2┃build-planning

[feral flame]

need some help do i use glacial or iron rune here ?

[midnight bolt]

can someone explain what im doing wrong, says not usable with current weapon set(talisman), but in description says usable with any jmartial weapon?

[hearty tendon]

hey quick question, when should i pump the breaks on my build? new player following a druid furious slam guide, plan on making a meteor druid build, i don't want my chooses to affect me later like choosing an ascension. ect. A simple honest answer would help a lot.

[frozen knot]

Are you using lord of the wilds?

the scepter + talisman thingy

[midnight bolt]

nope

[frozen knot]

only thing that you have to worry about is starting class and quest rewards.

[midnight bolt]

jus 2h tali

[frozen knot]

lord of the wilds bugged my herald of ice the same way but somehow got it back to normal

[hearty tendon]

do quest's expire? are u 100% sure im not going to be locked and unable to transfer over to meteor druid?

[midnight bolt]

found solution on reddit its abug...

bvut there is a workaround

[frozen knot]

quest rewards are permanent which can brick certain build, doubt bear druid has anything you should worry about tho

it does cost a lot of gold to respec so keep that in mind

[hearty tendon]

when would u suggest me to respec?

[frozen knot]

anytime is fine

[hearty tendon]

Ok thank you for the help I really appreciate it

[turbid pike]

My friend is looking for a build with these requirements:

Lazy 1 button
fast movement/ almost teleport like
lots of screen explosions/poping enemies
same skill kills bosses as it clears maps

Anyone have suggestions?

[frozen knot]

flicker strike

[teal sluice]

should i use 5% ele res rune, 14% fire res or 5-12 phys dmg on gloves rune?

also got 80% deflect

[violet yarrow]

always cap your res first

[late siren]

gang. Joining league late. Rolling Varashta. Cold caster Navira or full minions so I can play minions piano? Can't decide

mainly worried about gear getting expensive tbh

[past dust]

I am generating and consuming infinite remnants are there any ways to take advantage of that other than healing and gaining mana?

[dreamy bridge]

just mana remnants or are you making infusions?

[past dust]

fire infustions

im spamming comets

and living bomb

wit hcast on crit

[mint glacier]

If playing for duo with a friend, is it better to go for rarity bot or like an aura bot that buffs?

Cuz I heard rarity not as impactful anymore

[silver tapir]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Rottenblack-7608/character/ShapeGift any way how I could make this better? i kind of like the minion meath grinder playstyle.

[fierce lintel]

Hello my Build says I can combine Slam and vulcano But How does it work

[ivory depot]

volcano ejects more fireballs each time you slam near them

[uneven elbow]

just RIP'd on my HCSSF and need a new build.

I've wanted to make a build utilizing speed and stacking all elemental damage on hit. What would be the best skill to utilise for this?

[fringe lagoon]

I got u

Whirling slash twister WH, trinity and all elemental DMG build, spin at the speed of light

Check Poe ninja for Vomi_WH, it's top tier build

https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1449236486737363015 for more info

[uneven elbow]

which league

@fringe lagoon

[jade stone]

finally tired of my bear, and getting one shotted by bosses xd... wanna do some kinda caster maybe a cast on crit, anyone have a guide theyd recommend? not sure which variant to go with

[fringe lagoon]

Standard, might be tough but not impossible on SSF @uneven elbow

[uneven elbow]

cant find it

[fringe lagoon]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Vomii-2056/character/Vomi_WH

[uneven elbow]

ty

Are any of the uniques mandatory? I'm asuming Skysliver is

Also, why merc?

[fringe lagoon]

Skysliver not mandatory, u can use high rare AS spear instead
Wake of destruction I'd say mandatory but easy to find in SSF I guess

WH for the extra 100 WS points

U get other cool stuff like ward (I run 6k ward atm) and more aoe

U can play deadeye, pathfinder, invoker, amazon, abyssal lich with it but your top end AS will be lower so you will move slower

[uneven elbow]

Im thinking maybe Amazon could work also

[fringe lagoon]

Ye I was planning Amazon but realized Falcon Dive was nerfed bad

[uneven elbow]

And utilise Falcon dive +

oh shit

And how is the WS skill points helping? I've no idea how I'd utilize that

[fringe lagoon]

Changed to WH 5 minutes before league start and very happy with it 😄

[uneven elbow]

or like what makes it actually good

[fringe lagoon]

U take a tons of AS on WS1 and dps on WS2

[uneven elbow]

I like the idea of Skysliver

[fringe lagoon]

Its good in campaign too

[old oriole]

how can i apply the buffs i receive to my minions(cuz i don't deal dmg)

[uneven elbow]

I didnt notice the weapon swap, I thought the atziri weapon was a staff till now

[fringe lagoon]

its great spear for the build, u can play rare one too

atziri won't be happy if u dont use her spear tho

[empty flax]

how does bloodletting interact with something like molten crash which has 100% phys to fire conversion?
is the %of damge taken from the end of the damage formula and then the bonus damage is added to the end
or is that extra phys damage put back in somewhere near the start and reconverted into fire? I assume not

I recall that damage can't be converted more than once but idk if thats just poe1, I think it's probs useful in either situation like if the result is extra phys damage being dealt then i imagine I can leech off that

[fringe lagoon]

phys is added at the end afaik

after conversions

[empty flax]

fair, do you know where the '% of damage' is taken from? like is it based on your base damage or final damage?

like as in 40% of this number is added to the end as phys

[fringe lagoon]

Well it is additive not multiplicative with other sources of %extra dmg

The number there already includes those sources

Also I think it's before things like +%phys damage is applied

[empty flax]

yeah fair I figured the in game sheet wouldn't be super ideal

hm okay I feel like that's still good for having some phys damage output to leech off and is probs still pretty good extra damage

thx for the help :)

[mighty portal]

can someone help me find the most suitable build for me? I am looking for something really flashy with smooth gameplay. I dont really care if its the best build for maps or not but it should be a decent build atleast. Does any1 have an idea what build suits this the most?

[torn sage]

I have a level 89 pathfinder and i plan on making a druid. Im sick on getting one shotted by map bosses. What is the tankiest druid build with great clear speed and high single target damaga

[fringe lagoon]

Whirling slash twister, check Vomi_WH on Poe ninja

[strong owl]

How is your character going now. Did you figure out the combo with storm lance and explosive spear

[shadow inlet]

If I have 4th trial done on my shaman do I need to do 4th trial to change to oracle and have all 8 points, or just 1st trial?

