes to tornado?? Are you serious. It's sooo bad. I've spent like 40 hours this league trying to get this skill to work, and they don't fix the bugged AoE or improve the damage. Welp.

[bronze valve]

Hi im playing meteor shaman and want to know his ascend points order for HCSSF . If someone can help me please

[long garden]

How expensive is a red map ready Djinn sorc if anyone knows? I am hitting red maps on my limit stack stormweaver following jungroan's build and I think I got jungbaited lol..it's plateauing hard now that I'm in reds and the next obvious upgrades all cost 8 or more divs (maligaro's is the main one) and currency is just not flowing in right now 😩

Thinking about trying out the new Djinn possibly, but curious how much of a cost it would be to transition. I'd prefer a non-minion version if possible, but if that's the only good version I'd consider it.

[fluid maple]

hey guys, why can i not use on lunar assault?

i can use other warcry gems on it, but not this one

[formal geyser]

What's your leveling spell? Bc it's probably the exposure node first

[formal geyser]

Did you build glory first?

Or can't socket?

[fluid maple]

can't socket it

would be too OP if I could, but...

[pure oxide]

If, hypothetically, the devs added a fifth rank in ascendancy after adding the third ascendancy trial (because by then you'd be getting most of your ascendancies through replayable trials from quests), what ascendancies would benefit the most?

[wooden iris]

Hmm, even though its a warcry now, i'm unable to make enraged warcry work on it

[fluid maple]

there is no warcry tag on it. I also cant put

[wooden iris]

weird, i can see the tag but it still aint working - maybe its a bug?

[fluid maple]

i cant place zerphi

[wooden iris]

pretty certain its a bug, for my gem they even show the compatibility checkmark but actually does nothing

[fluid maple]

so it doesnt reset the cooldown?

do you have the 15 rage though when u use it?

[bronze valve]

@formal geyser maul ,bounce, furious slam . And now calamity

[wooden iris]

yes sir, i'm on eternal rage so im back to rage cap, which is more than it requires

[crisp hearth]

Does the poisonburst arrow get better after the acts?

it seems weak so far

[restive mirage]

i have 76% crit chance but my spark dps is at 2.3k only ... is that the reason why my energy generation for coc sucks ?

[bronze valve]

I ve a question about weapon i ve one with 101-190 phys and +9 maximum rage. But find one with 185-302 without maximum rage. Rage is allais better please?

Always*

[topaz estuary]

is there any way other than sacrosanctum to get recoup to effect energy shield
also would lightning coil work with stuff like lightning coil/cloak of flame?

[median kraken]

There's ways to get energy shield recoup directly, but it's hard to make life recoup affect energy shield

[median kraken]

More rage is not always better. You would almost certainly do more damage with the one with higher damage

Maximum rage is very good but not so good that it's better than way higher base damage

[atomic halo]

well, 145.5 average damage vs 243.5 average damage, so 67% damage difference

do you think 9 rage is worth 67% damage?

[bronze valve]

Thanks for reply.

[nimble moth]

IS anyone here using LA Deadeye. If so are you having more damage iwht Mirage Deadeye or Called shots. Tbh when i try both i cant feel a massive differnece on either.

From what i know the mirage is suppsoed to proc my rods more but it doesn't fele like it

[void osprey]

Yo, can Despair bring a bosses chaos resistance to the negatives?

[warm briar]

can I have some help with my damage? https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/TheDuckQueen-7298/character/WereDucks

[opaque horizon]

Is there a way to get good spark damage while leveling? Even 5 linked with +gems a few places it is pretty lackluster.

[median kraken]

Yes. Things that lower enemy resists can make it negative

[void osprey]

nice, from what i saw online Zarokhs chaos res is 0 so i should be able nuke him with despair now

[manic venture]

Does anyone know if the "Echoing Cry" Support snapshots the weapon set it's on? I'm curious if the echoed warcries aren't gaining bonuses to power or additional empowers because of swapping back

[median kraken]

Usually skills snapshot the weapon swap they're on, weapon swaps would be way weaker if they didn't

[round escarp]

Does flame breath have a movement speed penalty while using skills?

So pathfinder reduced Ms penalty might be good?

[gusty tangle]

if an effect has gain X% of physical as extra damage of element but the attack has convert 100% of physical to X element, do I still get the extra %?

My question is, because Flame Breath, convert 100% of phys into fire damage, I'm checking before I commit to anointing my amulet to get a "Gain X% as extra" passive

my understanding, iirc is that "gain as extra" are calculated at the end

[fringe lagoon]

That should be the case yeah

U can test on pob

[gusty tangle]

oooh, I just read the in-game tool tips, which suggest it does happen, at the same time as the conversion to another type.

So it should basically be like:

Base + Flat inc -> (conversion AND gain as extra) -> %increase of converted type

[tranquil steeple]

currently wyvern but thinking of going LS/Primal strikes, not really sure though, how is LS/Primal strikes early endgame right now compared to wyvern?

Tree and majority of gear remains unchanged except small differences cause I am Amazon, but weapon and skills change

I like Wyvern and I think it is strong but idk how i feel about the style of gameplay of it, but i dont want to swich to something weaker

[brazen marlin]

@slender night Thanks for the help with the ember fusilade build. Although I'm pivoting from blackflame.

Wasting like half the tree trying to do that.

[slender night]

yeah

[brazen marlin]

Found something else neat though oracle druid is kind of primed for power charge stacking

[slender night]

yup

just gotta get that volls

[brazen marlin]

https://i.gyazo.com/09067910ec9e833a514c6645f2957865.png

also this

so much damage

and since it's offhand I can use increased duration nodes

15% more elemental damage and shock/freeze/ignite on every hit is wild for something you can get a really high uptime on

[tranquil steeple]

how strong is lightning spear compared to wyvern early endgame if I wanted to switch off wyvern

[brazen marlin]

should easily be able to get like ~50 second buffs at least?

I didn't bother counting how much increased duration around the tree

between that choir of the storm, and if I can get away with it a spell totem set up

[muted umbra]

Can beasts get the trail of ice modifier from the tame beast skill?

[hearty tendon]

What’s the best one? Simple, effective, pairs great with leveling because I’m new

[brazen marlin]

Oh yeah I was thinking of pairing the critical weakness shield with the wand. Got any ideas on how to get a lot of stacks with that quickly on an offhand?

[slender night]

the parry one?

[brazen marlin]

no no

https://poe2db.tw/us/Effigy_of_Cruelty

[slender night]

oh focus

[brazen marlin]

oh right my bad

[slender night]

i mean, things that hit a lot

idk how the math looks here though

at 30-40% crit chance, crit damage becomes better on oracle

and you can easily get a better rare focus

[brazen marlin]

Well technically it's diminishing returns if you can't scale crit damage with the same slot

still good to scale crit chance

also fire spells have doodoo base multi

so crit weakness would be very nice

[slender night]

you can get spell crit dam on focus

[brazen marlin]

offhand though so it won't be applying to the embers anyways

[slender night]

?

[brazen marlin]

set 2 I mean

gonna be running https://poe2db.tw/us/Adonias_Ego

so it's gonna basically exist to buff

[slender night]

oh okay

yeah, just run somethign that hits as much as possible as fast as possible for no damage for that set, get the power charges, get the crit weakness applied, then do damaging thing with the other weapon set

[brazen marlin]

I think I might just keep orb of storms on it and hope it can spam enough

critical weakness being additive means like every bit helps

it's scaled by other crit chance so it seems really nice

do chains reroll crit for each target affected?

if that's the case should be easily doable

[brazen marlin]

Anyways sorry for being unclear I have Aphasia so I sometimes have to talk around the word for what I actually mean.

Thanks for the help

[tranquil steeple]

anyone played both LS and Wyvern this league can comment on them? Currently wyvern but thinking of swapping

[naive violet]

How was good skeletal storm mage?

[mossy radish]

Is flickerstrike still a thing? Or did it get too nerfed to be used?

[bold oxide]

not in a great state rn

[mossy radish]

Damn. That was one of the builds I really wanted to try.

[full forge]

Wywern wiping out bosses
Not bad at all
Mapping bear and wolf has mby stronger tho

[tranquil steeple]

yea wyvern is very strong but idk if I wanna stay it, I was thinking of switching to lightning spears/primal strikes but idk how it compares

if its a big damage fall off id rather not

[bold oxide]

you could do the cast on crit lightning warp stuff tho. basically flicker strike but for spells

[frosty finch]

would you guys say this is worth it for annoint ?

[inland granite]

if your build needs it for something. such as if you are doing something that self ignites

[frosty finch]

that's an expensive annoint but god damn being immuned to chill sounds awesome

not really, i just don't know what to take

[inland granite]

generally all of these have better solutions that apply more generally

like slow resist helps with chill and curses like temp chains

if you dont have anything anointed rn i would suggest a cheap option till you land something permenant.

[frosty finch]

my tree is giga weird lol

[inland granite]

also good to keep it cheap if you dont have your peak amulet

no point dumping 50ex on a annoint if you are just gonna upgrade amulets later and waste it

[mossy radish]

I'll look into that. I might make a sorceress and do tornado storm things.

And try flicker to see how it feels.

[frosty finch]

tried crafting an amulet for myself but i think i accidentally crafted this lol

should have used amanamu

[pastel forge]

is comet still the go-to for cast on crit?

[bold oxide]

yeah

[bold oxide]

i played it on blood mage basically all last league. it was so good. some of it got nerfed but its still fine

[plucky locust]

Hey what's the best way to immediately share a build I need help on ? I kinda pivoted on my bloodmage werewolf to bloodmage wyvern with that sweet giant bat skin. Because I pivoted I'm a bit lost on where I should take things. I deal decent damage when power charges are up. But I struggle in no minion bossfights and with survivability when I pause for even a half a second

[pastel forge]

get a quaterstaff on weapon 2nd slot and use siphoning strike after shocking the boss for power charge

[fleet fable]

Seems like this would've been nice last patch

[silver anvil]

i bought a soul tether, and have leech on ring, but it doesnt seem to be working?

is the interaction different from what i thought?

[pastel forge]

what even is the point of empowered sparks? feels like it does nothing for an attacker build

[plucky locust]

Damn I'd have to give up my rake for good bleed application

Can I get good bleed on a quarterstaff?

[pastel forge]

no idea lol

bosses seem to still melt for me in interlude zone so far even without power charge on flame breath but i guess that changes in maps

[plucky locust]

I'm not using flame breath for this build

[pastel forge]

ah ok, cant really help you there then since im purebred wyvern atm

[plush zealot]

I guess i can assume that aoe increases like this does not affect prolifs right, only the generic aoe increase

[tranquil steeple]

I see so many people with Rakiata's on Primal Strikes but is that not terrible? It inflicts exposure so inverting it could do the opposite no?

[livid ridge]

Can someone explain the difference between playing a bloodmage build vs a stormweaver build. Why would I pick one over the other?

[delicate canyon]

for some reason it says this on my CoC. It works for set 2 but not 1 even tho both stats are the same

[plucky locust]

Honestly I swapped to the quarterstaff and it's great I picked up the blood thorn for the bleed

[brittle anvil]

set it to use weapon set 1, the comet skill

[delicate canyon]

wait that fixed it

why wont it work on both sets?

is ther a actual reason behind it or just bug?

[plucky locust]

Can siphoning strike be given area of effect?

[pastel forge]

it has aoe tag so yea? its aoe around the target

[wicked monolith]

I just got forge hammer for warrier, It feels slow to get going. Maybe I"m not using it right?

[sharp horizon]

any good bear guide to follow?

[plucky locust]

Now I just need a more reliable way to proc shocnon bosses

[crisp hearth]

what venom in part 1 should i pick for poisonburst?

[plucky locust]

Why can't wing blast use perpetual charge

That seems like an oversight

[pastel forge]

its for skills that can consume charges

[plucky locust]

Wing blast can

[iron badge]

Anyone playing whirling assault? Clear feels good but damage is lacking. All boss atlas points and the map bosses take forever to kill with this damage. Playing on titan

[plucky locust]

To shoot lightening

[pastel forge]

you mean oil barrage? wing blast is that thing that grants power charge when you stun an enemy lol

[plucky locust]

Oh weird I saw that it shot lightening when I had a power charg

My bad

[midnight bolt]

how much hp do offering skills have? i cant find it anywhere

[tranquil steeple]

dude how is this spear even possible hello? The cold damage is from what

the mod just doesnt go that high no?

how

nvm it does the desecrated?

[midnight bolt]

its tooltip color bug, the 2nd cold number is lightning dmg

[tranquil steeple]

i didnt realize how strong desecratd mods were I wasnt playing when they were added

why is it so high lol

wait

nvm it just isnt

did the values go up at some point?

is there new tiers

[torn quiver]

its just a tier 1 cold mod

https://poe2db.tw/Spears#ModifiersCalc

[tranquil steeple]

i feel like 0.1 it wasnt that high no ? I havent palyed in a long timwe

[torn quiver]

0.2 added spears, but youd have to go googling

[hybrid ocean]

Does this affect the skill use time, or only how quickly the totem starts attacking/casting?

[robust ember]

The new pathfinder passive, ie 5% increased damage works the same as if I would have 5% increased phys dmg on a full phys build? It is the same dmg bucket as all other "damage increases"?

[silver summit]

If we scale time freeze past 30s could we perma freeze an enemy as we out freeze the diminishing returns debuff timer

I’ve got mine at like 20s rn

We must go even further beyond

[dusk narwhal]

Yes

[ornate bramble]

https://poe2db.tw/us/Greater_Tempered_Rune does this item exist? i couldnt find it in trade or the currency trader

[silver urchin]

Never seen it before

[ornate bramble]

hidden item

[silver urchin]

Probably got removed. it seems way too good

[sharp thorn]

No. Poedb has a lot of datamined items, not everything in this website can actually drop.

[ornate bramble]

i see. yea that rune is better than greater iron on weapons

[sharp thorn]

Yeah, that's the point. They rebalanced runes the way so that most of the time in the endgame iron rune is worse than elemental runes you can slot instead if you need them.

[pale hatch]

Other than cold remnant unfused ice nova, are there any reliable ways to create chilled ground?

[tired wyvern]

Frost nexus support gem

Is it intended that cooldown recovery isn't applied to the djinn minion command skills? I bought temporalis to blink nova + explode it with naviras facturing but it doesn't apply to the CDR so kinda bricked

[silver urchin]

I would test with a normal minion's command skill to see

[pale hatch]

Freezing enemy isn't exactly a reliable thing

[solar drift]

Is anybody dying randomly as CI since the patch? I'm not using a mana flask. Here's my POB: https://poe.ninja/poe2/pob/12ce7

I turned off berserk too.

toclarify, i am getting the message "comitted suicide" and my ES is full

[uncut bay]

your spells or mana flask cost life

[silver urchin]

I think that's not it, because if his spells had a life cost higher than 1, he wouldn't be able to use them

(At least in POE1, maybe it's different in POE2)

[silver urchin]

My first guess was that there's a notable that makes 5% of damage bypass your ES, but I don't think you have it allocated

[uncut bay]

berserk costs life

[sharp thorn]

No, it would show rippy max hit pool.

[silver urchin]

They said they turned it off

[uncut bay]

mana flask then

[silver urchin]

They said they don't use one

[uncut bay]

then they lied probably

[silver urchin]

nice

[silver urchin]

Well it has to be a "buff" or skill on you that is making you spend or lose life, if it's not anything we've mentioned, I can't see it in your pob.
The only thing I can suggest is taking off your headhunter. They changed some rare mods in the patch, and maybe one of them is doing something strange

[uncut bay]

HH is perfectly fine with CI

who suggests to take off HH xD

[sharp thorn]

I'm not the person who asked the question.

[solar drift]

lmao what?

why would i lie im looking for help

[solar drift]

i thought of this but i have been playing all day and since patch it's changed

[uncut bay]

because beginners dont notice some things on accident

[solar drift]

im nota beginner

im coming to discord as a last gasp because ive exhausted 10+ maps and a hour so far

[silver urchin]

Sorry just losing track

[silver urchin]

Someone trying to help figure a weird interaction out? Try being useful

[solar drift]

yeah i guess ill take off hh

and do some more maps

but that makes no sense becaues it was fine all day

[silver urchin]

I agree that it SHOULDNT be doign anything

but SOMETHING is happening, and we can't see anythign else

[solar drift]

ya

ok i will try

[tranquil steeple]

I see so many builds on POE ninja using Rakiata's flow on Primal Strikes but is it not redundant? You inflict exposure to lower res by 50% then invert it? I know sometimes not all the damage is lightning but if even like 30% of it is does it not like hurt more than help?

Or is there a weird interaction between Primal and Rakiata's that I dont know about?

[silver urchin]

This is the line in the patch notes that I was talking about:

Improved functionality of stolen Abyssal monster mods.
If you're dying in an abyss, this could be why somehow

[tranquil steeple]

Like this onehttps://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/vaal/character/%EB%A3%A8%ED%8A%B8-5568/%EC%9D%B4%ED%99%8D%EB%A0%A8?i=29&search=class%3DAmazon%26skills%3D!Storm%2BLance%26sort%3Ddps

Why is he using it? His damage is like 80% lightning, 50% exposure + Rakiata's will either make rakiata's do less or outright buff the enemies Res

[uncut bay]

in 0.2 you would never land the final strike, you did two primal strikes then two spear stabs and repeat

[tranquil steeple]

he has cresencdo though 😭

the other builds makes sense

[silver urchin]

And is in the current patch

[tranquil steeple]

but the one I linked

I dont get

i see the other build with spear stab and was confused why but that makes sense

the one I linked just has crescendo which means he is using the final strike

oh wait

[uncut bay]

can be that he is building it wrong

[tranquil steeple]

nevermind

crescendo II

makes non final strikes

faster

wow thats insane

[uncut bay]

there you go

[tranquil steeple]

thats so sad the spirits are so cool man what

[uncut bay]

in 0.2 the final strike did little damage and was too slow

[tranquil steeple]

dude it has 35% less attack speed still

the only pay off is the 50% exposure

which is crazy to be fair

[uncut bay]

50% means you can stack exposure btw

[tranquil steeple]

SUper endgame Rakiata's is always better though no, bosses have max res

I think early-mid endgame you can play around the final strike maybe

but rakiatas is just BIS

[uncut bay]

agreed

[tranquil steeple]

I'm currently playing Wyvern amazon and was looking to switch I got no clue what to do though

I dont like wyvern

but switching takes so much of everything

[open brook]

does anyone know if "untargetable minions" count as enemies to monsters with predators mark?

[worldly current]

So I switched my build up on bear Druid from mostly armor/health and a little bit of energy shield, to almost entirely energy shield with some armor and it feels a lot tankier, not sure why I'm so much tankier, I also removed scavenged plating. I could have just been doing something wrong but I wouldn't recommend people try to mostly rely on armor and health with this class

[onyx void]

is there a cap on the amount of life you can leech with instant leech? For example: if I have blood mage instant leech and I hit with a comet for 100k damage, would i leech 10k hp instantly? Or is the amount I actually leech capped by a percentage of my life or some bullshit like that?

[pastel forge]

wyvern doesnt really mix that well with amazon tbf, could try wolf maybe if you can stack accuracy for the phy scaling

[median kraken]

That's a general game balance thing right now, not a druid thing. ES is a lie stronger than life, and armor is kind of weak

[tranquil steeple]

not even an issue of good vs bad I just dont like having the big character and being stationary while attacking, I dont think I wanna be a shapeshifter in general 😭

[open brook]

you instant leach whatever amount of instant of your normal leach cap per instance of leech you have

[worldly current]

Ah, I've only played Druid and Monk last season in the endgame so I wasn't aware it just sucked in general

[tranquil steeple]

I think wyvern is well designed and all just not for me

[worldly current]

I know you can make armor and health work on Warrior at least

[onyx void]

What? I have no idea what that means.

[worldly current]

lmao

[silver urchin]

There is no leech cap in POE2

[worldly current]

yeah gotta be honest, I have no idea what that means either

[onyx void]

so my comet example is correct? I would instantly leech 10k hp in that case?

if I hit for 100k damage and I have 10% insant leech, i instantly leech 10k hp?

[silver urchin]

No

Let me break it down

[onyx void]

ok. i appreciate your time

[silver urchin]

If you are dealing 100k damage and you want to instantly leech 10k, you would need:

[pastel forge]

rip not much else to do in that case, either reroll or painfully respec after deciding on a build

[silver urchin]

• your "Damage Leeched as Life" sources would be compatible with whatever your Comet is doing
• your "X% of Leech is Instant" and "X% of Damage Leeched as Life" would need to balance out to end up at 10%
  examples:
• 100k damage, 10% of damage leeched as life, 100% of leech is instant (Vaal Pact). Your leech is 10k, and all of it is instant
• 100k damage, 50% of damage leeched as life, 20% of leech is instant. 100 x .5 x .2 = 10, so 10k instant leech
• 100k FIRE damage, 10% of PHYSICAL damage leeched as life, 100% of leech is instant. You are dealing pure fire, so no life is leeched

There is one final important note here though

Monsters in POE2 have a stat called Leech Resistance that scales linearly with level, which (obviously) reduces the final value of life leeched
I don't know where to see that number, though.