[mighty portal]

it looks pretty good ty

[quick axle]

Anyone know why in PoB it says this weapon is stronger than mine, but the in game dps thing shows its a dps loss?

[fringe lagoon]

prob because of fire res penetration - unless u changed it in configuration pob assume enemy is pinnacle with 50% resists. ingame tooltip does not consider elemental penetration

[bold oxide]

you have to do a full sekhemas run again. all four floors. or defeat the trialmaster in ultimatum

[untold reef]

quick question about shock and exposure: if I have 2 skills that can shock, and only one of them has the exposure support, will exposure only be applied if the one with exposure shocks first? as in, once shocked, the mob cannot be shocked again so that the order does not matter?

[tired wyvern]

Is there any way to test heroic tragedy timeless jewel node changes?

[lapis cedar]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/pob/1343c send aid

[sand bramble]

Guys, what build is totally most op this league ? except druid ?

[strong owl]

Pathfinder poison arrow

[sand bramble]

Is it op from start, i mean can it start easily with 5-10d budget?

[strong owl]

Yeah

[sand bramble]

ty bro

[strong owl]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/fubgun-poisonburst-pathfinder-leveling

@sand bramble

[sand bramble]

Thanks !!

[eternal marlin]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Adanterazor-2422/character/KulkasDuaPintu hi, any advice on what to upgrade here? falling thunder build

[true cedar]

Recoup is pretty bad in PoE 2. It takes 8 seconds to recoup.

[long sun]

why do i have to try so hard to keep my Bear alive, but when i play a minion lich i just need CI and lots of ES?

[prime belfry]

Is there a monster list with searchable type made yet?

[lean patio]

did i buy the wrong soul tether for my coc bloodmage? the es leech doesn't feel very good

[dim fox]

How do you guys build crit on spark ? Feels like i have done a lot, gem, jewel, nodes, helm, and barely have 60%

[hearty whale]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tRBWAHy0mE👋🏽
Guys I have a problem with a build I'm following.
The Issue I have is the Single Target Combo. It takes foreeeever to get the Enemy to be "shocked" so I can use Shockburst Rounds... Anyone know what I'm doing wrong? What I'm missing? I'm new to those builds..

[novel hemlock]

Question. Playing an arc build and got 50% fire/cold damage added to the spell from the staff. Is there like a low investment way to apply chill/ignite with that for the 30% damage while chilled/ignited on the tree?

Like without critting it seems like I am stacking freeze and ignite, but I don't think that counts

[tough hazel]

question for poison, once you have plaguefinger - any flat is fine right? there's no advantage for phys except on weapon where local % will scale it right?

[north thistle]

I'm starting to feel convinced that the skill tooltips for the djinn ascendency are bugged. Messing around and I'm finding some increased spell damage nodes actually increase djinn skill damage, and others don't...

The whole fact that the djinns do spell damage but oddly only seem to scale off minion damage nodes did always seem weird

[little lark]

Do kills by my minions trigger "on kill" mods?

e.g. Recover 2% of maximum mana on kill

[north thistle]

No it won't

[odd charm]

Anyone doing coc oracle?

[agile remnant]

Noob here. If im playing sorc but want to increase the new plant skills damage, how does one do that? They normally do physical, so would you have to convert them somehow or something?

[wintry whale]

is ancestral cry bugged it doesnt gain glory in abyssal depths/kulemaks invitation/lightless void

it works normally on maps but in those abyss places it doesnt

[robust ember]

How can i get more gem slots on Skills from Items, such as Chaos Bolt and Solar orb?

[desert hedge]

how do i find out whats wrong with my build? i die and fail every map idk what i can do

[strong owl]

Without plaguefinger full physical.. with plaguefinger all damage

[dry relic]

Finished up with shaman walking calamity and have around 100D what's a good end game build to pour currency into? Spark blood mage ?

[wispy mason]

is there any way to reserve life outside of the infernalist?

[tough hazel]

except on weapon right? since it scales, or did I misunderstand that mechanic?

[strong owl]

That’s kinda like my bow just with a lil more physical damage

[tough hazel]

yea, but that % phys scales the added phys I believe right? So don't stack ele dps there, focus phys for max result?

[strong owl]

Yeah but the plaguefinge says All Damage from Hits Contributes to Poison Magnitude

[tough hazel]

yup, which is why flat on all other gear doesn't matter, I was more curious if the weapon mechanic worked that way or not ... scaling the flat explicit, with the % phys or not

[strong owl]

I’m trying a Amazon lightning spear build and im a level 45 and its solid so far. I gave my pathfinder poison arrow a break

[copper forge]

how can i increase my damage further on shield wall? i am struggling with damage in max juiced abyss maps due to the "monster get harder the more abyss closed" modifier. This is my current setup: https://poe.ninja/poe2/pob/1348a What would you upgrade next?

[real edge]

where can i view my crit chance?

[dusty bear]

Hey, I need help trying to make an EB MOM build tankier, I have pretty good damage now but i'm dying a lot in t15s and t16s, I have ~6k mana

[robust ember]

What determines how many sockets a Weapon Skill gets? (eg solar orb, chaos bolt, power siphon etc) Ilvl of weapon or lvl of myself?

[shy root]

Hey, where does the "Gain Damage as Extra Physical Damage" mod come from for weapons? Is it an Abyss mod or something else?

[kindred dawn]

for weapon swaps and shapeshifting, is there a certain way to do it?

I am trying to use Surging beast, so I have it on my weapon swap with my spell, but doesn't seem to work

[rustic tinsel]

im lvl 87 and i dont have a build... i have 9 div and 360 ex but nothing said hey play me xD and i know its not so much currency ... i try flicker builD....
at the end i was playing storm wave + shattering palm and frozen locus the whole time but now it dosn´t feel good ._. struggle at tier 12+ maps
im invoker

[weak cloud]

I played a witch minion build up to end game and tbh found it pretty boring. It felt very passive, a lot of waiting for your minions to kill stuff. I'm sure the passivity of it is the appeal for other people, but it just wasn't for me. I'm looking for other builds people recommend, something other than druid.

[unborn breach]

cost efficiency doesnt affect triggered skills??