[onyx void]

OK. That makes sense. So in my example:

• I am a blood mage with 100% spell crit chance.
• I am wearing atziri's acuity, giving my crits instant leech.
• I have the blood mage node granting me 10% spell damage leeched as life.
• I cast comet and it does 100k damage to a mob. It is a critical hit because I always crit.

I am assuming that means, ignoring leech resistance, that I would instantly leech 10k hp. Is that correct?

[silver urchin]

Yes

[onyx void]

excellent.

[silver urchin]

That would fall in line with my first example, leeching 10K before leech resistance

[onyx void]

I really need to figure out how severe leech resistance is

[silver urchin]

No idea honestly, if you find out a number, ping me

[onyx void]

Depending on if I can get the build together I might find out

Because I'll be spending 1200 HP to cast spells and then I'll see how much I actually leech back

As long as leech resistance is 80% or less I should be all right

But, in just thinking about it casually, how could leech resistance possibly be over 80%? If it was that high then nobody would ever be leeching anything.

OK, one more question, totally unrelated

Ball lightning. Does it hit ONE enemy every .2 seconds? Or does it chain?

[marsh oracle]

guys: question - blasphemy, if i use it i can use high level curse in it coz mana cost wont count? so no mana will be deducted when it automatically uses the curse? meaning my only cost is spirit now?

[onyx void]

That's correct. But there's a big tradeoff because the curse itself will be weaker.

[marsh oracle]

ah i see 45%magni

tx info! i ll figure 😛

[signal burrow]

Would fabguns lightning arrow deadeye be a good build for endgame to follow ?

[jaunty rover]

which is the best auras in tamed beast for the curse/rarity bot?

[deep loom]

can anyone tell me if this build still works this league? https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/lazy-exile/builds/0-3-lazy-s-one-button-spin-to-win-molten-blast

[brittle anvil]

don't think so accuracy stacking got nerfed

[full forge]

U seriously asking such thing ? Like comon xd

[pale hatch]

Does lighting warp always create lightning infusion, or only when it culls?

[brittle anvil]

well you can only use it if it culls, or use on ball lightning, which will create infusion

[midnight bolt]

where can i find list of abyss modifiers? want to try abusing tithe lineage support

[solar drift]

so far, no deaths with Hh removed. i think the abyssal modifiers or another modifier, possibly one that makes dmg go to life/bypass ES, is the culprit?

need to lvl then ill mess with HH some more

[signal burrow]

Well I mean yea im new to the game and before I'd spend all that time to get there gear and what not I'd like to know it the lightning or posion build is better?

[timber talon]

I want to play this build but this is like super endgame stuff any idea where should I start with my 7 div budget for now? What to look what to use etc? Cant find any build.online :/

https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/vaal/character/rainbowtwo2-7811/RainomZZ?i=3&search=class%3DAmazon

[full forge]

its very good build you can follow that

I have question where i am not fully sure for someone more experienced with lighting caster builds (me first time caster i am warrior always)

I use Spark only on sigle target damage (for mapping i use ARC)
what support gems whats good for single target damage i missing ?
Spark : projectile acceleration III, rapid casting, deliberation , considered casting

something missing whats pretty good? as i understood that flork and pierce are bad for single target damage i think

[idle goblet]

someone has any idea on how to build something around splinter of Loratta in 0.4 ?

[west forge]

was thinking about a smith bear build

and i got this https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/o3ewl00h

idk if its good

[west forge]

thoughts?

[somber pendant]

Looking to theory craft a build around hyssegs claw, using bhatairs veangance. I can only see it possible as shaman but ideally id like to make it work as lich if not abyssal lich

my smooth brain leaves me ill equipped to tackle this build idea on my own

[west forge]

im trying to tackle a bear smith build i came up with that above

[somber pendant]

sorry i dont click many discord links o.O

oh nice tank and spank

[west forge]

i hope it can deal damage

[somber pendant]

ive yet to really look at smith, its quite interesting

[west forge]

it looks tanky but idk if it spank the mobs

[somber pendant]

mine plans to use lord of the wilds keystone for minion levels in offhand

[west forge]

im using fissures maul and furious slam for ST and rampage for clear

[somber pendant]

i want to push and see if a split of personal damage and minion damage favors one or the other.... or maybe just use abyssal lich and use my minions as buffs

not sure if that even works with how hyssegs claw is worded

[midnight bolt]

Does anyone know if discipline aura bonus ES scale with your %es or just added on top?

[west forge]

the only problem i have with fury of the mountain it spreads out too far from your character, its like a cone

[west forge]

wonder if conc area will fix it

[robust ember]

Which ascendancy would be most powerful for a Mana stacker which won't need mana for attacking but rather archmage scaling and as a defensive layer? (Ie arcane surge doesn't really matter)

Bm for crit

Pf for movement

Gemlin for mana pool

Ritualist for accessories scaling

Other relevant ones?

[north dune]

Hi everyone, simple question: For a Spark + Comet build, which is better: Stormweaver or Blood Mage? Thanks!

[slender bone]

Why is armor that bad ? I keep dying in every single map I do.

[past dust]

is there any reason to ever have rapid casting on cast on crit? will it let me cast more comets per second?

like does slow cast speed prevent me from casting cast on crit too many times/

[long timber]

0.3539 crit chance for most benefit

[remote folio]

Hi Guys! Wasnt to active this league and was wondering if a Staff now out peforms a wand+foci with the new changes, did anyone do the math by anychance?

[summer pasture]

Armors not that bad, you have no life really and it's probably chaos damage killing you

[night hornet]

Anyone playing a wolf druid build with something other than a caster staff? Like, spear for example? Any good synergies?

[rapid star]

that would be hard, since drenched is the best synergy for cold damage and Wolf gimmicks atm
You could... use wolf for freeze, and use spear to spend frenzy charges that you gain when freezing targets, or if you are on monk side, gain power charges instead and use it for flicker strike or falling thunder, but both are clunky imo

[night hornet]

Hmm ok ty

[sharp glade]

no it is quite bad, even though the guy here has too little of it

I have 30k and its still not enough to survive juiced boss slams

[slender bone]

So, you're saying that life is killing me ? That's funny.. and sad

[summer pasture]

Don't think anyone can survive jucied boss slams

[summer pasture]

It's more that 1.5k life and es isn't a lot especially for higher tier maps, also armor doesn't apply to damage over time or ground degens, in regards to ele damage so that is another thing that could be killing you fast

[slender bone]

The Shaman side of the passive tree has no life increase nodes. It has a lot of life regen though

[sharp glade]

you dont realize ES builds can get like 12k ES right?

thats waay higher than any life+armour build maxhit

[summer pasture]

There are only 2 life nodes on the whole tree iirc. GGG decided to put almost no life increases on the tree

[summer pasture]

I understand that, but pure es takes all the damage, where as armor helps mitagate the damage so getting some armor still helps even with full es, I've yet to see anyone with 12k es survive a higher tier jucied boss or Uber boss slam

Those are meant to be deadly

[sharp glade]

a 10k phys hit at 30k armour would still make a life build take about a 7.5k phys hit, which kills any life pool you can reasonably build

meanwhile the ES build survives it, presses convalescence, full again

[plucky locust]

Thanks again for this suggestion now that I have the hang of it I'm unstoppable. Empowered oil barrage is absolute bonkerz too

[summer pasture]

I'm not saying armor is amazing by any means, iirc they kept the Poe 1 armor formula so you need to have 5x the damaging hits armor to mitagate 50% iirc

But in Poe 1 you can stack more armor and you get life from the tree so armor is great in Poe 1

[sharp glade]

this isnt the poe 1 channel buddy

[summer pasture]

I get that, I was saying they use the same formula for calculating damage reduction for armour

Which is why armor in Poe 2 is in a rough spot, but it's not as bad as people make it seem

[sharp glade]

and you would be wrong

the formula is DR=Armour/(Armour+10*DMG)

currently

[summer pasture]

Which is what Poe 1 uses

[sharp glade]

wrong again

poe 1 formula is DR=Armour/(Armour+5*DMG)

[summer pasture]

Huh, well damn armor is that bad

I stand corrected

GGG really hates melee

[static plinth]

PoE2 also does armour first, rather than last

Thats the main shit that's killing it imo

[pastel forge]

personally i got lazy with that and bought this instead

[plucky locust]

Oh wow that's wicked

[static plinth]

Is there anything that Sacrifices a minion?

Not including the Sacrifice spirit gem

[plucky locust]

Im not finding I need that at this current juncture

[static plinth]

I want to make those stupid ass wolves useful

[sharp glade]

use them to extract impale

[plucky locust]

Which of these is the most useful down the road

[sharp glade]

dousing

[plucky locust]

Is fire that killer?

[static plinth]

I spose

Can they do that with Brutus' Brain on

[sharp glade]

yes

[static plinth]

oh sick actually

[sharp glade]

impales are added after damage mults

[plucky locust]

I was seeing that tier lists have that at A tier with the bleed & poison ones at s tier

But is being ignited more plentiful?

[sharp glade]

this patch yes

[red bluff]

hi all, i would love to try give poe2 a chance, is there any "lazy" builds cause i been reading that ggg kills all 1 button builds,
so any tips of builds i could try to look up??

[vapid storm]

Fubgun

[plucky locust]

How do you use frenzy charges?

[shut storm]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Kamiio-2551/character/KamiioPFTransform
can someone help me with this character. i do like zero single target dps

[slim spoke]

I wanna do a tank recoup chrono using sacrosanctum and scolds bridle and scarred faith. Maybe use barkskin and barrier invocation, anyone got a good idea on what spell might work well with that combo?

I was thinking reap staff cause its basically melee but still gets spell buffs, but wanna do something goofy but not to sure atm

[plucky locust]

This build popping off now

[remote narwhal]

i wanted to do a troll build with lunar blessing but enraged warcry 2 does nothing for it XD

[fringe lagoon]

Ggg can try but it's gonna be difficult for them to prevent 1 button builds. There are really good ones every league

[iron harbor]

Afaik they said they didn't want to kill them, just that they should require investment to set them up and multi button builds should be better with the same investment

[livid flume]

Does damage done by brambleslam support count as hit damage from mace? (If it's generated by the mace skill)

[shut storm]

no its thorn dmg

[strong smelt]

Does this work on human attacks?

[red bluff]

oh cool, tips on builds i could look up ?

maybe some flicker strike

[lavish crest]

yo i have a question : curse says 50% effectiveness on uniques, and slow has the same. does that mean temporal chains has 25% effectiveness on bosses or do they not add up ?

[still rock]

yeah i think so

i havent tried it but i cant see why it wouldn't

[gritty zinc]

Can you check the dps in pob for a combination of skills ? Like doing Slams on a volcano

[tall cosmos]

so as the noob i am, i was following fubgun poisonburst guide, im at the point that i want to switch to the "mid game" passive tree but i see a lost in dps of about 50%, any clues why? i know that some nodes changes but i find it kinda weird how much of a loss in dps it takes to get some more survivality

[fringe lagoon]

You can check mine, search for Vomi_WH on Poe ninja

[livid flume]

is amanamu's tithe still worth 60 spirit with wolfpack

[remote narwhal]

Honestly I'm gonna do a warcry warbringer using that here soon.

Seismic cry of course or do artic howl

If lunar blessings cd is negated I'll use that as well

Can a warbringer test that and let me know if it negates the CD of lunar blessings

[formal geyser]

I've only really played blood mage with spell leech. How do you manage mana costs without that? mana regen? flask? My spell in pob says the per second cost is 1310

[remote narwhal]

Honestly I don't think you can

[graceful anvil]

casters are good this patch ?

[summer pasture]

They always have been

[weak tulip]

Help? I'm not sure how to capitalize any further in the cheapest ways possible. I go in blind creating my own build and need a set of professional poe2 eyes to tell me what i need to do with my gear for more damage without losing an astro nomical amount of defense.

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Zinexus-4632/character/ZinacleBoss

[smoky wave]

Hi I am building towards Gorathas Djinn Plant build and dont understand the weapon swap.
Guide says: "Weapon swapping with +Lightning Gems/Shock Tree for Thunderstorm"

What does this mean/what do I need to do?

[median kraken]

The tree in the build should show some points that are allocated for only weapon set 1 or 2. One of the trees would have shock related nodes. In the corresponding weapon set you use a weapon with levels to lightning gems. Then in the gem screen you set thunderstorm to use that weapon set and your other skills to use the other one

If you're still leveling it's probably not important yet

[silver summit]

What priority do we place on +ally damage buffs? Is flat higher priority or %

[smoky wave]

ah got it thank you!
First time I'm trying this mechanic but how cool is it to have this in game

[rocky thistle]

Hey ! so i'm planning to maybe go CI with my flicker monk, but in PoB when i press CI i gain a Big DPS increase : i don't understand since the skill does not provide direct damage : any ideas why ? I thinking since you are immune you are technically alive longer so you do more but PoB says it increases Max hit.

Thanks for the help !

[atomic halo]

damage on full life?

[rocky thistle]

Ohhhhhhhhh that must be it !

SO after calculations i go from Average DPS 80k to 61k but with CI and around 5K ES : do you guys think it's worth ?

[lusty surge]

hello guys, i saw one guy with long hair he is famous in poe2 i think. But i saw a build that i liked he was playing wyvern making enemy explode from 1 auto if anyone knows and has the build planner please share. Thanks

[atomic halo]

alkaizer

search him on youtube and you will find, build planner is in description

[dense kelp]

consensus of best end game wolf ascendency with the latest patch? is it amazon?

[lusty surge]

this one " https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/alkaizerx/builds/shaman-wyvern-rend " ?

[atomic halo]

yeah

[lusty surge]

thank you

[dense kelp]

whats the general consensus on best end game wolf ascendency with the latest patch? is it amazon?

[agile remnant]

Man i still cant wrap my head around how much benefit i get out of "+20% armour also applies to elemental damage" I need to watch a video on armor maybe first. Theres like multiple armor stats so idk which armor its referring to.

Apparently armors just terrible anyway so maybe i wont even bother

[atomic halo]

Theres like multiple armor stats so idk which armor its referring to

wdym

if you have 10,000 armour

and 20% applies

when you get hit with elemental damage, 2000 armour will defend

[agile remnant]

i guess its like early game my armor value is so low i cant tell if it even matters

[midnight geode]

if i use a skill on wep set 1 that lasts a while, and swap to wep set 2 right after, are the wep set 1 nodes on the tree still gonna apply to the skill?

[iron harbor]

Yes, it snapshots

[summer pasture]

Armor to ele is a good stat cause after armor applies the rest gets reduced by resistances

Would be better the other way around but ehh

[smoky wave]

To trigger a weapon set swap I have to press the basic skill right? Is there a way to automate it?

[fringe lagoon]

u can set a skill to only be fired on a specific set and the switch is automatic when u use it

[smoky wave]

nice where can I do that?

[iron harbor]

In the gem menu, open the skill details and it's bottom right

[hot elm]

why do i see people using ataluis on skills that dont cost much life like shield wall?

[iron harbor]

It's still better lifetap, solves mana issues and still gives some damage

[weak tulip]

unique mana flask?

[runic hornet]

hi guys
i wanna use the druid wyvern attack on my monk build to buff my lightning damage
it works pretty well (damage is awesome so far) but i got ONE problem : if i use rend (wyvern attack) to get the lightning damage buff while charged staff is active, both buff are up and its good but i wont get the shockwave from charged staff, just the damage buff
Someone knows why ?
Still playable tho, just need to appli rend buff when charged staff isnt up but rly annoying

[hot elm]

any tips to get more life cost on skills to proc big atalui?

[weak tulip]

because a talisman isnt a quarter staff or quarterstaff skill

[weak tulip]

when youre a wyvern monk, wyvern skills use talisman and not quarterstaff skills. so your empowered rend isits own thing and your empowered quarterstaff skills are its own thing.

[dusky wadi]

does berserk not work with furious wellspring? im constantly losing health

[agile remnant]

how the heck does scared faith work? Am i missing somthing, you basically ignore 5% damage but at the cost of no regen?

[static plinth]

If you prevent 1000 damage from a Unique monster (20 power), you gain 1000 energy shield over the course of 8 seconds. If you prevent 1000 from a Normal monster (1 power) you only recoup 50 energy shield over 8 seconds

And it disables both Regen and Recharge

Its only good with armour and a small pool of ES imo

[celest blaze]

Is there "mana leech is not removed on cap" available somewhere, like there is for life leech?

[static plinth]

Like 1 - 2k es

Actually it might work with Deflect which would be really good

[agile remnant]

i am so smol brain when it comes to defense and such in this game ahhh

im relatively new but still

[median kraken]

Honestly defense in this game in general is very hard

[pine sleet]

is there a way to obtain "does not interrupt ES recharge" ?

I didnt find a node on skill tree

[agile remnant]

Sounds familiar gah

[median kraken]

What does not interrupt ES recharge? I don't think there's just a general way to make it uninterruptible

There is the wicked ward keystone that stops ES recharge from being interrupted if it began recently

[weak tulip]

If you reduce your recharge delay on energy shield, you wont care about interuption because i believe there isnt a cap on how low you can get your delay

[vital plume]

thinking about rerolling my character, what would people reccomend for endgame mapping? looking to have fun and sorta practice for the next league that focuses on the endgame. eyeing ice shot amazon rn

[rose monolith]

prayers of rain + jiquani's thesis or minion revival tech is permanent uninterrupted es recharge

[rose monolith]

es recharge has massive diminishing returns, every point u put into it is less effective than the previous point so overinvesting into it is not a good idea

also doesnt matter if ur standing in a dot or ignited which is pretty much the only way to die on es builds anyways

[weak tulip]

Ive gotten it to half a second.

unspected alot of it because youre right

but on monk side there is a node where you get more delay reduction at 1% per 4 dexterity @rose monolith

[rose monolith]

taking a cluster or 2 is pretty efficient assuming none on gear but thats about it imo

[weak tulip]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/pob/12ec2

[rose monolith]

the whole top arm of ur tree is pretty inefficient since u are essentially investing 10 travel nodes into 2 recharge clusters, 1 crit cluster and 1 es cluster

instead u could path for the es nodes at witch start and get the crit cluster there

also recharge makes sense to invest in for pure es builds

bc they have no other form of recovery

[weak tulip]

can you screenshot what you mean?

[rose monolith]

but on hybrid eva es u can just use ghost dance as ur primary form of recovery

im on phone 1 sec can try

[weak tulip]

i see wym, it would cost exactly as many as i refund to spec into the witch ones

[rose monolith]

basically this sorry for shit quality xd

[weak tulip]

that would give me alot of wiggle room

[rose monolith]

yeah u have way too many travel nodes on ur current tree

can invest the remainder into more dmg

especially grab the hybrid eva/es nodes above the big crit cluster

these

[weak tulip]

4 points left

[odd vault]

Hello, i wanna do a build, the one i wanna do is ghazzys wasp build, and it looks fun, but i have no idea how to. cus its only an endgame guide, do anyone have some tips or skills i should use for campaign so i can go trough that? without having to do that much?

[rose monolith]

grab the attack dmg and blind cluster

[pine sleet]

ooh yea i forgot abt this keystone

I just wanted to know if there's way to obtain it without relying on ascendencies

[rose monolith]

having blind in ur build is equivalent to having 30-40% MORE evasion typically

[sharp thistle]

does anyone know if rake bloodhunt still works as a boss killer?

[rose monolith]

extremely important to have a source of it

[rose monolith]

prayers of rain

pair with jiquani thesis or minion revival like i said earlier

[pine sleet]

oh thanks i didnt see it above

[rose monolith]

example of my uninterrupted es recharge build from last league

[pine sleet]

thats really impressive

but which side of the skill tree are you on? assuming you're on the right for better ES notables on that side

[weak tulip]

can i get that on monk tho

[rose monolith]

just standard vertical lich

[rose monolith]

not while also investing into eva

but u can get insanely tanky on hybrid builds still

[weak tulip]

70% ush evasion rn

[rose monolith]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/IHSDio-1094/character/haahahahahahahhaa

this was another char i made last league, 11k es ~60% evade

still over 2m dps

[weak tulip]

1 point. i guess i can freestyle it

[past dust]

dumb question but. does 122% of ele damage converted to chaos give more damage than 100% ?

will I get +22% dam?

[pine sleet]

will have to try it out, thx again

[rose monolith]

np

the setup for getting uninterrupted recharge last league was extremely convoluted

u take a node on the tree that makes es recharge start when a persistent minion dies

then u use infernal legion and stack minion revive speed to create an infinite loop of ur minion killing itself and reviving every 4 seconds to have permanent es recharge

and a volatility anoint that would deal a small amount of dmg to you before recharge began to make sure that u couldnt begin recharge while already recharging as this would break the loop

this league u just slap jiquanis thesis on ur gloves and call it a day

[iron vigil]

Is it possible to see the damage of specific support skills in path of building? E.g., bramble slam?

nvm, found it

[opal bobcat]

Why does this affect skills like bone cage and bone blast but not bonestorm? All three are physical spells, could that be a bug?