[midnight bolt]

is anyone playing flame breath on dragon? do you ignite or shock at all on skill? i dont understand why all mobs die in seconds but nobody has ignites/ailments only 1-3% of flammability debuff

[fringe lagoon]

Look into whirling slash twister builds for invoker on Poe ninja perhaps you can get something going

[abstract hawk]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/pob/134c8 im not regenerating enough mana and also not outputting enough to trigger my spells more often,would anyone help? this is homecooked coc coa Oracle

[peak otter]

how are poeple using ancestral cry with talisman i keep seeing "wrong weapon type" when trying to make the gem

[shrewd pulsar]

How does this interact with bonestorm? Any clues?

[tranquil steeple]

do the powertread boots apply to like an attack that consumes the charge??

[rustic tinsel]

okay i try 🙂

[autumn shale]

is there a way to poison more than 1 time each attack?

[kindred dawn]

yes

[autumn shale]

how? the +20% chance to poison doesn't do that, does it?

just gotta get it over 100%?

[dry relic]

whats a good 2nd end game build for the league, have a few hundred d

[midnight bolt]

do you need accuracy for AOE attacks?

[worthy hull]

Hello guys
New(ish) player here, that loves group play. I'm thinking about a support build (rarity bot + some buffs/debuffs, maybe banner-ish with MF), but all the builds I find are super high investment or all-in in a single niche.
Any resources or general tips? Or is mixing MF + support just a bad idea?
Thanks!

[olive harbor]

does anyone know how much damage "+1 to map boss difficulty" adds

[static plinth]

The attack has to hit more than once, 100% poison chance is the cap

[last merlin]

is there any reason why the 2nd mjolnir is not useable?

[static plinth]

Hover over each?

[static plinth]

Huh

I got nothing

[broken wave]

the socketed rune now has a limit of 1 across your whole gear

[last merlin]

yup that was it, thank you!

[ornate anvil]

Guys how does self-sacrificing node works for Paths not Taken oracle? 20% reduced but 40% increased for minions = 20% efficiency? IE: Spectre costs 100 will now cost 80?

[open juniper]

what made gemling attr stacker not playable? i got a huge break from game but wanna revive that sort of build

[agile remnant]

I just got my first tier7 skill gem, can you put shockwave totem in spell totem by chance? I just find the idea funny. And do spell totems's "limit 1" only apply to spell totems?

[pine willow]

playing a wyvern amazon atm, evasion es hybrid defenses and I can't decide what to take in a3, ailment or stun threshold, thoughts?

[plucky locust]

should I be doing hybrid ES/Ev on my bloodmage wyvern or just energy shield

unfortunately I dont know enought about playing amazon to really be helpful with your question zax

Do you experience alot of stunning where you are in game?

[pine willow]

From what I understand ES is still king for defenses, so I think you're good going pure ES

I haven't really been stunned much if at all honestly, but I wasn't sure if it might be an issue later on. I could also just say F it and go mana regen lol

[plucky locust]

I personally would go mana regen or ailment then yeah. Im not exactly sure how much stun there is to experience in endgame

but ailments there will surely be

[pine willow]

Yah, I went ailment since I'm not experiencing any mana issues unless I'm spamming rolling magma for an extended period, and even then I have a flask lol

[frail fable]

Why wolf feel so squishy bruh

[pine willow]

Wolf is kinda squishy, relies on freezing everything for most of it's defense

[frail fable]

I thought it seemed fun so I copied a build for it sold my gear I had for my tornado setup now I regret it 😭

Damage is nice n clear

But everything 1 taps you damn near

[pine willow]

What class you playing?

[frail fable]

Oracle wolf

Druid

I regret changing my build tbh my tornado setup felt much better lmao

[pine willow]

Do you have the Lesser Harm ascendancy notable?

[frail fable]

Idk what this

[candid cradle]

I'm a level 90 Pathfinder, I'm doing a t15 map and I have 28k damage with poisonburst arrows.

Is it worth sacrificing 2,000 damage for +500 energy shield? I'm fragile, I can kill Xersh 4 but one hit kills me.

28k to 26k
es 1300 to 1800

[pine willow]

It makes all damage against you unlucky, might help mitigate some damage at least

[frail fable]

Is that a node on the passive tree?

[pine willow]

It's the first ascendancy node on the top side

[frail fable]

On oracle?

[plucky locust]

yeah I swapped to Wyvern for my bloodmage build simply because I thought the bat skin was more thematic and wyvern feels much more impactful than wolf imo

[pine willow]

Yah

[frail fable]

Like wolf clear speed feels good

Just die to fast

It’s very discouraging 😭

Cause I was better off b4 I spent these divs

[pine willow]

After playing some of all 3 forms, Wolf feels the squishiest. Bear isn't exactly tanky, but it has lots of stun built into it's kit, and if you build up the armor and rage synergies, it's decently tanky. Wyvern has ranged options, so can at least stay safe that way. Wolf relies heavily on freezing everything

[frail fable]

Might just pack up Druid entirely tbh n go monk or blood mage

These furry builds ain’t for me

[pine willow]

Monk Wolf is actually pretty good if you want to try that, Invoker and Chayula both work well with it.

[frail fable]

If I go to anything else I’m not doing shapeshift builds

Was thinking flicker monk or coc comet blood mage

[plucky locust]

btw I was doing more testing on the bug we were discussing yesterday and Im wondering if theres something going on with rends damage/application priority or something. it seems like the empowered form DOES apply the bleed if i dont one shot the enemies, but when I inta kill the the bleed doesnt proc resulting in no POP from herald of blood

[pine willow]

Hmmmm that actually kinda makes sense, doesn't Herald of Blood need the enemy to die from bleeding to cause the explosion? If you one tap an enemy, they have no chance to take any bleed damage.

Rend too stronk lol

[pine willow]

Speaking of Rend too stronk, I have now achieved nearly 100% uptime on empowered rend, thanks to the Resonance keystone and Combat Frenzy reservation 😄 put pin on Rend and it sustains it's own charges. I also found the Inhibitor support gem works for what I wanted on Oil Barrage, so I can have all my power charges going to empowering Rend.

[plucky locust]

thats awesome to hear, I tried resonance keystone tho and couldnt quite get that sustain to work

how do you have it set up

are shock and electrocute different ailments!

[pine willow]

yes, and electrocute takes a fair bit to build up, I tested that already, but with just the Pin I support gem, I get enough charge sustain to almost always have empower up.

[rustic tinsel]

i give all my currency for the tornade but it feels dogshit for me ^^ i dont like it im done with the 0.4 xD
good luck and have fun guys 😄

[pine willow]

Sorry to hear you didn't enjoy it, better luck next league I hope

[plucky locust]

so you have pin , rapid attacks and what else on your rend

[pine willow]

Elemental armament for now, will likely stick lightning attunement and innervate on it as I get the slots. Not sure I'll make it to 6L on this character, still so many things I want to try lol

could also put leech on there to go with my ascendancy, so I don't need it on my gear.

[plucky locust]

do you have any pin stuff on your passive tree or is it all solely from the pin gem

cuz honestly this will massively improve my build if this works

[pine willow]

I have 3 nodes, Pin and Run and the 2 attached to it, that's it

aside from that it's just the base support gem

[plucky locust]

it works for regular enemies really well but Im finding that against bosses its less effective unfortunately

[cedar aspen]

For shaman builds I’m looking for any guides or passive tree screenshots of anyone doing a hybrid build. Like bear and wyvern skills or shapeshifter and caster.

Currently giving bear and wyvern a go and want to use bear skills for clearing and wyvern skills for bossing, so I could also build up rage to u leash Fire Breath for bossing. Anyone doing anything like that? What does the passive tree look like for something like that?

[fringe lagoon]

Check Poe ninja

You can filter on anything, including skills

[hardy agate]

Whirling assault, Titan vs Invoker, what will be work best?

[fringe lagoon]

Both have access to good AoE nodes

Technically psthfinder have access to both for omega big whirling assault

Problem is the skill is so slow..

[hardy agate]

I mean, either has access to both

[fringe lagoon]

With psthfinder u can start both ranger and warrior

So easier to get to them without navigating half the tree

[hardy agate]

Whirling assault attack speed has at least been buffed a bit

[fringe lagoon]

Idk I was looking at it for league start and abandoned the idea

Decided for whirling slash super fast zooming instead

[hardy agate]

This won't be a league start

I have done a whirling slash twister tactician before, that was... something

[fringe lagoon]

Maybe check Poe ninja

Curious to see if anyone made whirling assault work

U can get a lot of AoE from monk tree with a from nothing if u go warrior

Very nice new AoE nodes

[hardy agate]

poe ninja suggests whirling assault with both titans and invokers

[plucky locust]

goddamn empowered oil barrage feels so busted

just hold the button and the boss melts

[dusky wadi]

hi im using a build from mobalytics and im just trying to figure out how this guy got so much spirit for his lvl 96+ setup, its confusing https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/freddy-fazbear-giga-tanky-bear?ws-ngf5-f7d82102-7e77-4a44-ad24-33b67e8ae7bf=activeVariantId%2C8b8a4648-ee4f-4d64-a542-daba8936ba9c

[plucky locust]

when something refers to attack speed vs skill speed is that different?

like both seem to affect Rend

ohhh okay that makes sense

[vagrant plinth]

is there a way to convert the explosion damage from embedded spears in Rapid Assault to do Lightning Damage instead of Physical?

[brittle anvil]

have a weapon with lightning damage

[austere veldt]

Can anyone figure out how to get more single target damage with this build? I'm really struggling. https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/vaal/character/RSilver5-6729/TornadoTakeTwo?i=1&search=skills%3DTornado%26class%3DLich

[celest oxide]

I can not decide whether to play Bear or Djinns

I have both to early maps but can not decide what to push lol

Liked em both

[brazen marlin]

https://poeplanner.com/b/666W So I really need the duration nodes in the top right. Can anyone think of a better way of pathing to them without giving up on like most of the rest of my tree

[agile remnant]

Bestial rage states that "every 10 rage also grants 12% increased physical damage" Does this work well with somthing like fury of the mountain since it says "converts %80 of physical damage to fire damage"? So like does it happen before its converted?

[brittle anvil]

after convert, so you only increase the leftover 20%

[agile remnant]

damned, thanks how does one know if its before or after?

oh it says

"conversion is a two step process" inherant to skills first then conversion from all other sources.

thanks btw!

[hardy socket]

ok, thx. why not with Gemcutterprism, like every other Skill....not really selfexplaining ingame... Dialla's Desire gives 10% Quali, Fox Idol 2% on BodyArmour... 5x 2% on a BA. unrealistic..... sounds not as a good solution. other Ideas ?

[north heart]

Yall know a bear build I should follow? I got a wolf one from moxsy but yeah

[pine willow]

I'm not sure about you, but I'm using Rend as a clear skill, it's going to be Flame Breath for bossing once I get it, for now it's Oil Barrage + Rolling Magma and a little bit of Rend when there are openings.

[valid bolt]

Guys is there is any good spark build this league **no bait pls ** I want a build that I can carry a rarity bot and 5 ppl with

[hollow ridge]

I am having an extrordinarily frustrating time with using ice bomb on my weapon swap to benefit from limit and remnant nodes and save points on my main tree. I have pain offering set to both weapon sets (have tried just one or the other) and it's constantly disappearing when i'm swapping sets. I have basically the same spirit and summoned minions in both sets so I'm not sure what I am doing wrong. I am playing varashta minions

[plucky locust]

I'm using rend as a clear skill but empowered oil barrage as a means to kill tankier enemies. With the combat frenzy/resonance it's great for 100% up time on empowered rend for normal enemies. However it leaves me unable to get consistent power charges during boss fights for empowered oil barrage. So I'll stick with siphoning strike to generate boss charges

[plucky locust]

Also...

[mint glacier]

Anyone have a good build guide for a rarity bot/aura support

[pine willow]

Damn, nice jewel 😄

[plucky locust]

Literally just dropped for me a few minutes ago and it felt like rngsus was smiling upon me

It's like perfect for my build

[plucky locust]

This with Devour gives me nearly unlimited power charges. Just a little less passively. I do wish that wing blast had a higher chance to grant charges when staggering tho

[pine willow]

Yah, Wing Blast was a huge letdown imo. It's got some decent utility, but it's not reliable enough to justify running

[vital crow]

i did with titan

[pastel forge]

Just use the lineage gem for power charges

[plush kiln]

totems count as minions right?

[plucky locust]

Which gem?

[plucky locust]

I only see two that do that and neither of them really work with my build

I don't expend combo or use minion offerings

[pastel forge]

I put culmination and that lineage on pounce

Just hit with rend a few times and pounce

[plucky locust]

The combo one?