[median kraken]

If should affect anything with base phys damage

[olive compass]

Whats the point of elemental dmg on weapons? If stacking phy dmg is better, why would someone use elemental dmg mods on the weapon? I just wanna understand better the reasons behind it, maybe im missing something.

[opal bobcat]

I think so too so it's probably bugged, here's a screenshot, same dps in both

[median kraken]

Brutality support?

[green dust]

Hey,
are there any ways to convert all my werewolf physical damage to cold damage?
The Werewolf form has a lot of pure physical and mostly cold skills, but i want to use and scale both. The nodes on the tree usually just offer either physical or elemental/pen, so im not sure what to pick.
I thought conversion might solve this problem (if you have another idea feel free to let me know) but i cannot find any reasonable ways to convert my damage. The wiki mostly lists added as extra on the conversion page.

Any ideas?

[opal bobcat]

fk me 😄

thanks LOL

[median kraken]

Historically in PoE1 stacking elemental or phys damage on weapons could both work and had pros and cons, with each one having time being the meta way to scale different builds. PoE2 currently lacks a lot of the sources of flat ele damage that has made PoE1 flat ele builds strong before, but conversion is also much weaker in PoE2 and that's one of the strong things about phys in PoE1

[median kraken]

I think the best way to scale werewolf damage is things like attack, melee, or "while shapeshifted" nodes that will affect both physical and cold. Not sure if there's a good way to convert the phys skills to cold or vice versa to consolidate scaling

[manic venture]

Does wolf pack spirit gem instant respawn max wolves? Or do they respond just like any other minion skill?

[green dust]

Ye, i tried that, but i cannot find that many general points on the tree :/
Here is where i am so far. (the crit is balanced for Inevitable Crits)
https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/63g2j006
Even the shapeshift clusters (bear/dragon) are very specific.

[median kraken]

That does say you only bav 14% crit chance and I think inevitable crits gives the biggest damage bonus around 30-40% crit chance

(Also more crit chance is still always more damage with inevitable crits, just less important than without it)

Scaling shapeshift damage with a mix of ele and phys skills can be a little awkward and feels like something all 3 forms have to deal with, though. Unless you're a bear using Fury of the King

[green dust]

I did some math and it gives 50% more dmg at ~23%cc and ~650%cd (i did not fix accuracy, so the shown crit is lower)
Maybe i made a mistake. Here is my math:
https://www.desmos.com/calculator/p4rv6jtxgc

[green dust]

Ye i have another character with dragon form and that does pretty well with Ele scaling only. Was hoping something similar for wolf might be possible.

[median kraken]

I do think a key thing to keep in mind is that maxing the damage bonus of inevitable crit in particular is not necessarily the same as maxing your actual damage on an inevitable crit build. Like I said, more crit is still always more damage even if the portion of that damage coming from inevitable crit is smaller

[dreamy mulch]

question.... do warcries do attack damage or some other kind of damage?

[median kraken]

But I haven't actually looked at your build enough to know if more crit is a good investment. More just that it's not necessarily something to be avoided

[stuck monolith]

quick question - does 'skill effect duration' affect the duration of inflicted ailments? (e.g. ignite)

[green dust]

Ye ofc. I just happened to land at a pretty good spot after taking the crit nodes. Which is why the opportunity cost is particularly low in this case, making it a pretty good fit imo.

[median kraken]

Makes sense

[supple jay]

why doesnt devour + sacrifice work

sacrifice says skills not spells

[pine willow]

Does anyone know what levels item skills get more support slots? And is it based on the item base or character level?

[supple jay]

pretty sure its the item level, but im not 100%

basic attacks from weapons are character level

[pine willow]

That's what I'm wondering about, want to put armor explosion on maul for my bear warrior, just not sure what level I need to be for the third slot

[cedar aspen]

Can someone explain why you can put Armour Demolisher support on Barkskin? What does it do?

[violet grove]

I asked global this and was just as confused. Along with putting it on Align Fate! Neither make any sense!

[lusty pollen]

are there any good bear apocolypse shaman builds out there

just got shaman ascendancy and apocolypse looks so good but i cant find any builds that dont use plants or spell based iykwim

[livid flume]

is there any wiki/documentation on immobilize drs? Are all the immobilize abilities on separate DRs? (can I go stun -> freeze etc)

[untold pawn]

Wildsurge incantation keystone doesn't seem to work with Apocalypse from the Shaman ascendency, despite apocalypse having the storm keyword. Anyone knows if it's a bug or intended ?

[olive compass]

Then, which scenario woul you stack elemental instead of physical in your weapon?

[frosty finch]

Is there any shaman mjolnir rage build ?

[median kraken]

I don't know if there are builds that want to do it now in PoE2 or not, honestly

[nimble moth]

Does using plague finger mean i can use any type of bow (i.e lightning|fire|phys etc) instead of just a high flat phys? Or does poison still scale more with phys

[shrewd pulsar]

Hey guys. I'm planning on going a full physical damage disciple. So I'd like a good spectre that scales well with Crit and Vulnerability. Any ideas?

(I'll use these as my main "damage" minions and fill the rest with skeletons to increase muster support)

[wooden cedar]

Is there any other gear like HH or temporalis that is mostly universally strong on all/most characters? Have currency to spend but not sure what on since neither seem to be useful to me. Wondering if there are others.

[summer pasture]

Are you able to get near the surrounded clusters in merc? If so even after the nerf vipers command is still good

[median kraken]

Defiance of Destiny is very good for most life-based characters that don't need a different amulet

[wooden cedar]

I am varashta this season and almost 90. I find it a shame that I have currency but cannot really do much to get stronger until I get 90 to unlock last link.

[summer pasture]

Ah minons, not my cup of tea sorry

[wooden cedar]

0 minions, djinns only. Which is basically just spell caster disguised as someone else doing your animation, it is weird.

[vital plume]

Anyone able to look over my build and give me any tips or improvements. Feels like I've hit a bit of a wall regarding improving it apart from the obvious things like level 20 gems and whatnot. Having someone else have a look would be really useful. https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Pancaes-7551/character/Itumiko

[zinc linden]

any new 1 button build was discovered? please let me know :D

[manic lynx]

I'm running Tactician with Mirage Archer and Grenades. Your eyes get fried from the constant flashing, but it's literally just dodge and grenades. 😂

[onyx void]

if I do the fourth ascendancy trial before the third, do i get all the points? In other words, do I have to do the third trial and then the fourth, or can i just skip to the fourth?

[celest oxide]

What does quality do on sceptres?

[slim spoke]

does anyone know how choir of the storms works with necrotic talisman? because each summon "gets" the talisman, would they each have the .5 sec internal cooldown to the lightning bolt, or would they all share it? also would any spell damage you have contribute to the built in lightning bolts, even though its "technically" on the minion?

[lament snow]

Anyone have any links for a tanky build good for a new player to PoE 2 for a friend?

[summer pasture]

Do they like melee?

[silver urchin]

more spirit

[fringe lagoon]

Check my build on Poe ninja, Vomi_WH

Best build in the game

Some content creator is gonna monetize the shit out of it at some point

[naive violet]

How are you play on minions? They're always die and need to wait a revive timer

[hearty tendon]

Hey guys I need help, I need something really basic, I tried witch/minion but I didn’t like it the visual clutter is making me nauseous and I don’t even know what I’m doing, could you guys help me find a class that’s good? I played Diablo 4 a while ago and I really liked the Druid bear slam thing I had going on, is that a thing in this game? I just want something that has high survivability great clearing power while being extremely simple, if anyone can help that’d be cool, thanks.

[frozen knot]

Don't know how bear druid played in Diablo but in poe2 it's currently in a really good spot with great clear and nice single target, it does still have a lot of visual clutter tho. If you're looking for something with less clutter i'd recommend either the new plant spells or an EDC build.

[wicked monolith]

what's the top warrior skills in yall's opinions? I tried forged hammer, and it's too slow to be useful

[hearty tendon]

ok ill look into druid, i just need something simple or i start having a breakdown, having to manage a buffs, cooldowns, debuffs, i hate it just want something to just charge through everyone is that possible with a druid?

[frozen knot]

yep bear druid is basically just pop a buff and hold down 1 button for clear

[hearty tendon]

nothing complicated? you promise? whats the builds name? is it good late game?

[frozen knot]

personally I play wolf druid which is more micro managing but heres a bear druid guide if you wanna check how it plays https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R46n2kgS1Dw

[hearty tendon]

i love you cat

[old ermine]

Anyone have a good chronomancer build suggestion for this league? I'm not finding much online

[fathom rover]

can i get some suggestions on my build? trying to do a pathfinder with rolling magma focused wyvern. do i link pob or poe2ninja?

[drifting burrow]

Let's say I wanna do a barrier invocation build... With blood mage, is there a way to make it's health gen stuff apply to energy shield?

Or any other way to generate energy shield from attacking?

[tranquil steeple]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/vaal/character/Nibbid-0845/wlfgrl?i=2&search=class%3DAmazon%26sort%3Ddps

Sorry might be a silly question but can anyone explain the premise of the skills used here? I understand lightning spear but what about stormlance/explosive? How are they used?

I hear people say storm lance is used for bosses alongside spear but idk

[olive compass]

Can you still be considered "ignited" while having a mod "Unnafected by damaging ailments"? (As if you are burning but taking 0 dmg)

[vagrant oyster]

anyone have any good build reccomendations that arnt just the standard pathfinder druid minion builds this season?

[stuck badger]

Quick question about interactions with spell totem , if it swaps me to human and my staff gives +4 to cold spells levels and i create one , if i swap back to wolf what happens to the spells being cast from it ? Does it retain the level boost or it goes back to what my wolf has as modifiers

[olive compass]

Im almost sure it "remembers" the weapon that cast the totem, so you can safely swap. But im not 100% sure.

[stuck badger]

oh bet ill mess with it then and see how it goes

[gleaming canyon]

What's a good way to consistently generate burning ground?

[uncut bay]

infused ball lightnings in the coc or coa, curses with the burning ground support, explosive spears

[uncut bay]

you guys can't get the right answer to a question that can be answered in 100 different ways

you have to ask something specific then it can be answered

[vagrant oyster]

i mean i dont excactly want one specific answer to "interesting builds"

[uncut bay]

this is the first time I saw a build like one of my spear builds, you detonate storm lance with explosive spear which also applies debuffs lile blind and deals damage

[tranquil steeple]

is it just against bosses?

cause spear is insane for clear

[uncut bay]

LS for clear, SL for bosses

[tranquil steeple]

Storm lance is that strong really?