[pastel forge]

Yea it was like 5ex when I bought it

If you are crit build you can also use snipers mark+charged mark to combo into siphoning strike

[plucky locust]

On the trade market?

I didn't think you could buy support gems

[plucky locust]

Can't I just put culmination and ailiths chimes on siphon strike?

I also don't see the chimes on the trade market rn

[pastel forge]

Currency exchange

[plucky locust]

Ah I see it's 7 exalted and I just spent a bunch of mine

Only have 5

[static rapids]

Anyone know if spell echo can be used with apocalypse?

[pastel forge]

Pounce is also a traversal skill so it's convenient

[plucky locust]

Right I just like to have my power charge generator not be a cool down based skill especially cuz I liem to initiate with it

[somber pendant]

any1 seen this before? what abyssal mods are good and why? poe2dbs page for it isnt too helpful

super hyped for undead companion xD leveling as fast as possible

[pastel forge]

You can use it to position for barrage

Doesn't need to hit anything

[plucky locust]

Oh that changes things

[wooden cedar]

Quick question; when running CI, the standard life flask is obviously useless. Is there anything I can do with that slot that will do something useful (e.g. Regenerate mana although 2 mana flasks do not work, overflow into ES maybe? Something like that).

[pastel forge]

There's a unique belt that allows life flask to apply to es too

[wooden cedar]

Ah, yeah. That's pretty cool but unfortunately not worth giving up my HH. Thanks for the tip.

[brittle anvil]

olroth flask?

[inner sail]

Hey y'all, haven't played this game in a while - like before huntress was released. Was thinking about getting back into it, and wanted some advice and direction for a build I was considering. Basic idea is Raging Spirits socketed with Feeding Frenzy, Infernal Legion, and Minion Instability, which I'd use to trigger something very rapidly via Cast on Minion Death. Possibly another fire spell to make minion creation semi-autonomous? This has probably been done a thousand times, but I don't know much about build-making and never made it to endgame when I used to play.

[wooden cedar]

Does "guard" really have any kind of impact though, realistically?

[wide sandal]

Are there any companions for 35 spirit or less with an aura? All the info I could find online seems to be outdated. Have 35 spirit and a free skill slot, would like to add a companion but all I tamed had more than 35

[plucky locust]

This is a fun one that doesn't really fit my build that well but it'll help til I get a solar amulet that grants me at least 30 spirit

[plucky locust]

Does ritualistic curse work in blasphemy?

[solar forge]

chat is my talisman any good?

[vagrant plinth]

is there a support gem that will make bloodhound's mark affect an area rather than one enemy?

or rather, can i put the mark on multiple enemies is what imasking lol

like elemental weakness

[plucky locust]

Id say so, honestly would love these rolls on a Voltfang talisman

[solar forge]

I dont think even a fury of the king talisman could replace this thing 💀

[random moat]

question, for an arc sorc is there any other type of damage I should be using besides extra lightning and spell damage?

[merry osprey]

put together a giga expensive/minmaxed setup was wondering if anyone had any criticisms https://pobb.in/dOp0hiLWfrtU

[olive harbor]

why doesn't this work on chaos inoculation??

[sudden stirrup]

only 1k tool tip diffrence cirt chance gives like 10% more so thinking mroe that

[balmy tulip]

Can Someone give me any advice on this build?
Its a Str stack spellcaster oracle: https://poe.ninja/poe2/pob/13616

I fell like its tanky enough with 36k ehp, and should have decent clear with nearly 50k dps on ice nove (without taking the Comet dmg into account)
But idk about the Single target, didnt build the character in game yet cuz didnt have the time, pob doesnt support most of the CoA supports so i dont really know if it will be enough single target dmg with Eye of winter + CoA Comet... any advices?

also i dont really know if its possible to get both Keystones the Timeless is affecting and get their effect

so if anyone know that would also help me

for now a friend said it should work, so i put a custom mod to see how big the difference would be...

[brittle anvil]

this? it should not work lol

[balmy tulip]

lol a friend told me about the jewel, he said it worked, but i didnt see myself so i'm doubting it too..

[brittle anvil]

also why not going CI?

[analog patrol]

How to increase defensive?
https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/40605a65-ef32-42b8-a851-dcc4f334483e/builds/b1fed238-4512-4ac6-90ee-0a5bd989e1f9

[balmy tulip]

just because the Ci node should be affected by Heroic tragedy timeless jewel

so i cant really take on the tree

The timeless affect both keystones like in the pob when ingame

i just dont know if i can get the benefit of both at the same time

[brittle anvil]

take it to blood magic, need 1 extra point tho

[brittle anvil]

that's pretty simple to test, just refund one and see if your ES changes

[balmy tulip]

yeah, i just didnt had the time to be playing this weekend, so i couldnt test, thats why i asked, maybe someone already did

[brittle anvil]

I'm pretty sure it doesn't

[balmy tulip]

but the dmg, do you think its good enought? the jewel 'ill place in blood magic node if i cant stack the effect

and take ci

[brittle anvil]

for damage you'll have to try ingame I'd say

[balmy tulip]

got it

tyvm ❤️

[uncut bay]

frost dart for single target

[steel lynx]

are the only playable bear builds one with walking cataclysm? is there no slam ones?

[barren nacelle]

Am i supposed to be doing lightning damage here ? I have shock chance but technically i shouldn't be able to shock cause i don't have anything in my build that allows shocks on other damage types . I just wanna know if its intended or not

[tranquil steeple]

do you have any gain as lightning damage in your tree?

im pretty sure conversion happens early in the process so gain as might happen later

[barren nacelle]

It might be from the actual skill itself gaining my phys as lightning

[wispy mason]

anyone played around with atziris rule? 90% of proj spells dont work with it, the mirror gets destroyed but it doesent proc the extra projs

[odd dagger]

can "cast on ele ailments" gain energy from spells inflicting those ailments being cast from "cast on minion death"?

[whole nymph]

i want to start as ED/CONTAGIOn.. is this a good leaguestarter and strong range here ? played it in poe 1 for 3 seasons https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/pohx-shatter-tactician

sorry this one https://maxroll.gg/poe2/build-guides/essence-drain-lich-build-guide#skills-header

[analog patrol]

Try with this https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/40605a65-ef32-42b8-a851-dcc4f334483e/builds/b1fed238-4512-4ac6-90ee-0a5bd989e1f9
you will be able to finish ALL CONTENT

[plush zealot]

does leap slam breaks armor and then consume the armor it breaks to deal bonus effect, or armor breaking cannot be applied

cuz i dont see the debuff at all when I had armor breaking support socketed to it

[dreamy mulch]

I have been wondering something
1:Ignite got changed, now multiple different sources of ignite stack towards the ailment
2:Infernalist gets their minions to trigger ignite
3:The infernalist minions used to be weak for ignite because the ignite was only from a single minion, but now it should be able to stack it from ALL of the minions

I think infernalist minions may be a possible thing, just not sure how to build it

[frozen knot]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8DuXvlNL0E&t=127s i'd probably take some notes from this build

infernal hounds and the elephant both scale their burn with minion hp

[pine willow]

Anyone know if spell totem is usable in shape-shifting forms like Shockwave totem, or is Shockwave the only one?

[past dust]

is there a minion that I can command to kill itself?

[frozen knot]

https://tenor.com/view/side-eye-meme-side-eye-awkward-leave-me-alone-meme-gif-2083474172024017298

[past dust]

I want to cast cast on minion death and get unholy might at the same time with kurgals leash

unholy might is a strong buff but its another button I have to press so it would be nice if I could automate it

I also fcuckign hate minions

[midnight bolt]

a noob q but when skill or buff says "gain extra damage as xxx" does it work for ALL type of dmg or only physical? so for example if i have most elemental dps weapon base will i get the full benefit of the buff/skill bonus?

[austere veldt]

does derange support work with tornado? For that matter, does drain ailments? I don't think they do...

By that I mean actually work. I know the game will let us craft them for Tornado. There's so few ways to boost it's damage already, and it feels like only a few of the damage supports for it actually do work.

[arctic viper]

is there anyway to move faster with whirling assault? movement speed penalty doesnt work on it and movement speed doesnt change the overall distance. does melee strike range increase it?

[woven depot]

It’s not only extra % of the physical hit no

It is if the modifiers specifically says ‘gain x% Y damage of physical damage’ which there are modifiers that say

[midnight bolt]

ty

[woven depot]

Text and descriptions are very literal and GGG spend a lot of time writing them, in case you didn’t realise it yet but you can press alt and hover over keywords to get a more in depth description of them and their interactions

[obtuse idol]

what is the best quatterstaff base ? >

[hollow bronze]

Anybody know a good druid mapping build? I'm lvl 55 and close to endgame I think

[bold oxide]

entangle

[cinder plank]

How much potential do frost darts have? i wanna build around it but not sure how it'll go

[dreamy mulch]

not exactly the point.... I was referring to how infernalist node that makes ALL damage cause ignite is now much better

as in what would happen if you were using 20 wolves for instance that all contribute to ignite

[dreamy mulch]

in theory the ignite damage is 20% of damage.... before gem multipliers

[austere veldt]

Hi guys, I've got a Tornado build that I'm working on. I was able to kill arbiter, but I'm really stuggling with single target damage on +3 boss T15s. Can anyone help me figure out how to squeeze a bit more damage out of this setup?
https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/vaal/character/RSilver5-6729/TornadoTakeTwo?i=1&search=skills%3DTornado%26class%3DLich

[north thistle]

This is my first time playing specters, I'm wondering if it's worth it to capture rare specters and if they keep their modifiers? Or do you just get any of the type you want?

I remember that companions keep their modifiers, but not sure about specters.

[dusty bear]

hey, any suggestion for a good simulacrum build? I have ok budget, I just want something that's certain to clear t3 simus

[wary canopy]

So, it's looking to me like for some reason Voll's Protector can never generate more than 1 power charge at a time while channeling Flame Breath. If I have no charges I instantly get one when I start burning things. Never goes to 2. When the power charge goes away, I'll instantly get another one. Does this seem intended?

It has the same effect if I start with 1 charge. Flame breath can get to 2, but not 3.

[inner sail]

Hey, trying to get 'cast on minion death' to work with my raging spirits by having the infernal legion support gem kill them, but it doesn't seem to be generating any energy. Anyone know why?

[pastel forge]

i guess it counts skill use? channeling is 1 use fyi

[wary canopy]

But why can the same use of Breath get go from 0 to 1, then again from 0 to 1 after the charge falls off?

[young scarab]

Guys whats the best bossing build for bear druid?

[vagrant plinth]

hey im trying to build into using bloodhound's mark to heavy stun, but the heavy stun build up is absolutely pitiful, pathetic even. Im at jamanra, level 32. Anyone know how to make this thing start actually stacking some real heavy stun?

i want to use things like rapid assault to build up the bleed so i can also explode the embedded spears with thunder leap

[vestal monolith]

Is there any way to passively spend rage?

[wary canopy]

https://poe2db.tw/us/Hateforge sort of?

[mint belfry]

all i ever do is RAGE bruh

[vestal monolith]

Eh, maybe. Looking for spend specifically to trigger bear charge gen quickly.

Was planning to use the spend rage when going back to human to heal, but that's not proccing the Endurance Charges

I guess cause "human" happens before the rage spend.

[fading flicker]

anyone here done a tactician as melee/totems build? as in shockwave + ancestral totem and slammin or something ?

[gentle veldt]

how do I know if rakiata is working...
https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/zeusloko-4617/character/Asena__

[fringe lagoon]

Why would it not work?

U can unsocket it and I'll notice u take twice the time to kill xesh

[vagrant plinth]

has anyone tried making a heavy stun build with bloodhound's mark?

[keen tiger]

can you stack two weapons that both have bonus lightning dmg bonus each is a staff in different weapon sets

[pure oxide]

How do bonuses snapshot in this game? If I have a weapon set perk that gives +spell damage, cast entangle and thunderstorm, and then switch to another weapon set, do the effects I already placed still keep the damage bonus?

[finite geode]

does olroths resolve work with overleech from say blood mage with the annoint that makes it so leech doesnt stop at full?

[pine willow]

Fairly certain that's exactly how it works, that's how I have my volcano set up on my fire bear shaman, a bunch of spell damage and duration nodes on one set and attack damage nodes on the other, seems to work well enough for me

[gentle veldt]

I shouldnt use exposure or curse right?I will test it

[sleek lantern]

Anyone got a interesting djinn build i can test for them

[fringe lagoon]

You should not!