I thought it was just support

[uncut bay]

I mean, its the strongest bossing spear skill

[tranquil steeple]

I was using primal strikes but I dont like how close I have to get so i was going to switch

thats crazy i didnt realize how strong it was

[uncut bay]

its all on youtube, SL also feels good, and you have to figure out whether to use multishot and on which skill

[tranquil steeple]

Primal strikes looks so cool but it doesnt feel very good sad

[neon shell]

does anyone know wha the different colored lines connecting nodes in some places indicate in this build?

https://i.imgur.com/pfJ2iOd.png

[vagrant oyster]

weapon skill sets

[neon shell]

i'm new obv

[vagrant oyster]

so in the top right of ur passive tree u have 24 weapoon skill points

so one weapon set 1 is red and weapon set 2 is green

[neon shell]

[vagrant oyster]

which just means u can equip multiple weapons for different uses (usually people have a weapon set just for debuffs/buffs)

[neon shell]

yeah this is for chiming staff

ok ty

[uncut bay]

as spellcaster you benefit the most from the whispering ice staff and exposure passives on the second weaponset

if you apply exposure with thunderstorm you should also get shock magnitude passives there

[warm briar]

which spectre should I be using? for endgame mapping / bossing

[wild berry]

anyone knows how much work does this support do for poisonburst arrow? It changes nothing in the tooltips so I am having a hard time assessing if this is actually good. Running around with it on/off I also dont notice much of a difference in dmg

[silver gorge]

do you have to not get damaged for some time for Eternal Youth to work exactly like energy shield regen ?

[analog patrol]

How can I improve DMG and SURVI https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/40605a65-ef32-42b8-a851-dcc4f334483e/builds/b1fed238-4512-4ac6-90ee-0a5bd989e1f9

[silver urchin]

Yes, recharge not regen.

[leaden hare]

Bloodmage or Oracle for Gardener?

[final tangle]

guys whats a fun ranged build thats easily playable on gamepad? thinking mostly about blasting maps and occasional ubers, but can farm before that

[kindred oxide]

I have only played slams this far in Poe 2. I wanna try minions now. Which ascendancy should I go for? Rest I'm just gonna figure out myself but should I go sorceress or witch or something else?

[summer pasture]

Witch is the safest option if you've never played minions before

[silver anvil]

I wanna play Disciple of Varashta, got some questions before I commit.

• Does a "caster" focused variant of the build exist? - How does the defense scale, is AR/ES similar to pure ES (I'm much more interested in trying out the new AR/ES nodes and Barkskin)
• Am I much better off scaling pure ES?
• Are there any variants as to what I am trying to do, or can i just pull up any version of Varashta from poe ninja and copy it?

[torpid abyss]

Is ther an easy way to try out different amulet enchants? Only way that I know of is is in POB just change your amulet a shitton of times which is time consuming

[true talon]

does lunar blessing, freeze mark and arctic howl stack from werewolf?

[surreal marsh]

How tf can I search for T1 phys dmg for recomb on trade? All I get are multiple lower T's combined

[vagrant plinth]

hey if i posted a picture of my planned skill tree, would anyone be able to tell me if im spreading myself too then at a glance?

[serene locust]

Hey. Just coming back to poe. Any skill recommendation for someone willing to play Amazon and avoiding throwing skill/focus on high attack speed, mobile combat?

[odd vault]

Anyone know how to get more health/defence? i am doing a dragon build and i have some really solid gear and a good passive skill tree. so i would like to know whats best for wyvern, energyshield or armour?

[summer pasture]

Both and run the barkskin spirit gem

[odd vault]

okay thank you

[fringe lagoon]

Whirling slash twister can get very fast. I play WH but should be good on Amazon too

[serene locust]

Thanks. That one also kinda ruled out 😄 Prefer to be in melee range, being mobile 😄

[plush zealot]

does critical damage bonus also contributes to damaging ailment multiplier

[summer pasture]

No

[plush zealot]

cuz im using pinpoint support on an ignite skill and im wondering if it's going to make the critically striking target deal weaker ignite

[slow arrow]

Has someone done or attempted a REDUCED area bonecage for single target shotgunning?

Concentrated Area + Cascade + Astral proj = 50% less + 25% less + 20% less. It seems to hit ppl multiple times, but targeting is a bit bad. There's an additional 21% reduced area on tree.

[halcyon hazel]

Hello guys
Just a little question I really like "Ravenous Swarm" but kinda confuse what is boost dmg on this spell ? Is tag as minion but poison & attack too... I'm confused xD ahah
How can I improve the dmg of this spell ? Is it possible to build around Swarm to make a Poison Build?

[silver anvil]

https://pobb.in/apMAqUC2nxQL
need help with single target, anyone have suggestions?

[strong smelt]

Does overflowed life count as maximum life

[burnt skiff]

Hey I am in act 2 now leveling as a lightning arrow deadeye but I wanna switch to another build what would be the best point to make that swap happen?

[analog patrol]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/40605a65-ef32-42b8-a851-dcc4f334483e/builds/b1fed238-4512-4ac6-90ee-0a5bd989e1f9
Leave Like/Favourite please 👍

[midnight bolt]

is there any way to fully convert oil barrage to elemental dmg, without avatar of fire?

[dreamy mulch]

what minion builds are there that are somewhat good?

[calm reef]

How do I get better ES recharge? I'm lvl 41 monk. I have like 400 ES but when I do get hit, I need to make sure I'm not hit for a while so I can regen the ES. Is it basically get more EV to not get hit as much? Maybe Ghost Dance but i'm using Wind Dancer for a ton more EV. Faster recharge rate could help too I suppose.

[livid flume]

what is the easiest way to guarantee a spellc ast (cast on crit, minion death, etc.)

I need to get 1 cast per 1 attack

doing it on shaman ascendancy so can't do oracle either

damn you can't remove the 'crits dont deal extra damage' mod on quecholli

they really cooked us with these double vaals

[stoic spoke]

holy hell is it literally possible for a health/armour build to take an ape slam?

3.2k health, 19k armour, 25% phys as fire and I've literally never survived an ape slam

[formal geyser]

Don't take it? You can literally roll past him to avoid it

Ape you're safer close to him. When he's slamming, just roll behind him

[summer pasture]

Standing next to him no you can't, you have to roll to avoid it or be far away from him so the slam shockwave doesn't does full damage

Iirc it's a 2 part slam, the hit from the pillar then the shockwave

[stoic spoke]

roll as bear is so inconsistent

[summer pasture]

They did reduce the distance

[stoic spoke]

I swear the bear hitbox is larger because I can consistently dodge roll as a human but never as bear

[summer pasture]

It is larger

[kindred dawn]

Does lunar blessing replace arctic howl or do I use both?

the heck

minion body block

[hearty oracle]

anyone knows how Stomping Ground scales the damage? it is totally unclear from both the tooltips and the dmg sheet

[summer pasture]

It's based of your basic attack damage, does 50% of you basic attack damage

What weapon are you using

[hearty oracle]

talisman, bear rampage

and it is not scalable too? isn't it super weak at late level? im lvl 90

[summer pasture]

Idk I just use maul, furious slam and calamity

[hearty oracle]

im using the demon bear, so leaping in and rampaging

so far the dmg is so high, removing stomping ground doesn't seem to affect the outcome

so Im suspecting the support does nothing significant at this point

[manic venture]

Why can't I socket bonestorm into cast on crit? I swear I read you couldn't socket channeling skills into meta gems but I can't find a tooltip or anything that actually says that.

[formal geyser]

You can't socket channel skills

[manic venture]

This is what I suspected, but is there anything in the game that actually says that? I can't find it anywhere. No tooltips from what I see.

[formal geyser]

No idea

[wicked monolith]

any particular skills yall like as warrior you recommend I try out?

any good ones?

[formal geyser]

Bear form 😂

Slams work well with titan ascendancy

[wicked monolith]

isn't that druids? you mean zi should try talismans used by druids?

[formal geyser]

No skill is specific for a class

Talismans enable you to use primal shapeshifting skills, which are quite good for warrior

You can do a caster warrior if you want, it's a bit awkward and requires a little more game knowledge of how to do it, but you can!

[wicked monolith]

got it, I need to try more things to spice it up

[hearty oracle]

im using titan demon bear

the potential is high, i just recorded this today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc2W1SOoOzk

[wicked monolith]

that looks cool as hell.

I don't see anything that can survive that

[hearty oracle]

and it is damn fun

[wispy mason]

what are ppl using ixchels torment for? CoC?

[drifting cedar]

so there's a bonded rune with 6-10 flat phys

with a corrupted exceptional marohi erqi you could put 4 of them in for 24-40 flat phys, which is significant with 600% increased physical damage

roughly a 34% stronger marohi erqi. of course, you're stuck being a shaman with a 2h mace

[pastel forge]

bruh my build is lacking stats lmao

[pastel vapor]

If you have lots of minion cooldown reduction, does that mean Ruzhan attacks really frequently when you attack?

[forest flame]

https://streamable.com/o6tz6v
This is my juiced abyss farming, should I swap to breach? because I dont die at all during whole mapping, but second rare abyss mob spawns with deactivating regen, I am insta death because of blood magic and because I leech and insta regen hp like crazy from flask

kinda getting frustrated when I juice maps and then die to first degen mob

[formal geyser]

Abyss is still very unfriendly to melee

[manic venture]

Unfortunately the whole game is unfriendly to melee, but specifically abyss

[formal geyser]

Eh, it's not too bad for melee with shapeshift. Abyss is just egregious

[manic venture]

Yeah, melee can work, and it is fun, but it's almost laughable how hard you have to work and think on melee when you can just shoot across the screen, move while doing it, avoid 95% of interactions, and do more damage

[formal geyser]

That's kind of always the case in ARPGs. Not the do more damage part, but melee being inherently more involved in mechanics

There's a reason humans figured out thrown and projectile weapons extremely early in our evolution lol. If the thing we hunt is nowhere close, we can't be hurt.

[manic venture]

Yeah but this is a videogame

[formal geyser]

Same theory applies

[manic venture]

Bro

[formal geyser]

My main is a wyvern rend + oil breath build

[manic venture]

There's magic and dragons and demons and shapeshifting and jumping 50 ft in the air, and we're talking about real world logic

[formal geyser]

Melee isn't that bad, but range option for taking out big bads is important

Wyvern melee is fun. Eat things for charges, swipe to clear the screen. Oil barrage for rares and bossrs

[forest flame]

aye, I dont die much outside of abyss, mostly to bad maps where I stuck to objects and thats like one in 30 maps max. But abyss is frustrating. One degen mob and I am insta death. I guess I will stick to ritual for omen farming

but I enjoy wolf a lot, I mained ice strike monk since start and wolf seems like more fun, but similiar playstyle

[lunar surge]

can you scale burning ground?