[obtuse idol]

hello, sorry it's not a screenshot but poe is not letting me screenshot so anyway i have no clue which one should i choose

i know all 3 are bad and i am playing ci so the first one is useless

[pine willow]

are you using combo skills at all?

If you are that would enable them more often, if not Spirit Reservation is the only real choice lol

[obtuse idol]

whirling assault + chalyah hand + mantra of destruction

I choose efficiency cause i need another support on a passive and for that i need spirits

wondering if i should div it

[pine willow]

That's a question for a more experienced crafter lol I wouldn't but I'm a scrub who just buys gear lol

[north thistle]

not worth the div

[obtuse idol]

okk

[midnight bolt]

if i have enough hit dmg to proc shock on bosses almost instantly does this node re-activate itself when i keep hitting a boss that is already shocked?>

[north thistle]

use it til you get an upgrade with tyranical

yes, shock refreshes its stack and can increment

[obtuse idol]

what is tyranical ?

[midnight bolt]

ty is the same for igntite/chill?

[north thistle]

meant flaring, not tyranical. its t1 flat phys

but ideally, in dream land, youd have tyranical and flaring for max phys hit

[north thistle]

chill will refresh, ignite will not unless you're using flame breath or i think ininerate also stacks ignites now in 0.4

[midnight bolt]

i am using flame breath! ty

[north thistle]

The eternal flame 3 support gives a 20% chance to refresh ignites on crit

[woven otter]

Honestly go buy a blue T2 phys % and do the same steps as you did

You can get like 150% cheap

You stated with a really weak one unfortunately

[opal bobcat]

If I take eternal life node from lich (life cannot change while I have ES) and have some % of damage is applied directly to health, I know I won't take that damage, but would that damage contribute to recoup?

Not sure because recoup refers to taking a hit that does some damage but doesn't strictly say you have to actually lose life from the hit

[earnest idol]

Also need help on Poison PF. I'm considering upgrading to a ~30div crit bow. For some reason, my damage goes down on my 3div bow with no crit when I check on PoB. What am I missing here? Will I not see more DPS until I upgrade all my other equipment to include crit?

[wraith palm]

What’s your current crit chance / aps?

[ocean patio]

can someone explain to me how i can use vigil of power with weapon set swaps? i dont understand it at all, im doing spark stormweaver

[earnest idol]

5.5% crit / 2 APS

[vital crow]

i went broke crafting my staff yesterday

[wraith palm]

So there’s several routes you can take then. You can stack crit (which will be expensive), you can stack withered (little from tree, most from jewels, could get expensive) and magnitude/speed/duration. Regardless your should probably look at at least some attacks speed to make sure you’re always at max poison stacks. Depends on the route you want to take tbh

You probably want a bit of all of that in there (and despair magnitude forgot that). Most bang for your buck is prolly gonna be withered + curse tbh. Idk how expensive adorneds are but a 100% one should be decently cheap

Gotta do some math tho on the jewels that you get to make sure you’re actually getting benefit from them lol. Need multiples of 20% of inc withered effectiveness or however it’s worded

[earnest idol]

Thanks, but any idea what I'm looking at wrong in POB. Why is the DPS of crit so much lower? Do you need to hit certain break points for it to actually be better? Or is it that most of the benefit is in Garukhan's resolve (wich i dont think POB supports)

[wraith palm]

Oh I thought you said dos goes down on non crit lol

Pob not supporting garukhans probably plays a part in that for sure

[earnest idol]

My bad. I meant changing to crit bow = lower dps

[wraith palm]

It’s super tree dependent / other gear dependent tho I would think you’d want to try to get as close as you can as possible to 50% if you’re going that way.

[lament sentinel]

searched around with no success, has anyone tested if you can extract impales with ravenous swarm? seems like there were bugs when it came out and it wasn't extracting impales

[fringe lagoon]

How does flesh crucible diamond work? It does not give me points or allow me to allocate the keystone. Also why does it list 2 extra keystones when I press alt? 😕

[shadow inlet]

Do I need to do 4th trial again to change whole ascendancy?

[pine willow]

Yes

[mellow shale]

Anyone know if glory generation has fractions? Like Apocalypse generates 1 glory by hitting a white mob with elemental damage. If you have 30% increased glory, will you get 1.3 glory, or does it still round to 1=

[pine willow]

I would guess it keeps a tally in the background and gives you the extra 1 glory once you've hit 4 times, otherwise the % increases to glory generation would be kinda useless

[opal bobcat]

Do area of effect increases affect the spread of contagion?

[woven zinc]

Looking for a guide for starting a plant druid ^ ^ deadrabbit's build solid to follow?

[pine willow]

Probably a fine guide to follow, though Plant druid is easy, I'm terrible at making builds and I had zero issues making it to end game on a plant druid

[woven zinc]

Been torn between full on druid - or goratha's djinn sorc plant build x.x

[random moat]

question, looking at some uniques for a arc sorceress build anyone have any suggestions? currently looking at the earthbound voltaic staff and the sire of shards chiming staff as well as the whispering ice

[pine willow]

Goratha's is probably more end game viable as he focused more on the defenses from Sorc's new ascendancy, but I don't know what Deadrabbit chose ascendancy wise

[magic root]

is blood mage spark crit the best for carrying full party in juiced maps?

[frank python]

Is that good one? And how much I could get for that?

[static rapids]

Is anyone playing Apocalypse spell based druid in end game mapping? I've been leveling one and currently level 50 and it's pretty strong but not sure how well it'll translate to late game?

[silver summit]

Is there ever a breakpoint for rakaitas vs curse/exposure? or is rakaitas always better

[pine willow]

It depends on your build, if you can scale exposure effect/curse effect, those are stronger, but if not, ignoring resists is generally pretty good. If you're playing spells, you have access to Frostbomb for exposure which is the strongest option.

[silver summit]

How much res do we expect pinnacles to typically have?

[visual grove]

So I made my funny flicker druid. Now I wanna make a curbstomp content build. Any thoughts on what to build?

[pine willow]

That's I'm not 100% sure on, but I'm sure someone has the numbers listed. But with Ele Weakness and Frost Bomb you can take enemy resists deep into the negatives, increasing damage significantly

[fringe lagoon]

Druid or any ascendency?