[glacial crater]

hi guys can you help me to choose charakter please i want same meta

[fringe lagoon]

What would you like to play?

[thick compass]

Anyone playing glacial lance?

[mint belfry]

yo ho ho sailors

i just got gas for my car .60 cents cheaper than where it is around my work a half hour away. wild

[vagrant plinth]

my buddy is too lazy to join discord, so this is from him: "i have a chest piece on my invoker with 953 ER and 363 ES. This chest piece is higher than what i find on streamers, yet they have more spirit than i do. I have 192 while they have like 220. Am i missing something here? cuz i need another 29 spirit to use elemental conflux."

[mint belfry]

spirit is on gear... itll tell him

didnt know energy sheild determines that now?

[formal geyser]

Spirit is an affix on amulets and body armour

And scepters, but that's for minion builds

[mint belfry]

yeah if he goes to vendors in town sometimes they sell gear peices that have spirit on them too

or honestly even tho i never use it because its a single player game imo... Tell him to check out the trade market.. could always buy something he needs thatll work well for his build

[iron harbor]

Pretty sure the friend is playing invoker? Only way it makes sense

[mint belfry]

yeah

[vagrant plinth]

invoker cant

yeah

he's invoker

[old oriole]

how can i guarantee a suffix when crafting a jewel?

[dusty bear]

hey guys, does this require you to shock non-shocked targets (so the trigger ability should be the only one with a chance to shock) or it doesn't matter?

[vital walrus]

Hi wanted to ask does the 'Run and Gun' notable work with Grenade skills?
(Also does it work with Glacial Lance?)

[spark valve]

https://www.poe2wiki.net/wiki/Doryani's_Prototype#Mechanics - Trying to understand how to get the most out of this armor... Is the point to run 0% Lightning Res? Or i'm i missing something?

[winter niche]

looks cool... i tried bear at the beggining... at 44 lvl too.. somehow it deals dmg so slow its nearly nothing compared to wyvern for me 😶

[north thistle]

Do nodes for CDR affect minion command skills?

[slate brook]

Does herbalism affects "Life recovery from flasks also applies to energy shield" or only increased life regen. from flask?

[north thistle]

regen and recovery are not the same, so I don't think youd see an affect. Using Shavronnes Wrappings, yeah?

[zinc linden]

ty

[slate brook]

yes I am using Shavronne's satchel, and I was curious if herbalism would improve this effect

[north thistle]

If you already have it, no harm to experiment and see the effect. But I don't think it's going to apply

[slate brook]

okie, tysm

[north thistle]

np. Recovery = amount, Regen = rate. So you're just looking to see if your ES actually recovers more quickly with/without herbalism

[pastel forge]

i was so dumb to realize how much of a pain it is to successfully maximize trinity now i need a replacement for my 100 spirit

[fringe lagoon]

What build were u running trinity on?

[pastel forge]

invoker wyvern

pretty much just doing ele dmg all around

guess i'll get ele conflux

[fringe lagoon]

doing the same with whirling slash twister, full ele dmg and trinity is a power house

[pastel forge]

i get stuck building lightning mainly

[fringe lagoon]

are u using herald of thunder? u can give more lightning dmg to it

[pastel forge]

wont have space for herald if i use trinity

well conflux works out i guess

[fringe lagoon]

its ok

i ultimately cut it

but dps is nice and consistent

[pastel forge]

i get to get a bunch of those spirit supports so its nice i guess

[daring veldt]

Anyone knows if bloodmage crossbow build is still good for endgame t15 and higher mapping and bossing?

[formal geyser]

Only one I knew of for witch was last lament lich and that got dumpstered by ggg

[pastel forge]

what else do i add

have vitality II and herbalist II already

or i can drop herbalist to I and use herald of thunder, but im limited to lvl 11 due to stats

just realized i can use vitality I and II together lmao

[mental hull]

How does trashing vines work? The skill says it has an 8 second duration, but it stops spawning vines and dealing damage after like 2 seconds?

[kindred cradle]

do yall think hasted aura is just better than physical damage aura if i am an invoker werewolf and getting tamed beast

[fierce charm]

what class can i play to braindead the endgame and get to level 100?

[vital plume]

pathfinder probably

[strong owl]

Anyone running a Amazon lightning spear build? If so can you drop your build thank you

[fierce charm]

poison pathfinder?

[vital plume]

yes

[fierce charm]

noted ty

[modern swallow]

Hey, anyone know about the spirit gem, "Berserk"? It reads "Grants +55% increased rage effect."

Anyone know if that just applies to the base effect (+1 more damage per rage) or does that also apply to passives that give rage other effects? (i. e. "rage grants 1% increased armour per rage" or "minions gain +1% increased damage and attack speed per rage" etc?)

[quiet vale]

When is CI worth it? I'm a 9k ES build, 1.5k life, but CI is 10 passive points out the way for me

[modern swallow]

(update, I managed to manage an awkward test, but as far as I can tell, no, it just does the damage.)

[rancid citrus]

It does work with Vengeful Fury (Every Rage also grants 1% increased Armour"

[lunar surge]

can you scale burning grownd

[modern swallow]

I just tested it with it on and off, and at max fury, I had 9k armor either way.

[rancid citrus]

I go from 23k to 25k from just turning it on and off

[midnight geode]

any idea why combat frenzy isnt working?

[modern swallow]

Hrm. I'll test again, but it really didn't seem to be affecting me for some reason.

(I mean, the damage is clearly affecting me! just not the rage thing!)

[tranquil steeple]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/vaal/character/Nibbid-0845/wlfgrl?i=2&search=class%3DAmazon%26sort%3Ddps

This person has voltaic but I cant see a way to electrocute on it am i missing something?

[fringe lagoon]

Are u freezing or electrocuting?

[old oriole]

does corrupted blood one shot you in CI or does it drain ES?

[midnight geode]

freezing

it was working earlier today

not sure what i did but now its not working

[cedar aspen]

Is anyone using furious wellspring? I got shaman ascendancy the other day and I’m trying to figure out the pros and cons for using it

[halcyon lava]

whats best in slot heart of the well jewel for poisonburst pathfinder?

smth like this?

[timber talon]

anyone maybe have some written ideally build or video about amazon/invoker? some build for spear would be perfect

[carmine flicker]

MoM or CI as "poison and bleed solution", what do you think?
pure passive summoner, so don't use mana for anything else anyway

(with MoM I can go heavy buffer and that's 40% ES and pseudo 5% less damage taken)

[flat orbit]

anyone have a build guide for pure wyvern?

[agile remnant]

Damn wasted a spirit gem on raging spirts thinking i could use it with fire bear stuff like fury of the mountain 🙁

[frosty finch]

the boss doesn't even have 1M HP

[gleaming canyon]

Any tornado spell builds?

[strong owl]

If you find one let me know

[timber talon]

well found only one sort of build but for ice shot bow and meh

[strong owl]

I found a Amazon lightning spear build but idk how it will be in the endgame

[fringe lagoon]

can go whirling slash twister with either. can't recommend any guides but maybe check poe ninja: https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/vaal?skills=Twister%2CWhirling+Slash

I myself play the build with witchhunter and it's super strong and fun

[hardy socket]

hello, anyone here who knows how to get quality on Monk (Acendency Skills) Elemental Expression and Unbound Avatar ? Every other Skill have Quality now, but this two I cant get it on it....mhhh

this two

[fringe lagoon]

Dialla's Desire, Fox Idol

[cursive girder]

Anyone using Fury of the Ashbark ? Is it fun/worth the investment?

[static plinth]

It works with "Rage also grants X" but not "Gain X per Rage"
The former adds another effect to rage, the latter just checks your rage and gives you something based on the number

[gleaming canyon]

Any way to consistently generate chilled, shocked and ignited ground simultaneously?

[fiery briar]

Does anyone know if moment of vulnerability actually consumes the status effect to create a spectral version of an enemy?

[hidden crown]

This effect comes with quality on the gem, but isnt it bad?
How does it works?

[brittle anvil]

it's bugged that line is the base gem not quality

pretty sure there's another line which is the real quality

[frail fable]

Does comet invoke ice strike monk still work?

[plucky locust]

so Im doing a bloodmage primarily using the Wyvern form and electricity along with bleed. Im doing pretty good damage at the moment but I noticed the wyverns rend stops being able to proc bleed once empowered, I thought originally once I got blood barbs this would make the bleed on that attack scale crazily, but its not proccing at all when I have power charges. is this a bug? am I doing something wrong?

[pine willow]

is there any source of elemental life leech aside from amazon ascendancy node?

[plucky locust]

anyone else have experience with this? something to keep in mind is oil barrage still procs bleed when empowered but Rend does not for some reason

[pine willow]

Does rend convert 100% of phys damage to lightning?

when empowered I mean

[plucky locust]

Ill have to double check actually I didnt think it was 100%.

[pine willow]

I just checked, apparently the buff from consuming a power charge is extra lightning not a conversion, so I'm not sure why you would stop proccing bleed.

[plucky locust]

Yeah I just was checking too. It must be a bug because I really thought I was cooking with this build for it

I only realized because it wasnt proccing Herald of blood when I was empowered

[pine willow]

It does sound like it would be pretty busted if it works how you want it to

Hopefully it's a bug and they can get it fixed.

[plucky locust]

oh well I can still proc bleed with my siphon strike and then go back to rending. just kind of a bummer cuz I dont see any reason why it shouldnt be working. unless they purposefully excluded it

[pine willow]

Maybe make a report and see if it's working as intended or not, having to use another attack just to proc bleed seems a bit clunky.

[plucky locust]

where do I make a report

[pine willow]

Probably make a forum post about it I would think.

[crystal fable]

Would I have an easier time (button intensity wise and ease of use) on a poison pathfinder or one of the new druid builds?

[pine willow]

I mean bear builds are generally like 2 buttons lol and the damage is solid

[crystal fable]

that does sound ideal lol - poison pathfinder seems like a lot of buttons

[pine willow]

Maul + Furious Slam, and then swap into Rampage + Walking Calamity later, super easy, especially if you go for the Furious Wellspring shaman ascendancy

[silver anvil]

how hard is simu3 supposed to be? i'm over 50d into my build and i still can't clear it every time i make an attempt

[pine willow]

I think that depends on the build you're playing really.

[silver anvil]

lightning spear, evasion es hybrid

very bad single target, i've already given up on the other T3 bosses or even map boss difficult, downgraded those to the bottom for those because my build just gets oneshot too often

thought simu3 should be doable for me because high evasion/es with ghost dance should be fine in that kind of scenario but the mobs still hit too hard and kill me through bleed/slows

[plucky locust]

made the post but now that Im looking closer, I might have found the issue...

[pine willow]

Oh?

[plucky locust]

when rend is empowered it gains 150% more area of effect which makes the swipes a wave of lightening. Im wondering if enemies hit by the wave rather than the actual claws are only taking the elemental damage. the ability stats and text dont say this is happening but its the only thing I can think of

[pine willow]

If you have 100% chance to bleed and the target is cursed, it shouldn't matter unless it's bugged, right?

[plucky locust]

it could still be a bug/oversight but I do notice the spacing you take when attacking while empowered doesnt bring you as close to the enemy

[plucky locust]

doesnt bleed require phys damage to be present tho?

when I attack while not empowered i bleed regularly tho

[pine willow]

No, reading the additional text for "contributes", if you have 100% chance to bleed on rend, once you have blood barbs it shouldn't matter what damage type you are hitting with

[hollow ridge]

Is there a way to make frost bomb not expose if I'm using it for infusions for naviras fracture, but want to use rakiatas over cold pen?

[plucky locust]

must be a bug then

[frail fable]

?

[pine willow]

If you're talking about triggering comet with elemental invocation, it should work regardless of what skill you're using as long as you're applying elemental ailments to gain energy.

[frail fable]

Cast on element ailment

@pine willow

[pine willow]

That should also work too

So, anyone know if there's any forms of elemental life leech other than the Mystic Harvest Amazon ascendancy node?

[plucky locust]

Ugh I need a solar amulet that gives me like 30 spirit

It would make curse application so much easier

[pine willow]

Blasphemy?

[plucky locust]

yeah

[pine willow]

I figured you were already using that lol

[plucky locust]

but rn if I put blasphemy on I dont have room for my herald skills

[pine willow]

Fair

[plucky locust]

without blasphemy I can have both herald of blood & thunder

blasphemy should be 30 per curse

[pine willow]

It would be too strong then though, especially for builds that can get really high spirit

[plucky locust]

I guess that's fair

[pine willow]

Is there any way to prevent Oil barrage from consuming power charges?

[plucky locust]

Unfortunately no but it's really powerful when powered. Unlike the normal attack empowered oil barrage lets you hold it down for a really long time. I also run a quarterstaff with siphon strike so oil barrage usually electrocutes someone and I can get that power charge back instantly.

And I'm using this as my quarter staff for guaranteed bleed...

[pine willow]

I'm trying to plan a wyvern amazon, and I just want oil barrage for the exposure, not the damage. I guess I just have to pay attention to my charges lol

[plucky locust]

Yeah idk how you'd prevent that. It does kinda conflict with it's unempowered purpose

So are you using lightening as your source of damage?

Cuz you could just use thunderstorm

For the oil barrage purpose

[pine willow]

It'll be a mix of elemental and physical, but that's why I chose Amazon, Mystic Harvest to leech off all the damage.

and the open wounds for the burst windows with flame breath

[plucky locust]

I don't even have flame breath on my wyvern cuz I'm kinda doing a theme build. I bought the bat skin so it pairs nicely with bloodmage

[pine willow]

Nice lol yah I'm just trying all the things so far this league, and I've never leveled a huntress past act 1, but the wyvern stuff actually looks like a good fit with the combination melee and projectile attacks.

[dry sail]

does spell echo respect spell limits? like would putting spell echo on thrashing vines require a limit of 2?

[pine willow]

is spell echo a valid support gem for thrashing vines? I feel like they would make it not be valid if it didn't work

[dry sail]

you're probably right, thats what I was thinking. Just wanted to see if anyone could confirm before cutting the gem

[pine willow]

supports are easy enough to come by, and pretty cheap on currency exchange if you need more of a certain type.

[dry sail]

true thanks for your help!

[tranquil steeple]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/vaal/character/Nibbid-0845/wlfgrl?i=2&search=class%3DAmazon%26sort%3Ddps

Can anyone explain the choice to not use frenzy charges in this build? Also what is the bossing combo? Is it like one storm lance 3 explosive spears or what?

[hearty oracle]

U have to take all the skill speed nodes to counter the slowness for bear

[winter niche]

But i can do the same with wyvern and attack EVEN faster 😶

[round marten]

quick question, im doing a little bleed rake/spearfield build. im lv 14 now. whats the little red bar next to my hp?

[pine willow]

rage

oh nvm, that I don't know

[round marten]

its quite distracting on hcssf char xD

[last merlin]

is there any reason why my 2nd hand mjolnir is being ignored?

[broken hemlock]

is it just me or is quality on spell totem a nerf?

if im reading this correctly, it seems to say that 20 qual on spell totem adds +4 seconds to the totem duration but 25% less cast speed for the socketed spell, isnt that a bad thing?

nm, it looks like its just a display bug, the 25% less cast speed is there regardless of quality

[pure oxide]

How often is accuracy worth anything on weapons/builds?

I feel like I've never really seen enemies with evasion and wouldn't their evasion not work on a lot of big AoE attacks?

[boreal cosmos]

I recall needing certain amount.

Idk what that is now.

But yeah.

I think maybe it deepened on class

[long timber]

how do people get +2 sockets?

on corrupted items?

(not twice corrupted)

[last merlin]

the corruption is the 2nd socket probs

[long timber]

no like its 1 socket normally

[mighty portal]

can someone give me a flashy bear druid build i am using rampage+ walking calamity but i just feel so lost i want to make it flashy so i tried to implement fury of the mountain cause i dont have the molten crash ability but i cant do it it feels kinda complex to play and i just die randomly while charging rampage

[long timber]

and he has 3 with 1 corruption

bugged item?

[hot elm]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/pjiyj0u5 anybody wanna look at my tree and give tips? Im trying to get more single target Im playing shield wall mjolnir shaman

[last merlin]

exceptional base can also have an additional socket

[hot elm]

thinking of swapping to oracle and going crit

[long timber]

whats a exceptional base

[frozen knot]

rare drops that either have more augment slots then usual or more than 20% quality

[long timber]

over 20 quality add sockets?

[frozen knot]

no items can drop with either an extra augment slot OR more than 20% quality

[long timber]

i get that

im asking if more then 20 quality gives socket slots

im trying to understand how he has +2 sockets

[frozen knot]

it does not

[long timber]

HE DOES

its a 3 socket helmet

[frozen knot]

so he probably corrupted an exceptional base then

[long timber]

what is a exceptional base

[frozen knot]

you can have both qual and extra socket apparently

😮

[cyan plinth]

Does Reaever Catalysts apply to these on rings?

[agile remnant]

Mr friend is making a sorceress but wants to do plant stuff. How does he scale the plant damage and such? Does he have to spec into str to do that?

[tranquil raptor]

hey, once I reach maps I always struggling heavily with damage and trying to buy some better stuff prices start at 1div where I'm nowhere near that rich. I remember playing poisonous concoction build in 0.1 and whole damage relied on +level to skills and it was easily to build and dealt millions of damage. Any builds this league which does not rely weapon damage stats for damage?

maybe stupid question but thats how i feel haha

[uncut bay]

your question could be is there a build that uses a cheap unique weapon and yes there are two or three great unique spears like tangletongue

[opal bobcat]

If I use the blackflame covenant keystone, would the explosion from the fiery death support gem deal fire damage or chaos damage?

[uncut bay]

but the cheapest builds are usually the strongest meta builds, probably not poisonburst arrow, but LA deadeye, essence drain, shield wall are cheap, cold infused spark is cheap

[uncut bay]

all of your fire damage converts to chaos, so it should deal chaos damage

[north thistle]

Do minnion command skills count towards energy build up on invoction skills?

[opal bobcat]

It only says fire damage from fire spells is converted to chaos
I've read that any increase to fire damage won't affect it because conversion happens first, but idk about fiery death as it causes enemies to explode and the explosion deals fire damage by default, and it's a support gem and not a skill/spell

Not sure if there's a way for me to test it tbh

[uncut bay]

okay my bad, right

[opal bobcat]

My intuiton says it won't work but I have no idea :P
Because technically it's a support gem and not a spell, but it seems weird for it not to work

[north thistle]

the fire damage is attached to the skill, so it's going to be attached to the base damage of the skill.

[tranquil raptor]

I found pf build which said you can run it to t15 maps with slivertongue bow which I thought perfect, exactly what I want, but it stopped working during interludes and currently sometimes I take 3-5mins to kill even one boss in t1 maps

[opal bobcat]

I see, that can make sense, I suppose support gems are treated as modification to the skill?
Not sure if they're checked before or after conversions and passives are checked

[tranquil steeple]

what is the bossing rotation with storm lance/explosive spear like 3 of one 1 of another or what

[slender bone]

Hello. Can somebody please help me with survivability ?
https://poe.ninja/poe2/pob/12d3b

[solar drift]

Hi. I was in here the other day where my character is randomly committing suicide when CI in maps. I'm looking to see if any1 has experienced this? No mana flask being used at all. HH Is not being used (which was originally what we thought was the issue)

this is me right now - https://poe.ninja/poe2/pob/1333e

[hearty whale]

Hey guys
which stat should I focus on when playing Merc?

First time merc since release lol

[manic burrow]

does this work with the pounce wolves

from predator's mark

[neon gyro]

it work

[glacial quartz]

There are no real ways to leech life from elemental damage othen than that one ascendancy, right?

[bleak cosmos]

Hey i tried to buildcraft a bit on my own and im not sure what the dmg to surviabilty should be like ye pushing dmg is nice but i really dont know where my effective hp pool should be any advice on that?

playing invoker ES EV with CI

[ebon arrow]

can someone help me with plant / entangle bloodmage? most of the time, esp. in boss fights i cast a spell and just drop in health - there is no reg back or leech, i just cant keep up the health. there is no -reg mods in the map. whats my mistake in the build? https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/moondancer23-6808/character/Maiyra

[keen notch]

can you still do the lightning warp tech with coc somehow?

i tried it and it feels super bad

[violet yarrow]

Anyone playing Siege Cascade poison with Tactician or pathfinder? Can't really decide which class to go for
https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1452256658024693901

[midnight geode]

pathfinder is kinda broken rn and u can do almost any build you want on her

[old oriole]

is it okay to lose the hallowed notable?
i don't know if i need 4k elemental ailment threshold