[visual grove]

Doesn't matter. Im down to restart a toon. As id like to keep my funny build ngl

[fringe lagoon]

Then consider whirling slash twister, fastest movement and clear of the league

I like WH for it but you can play other ascendencies too

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Vomii-2056/character/Vomi_WH

[visual grove]

Twisters go brr. I mean sounds funny.

[fringe lagoon]

https://discord.com/channels/174993814845521922/1449236486737363015 for more details

[pine willow]

I just checked in PoB and Pinnacle bosses have 50% all ele res baseline, and take reduced effect from curses and exposure by 50%, so you need to figure out what's better for your build, investing into exposure/curse or just slotting in the lineage support on your bossing skill

[silver summit]

Oh nifty

Curse and exposure are mult with each other right?

Or additive

[pine willow]

I'm not sure lol let me take a look on the wiki see if it says anything.

[silver summit]

This stuff is all on poedb?

[pine willow]

"Reduced resistances from exposure stack with reduced resistances from
Elemental Weakness
and can lower an enemy's resistances below zero. Penetration only affects hits and has no effect if an enemy's resistances are less than or equal to zero. "

I'm using PoE 2 wiki

That's a direct quote btw

[silver summit]

I think it’s an additive interaction with each other

So basically 50+50 is the same as rakiatas and anything more is better

Nifty

[pine willow]

Yah, so if you can get the exposure + curse to get more than -50% res on a pinnacle boss, that's more damage than just the support gem. Although the support does seem like an easier option to be fair, so it's up to you.

[silver summit]

Well it’s also a 17div option too lol

[pine willow]

Very true, convenience comes with a cost 😛

[drifting cedar]

Does anyone know the formula for living bomb detonation damage?

[vagrant oyster]

isnt there some way to check max atttributes required on pob/in game? maybe im thinking of poe1?

[viscid flax]

Can you cast spells in a shapeshift form or does it just force you to switch to your other weapon set always

[drifting cedar]

manually, you have to transform back

you can trigger spells while shapeshifted without shifting to human

smith of kitava, cast on X etc

oracle cast on crit / cast on ailment is solid for this

[viscid flax]

Can I cast spells but stay on the same weapon set tho or does having a talisman force you to be always transformed

[drifting cedar]

been playing just shifters this league, seems it forces you to stay transformed

even talking to NPCs swaps your weapon set

swapping back to talisman immediately shifts you

[balmy snow]

Im looking for a new weapon is there a way to check if it will be better than my current one

[north heart]

There a bear build yall recommend following? Usually I just follow fungun but he doesn’t have one

[feral zinc]

not ingame, but you can use the path of building app to import ur build and paste the weapon in

[midnight kraken]

I have a question: huge fan of tactician pinning. I have used cluster nades and while they do work, they also tend to blind me at my computer. Is there a projectile spam that works with this pin buildup either as effectively or even more so?

[kindred patrol]

how do i even begin to make a good build? im on t6 and can clear them but die fairly easily, and my items are probably bad, guess im not sure what to do , do i just follow a build on sites? i dont know whats good

[pale jewel]

yo whats up good people. I would need some help from some experienced players with good theorycrafting skills. Im following Jungroan Limitless Thunderstorm build but I find its lacking some important stuff like Passive Instill on amulet and 5 links on skill gems. any one willing to help me fill the gaps?

[merry creek]

I'm following fubguns pathfinder build, and I'm still stuck using gas arrow + toxic growth... his youtube video shows his poisonburst clearing maps, but he has 4 arrows using an obliterator bow. How is he doing that? is it just the archery runes (8 divs a piece?)

I guess my question is, how long am I stuck using gas arrow floor + toxic growth? I'd like to one clear with poison burst. My bow DPS is 600

[rough frost]

hi i play titan shield wall , but i can't see or use armor break on mobs or boss its bug or what? i check every thing 100 time any1 can help me

[tired hornet]

I have a question about flicker strike, is it a bait? Feels like you expose yourself to a lot of oneshots from AOEs when flicker striking, and I'm not sure I wanna invest in a build where survivability is random

[gritty ravine]

I just started playing the game, been messing around with a werewolf huntress build, and I found this unique item. Would it be best suited for a lightning sorceress? Or is it a bait item?

[tired hornet]

Most uniques barely see any play since they are very niche. This included. Might be fun while leveling a spark build though

[gritty ravine]

Alright. That's good to know, thank you.

[abstract mountain]

What does Stormfire actually do to ignite's damage? It's worded so weirdly and differently from other gems.
Does it make ignite do 100% fire with 20% extra damage as lightning?
Does it make ignite do 100% fire with 20% extra damage as lightning and 20% extra damage as fire?

[elder mural]

question about poe.ninja website. Some people got their dmg from surrounded added all the time but mine not. Is there smth special i dont understand ?

[rocky juniper]

I need some help.... for some reason my cast on elemental ailment and minions on weapon set 1 for some reason... I have all the requirements

Aren't working*

[lament sentinel]

im pretty sure it's the first one

[bronze marsh]

I assume you clicked the plus button to add a minion and activated cast on ailment?

[rocky juniper]

Yes

[north heart]

so during the campaign uhh what armor pieces should I be looking for... int and armor? I do just rely on str and int?

[abstract hawk]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/pob/13918 would anyone plz take a look at my homecooked COC COA Cold Oracle? The current damage is just okay for t15 2 blue tablets, and the defensive layer is meh, I only could regen through picking up remenants(recovers when I pick up + the mana remnants).

ES is 3800, pob didn't pick up heroic tragedy

[silver summit]

Good news we hit 66 elemental 63 exposure on uniques, we are officially stronger than rakaitas

And to add we can weapon swap for a whopping 22 second time freeze

[delicate canyon]

y does this disable my wyvern moves?

[silver summit]

Why does the final tick of frost bomb seem to increase the exposure higher than the other ticks seem to allow?

The first three ticks send us to 123, and the remaining ticks don’t increase, but the final tick that deals damage also increases exposure to 138

[midnight bolt]

do skills in poe2 snapshot, for example if i start channeling fire breath will it snapshot on the moment i start channeling?

[midnight bolt]

are you CI?

[pine willow]

Damn impressive, so that's an additional 79% more elemental damage on bosses with full curse and exposure effect, big multiplier 😄

[analog patrol]

Would anyone be willing to check out my build? I'd like to improve or change gems in skills. Maybe I can do something to improve defense? https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/40605a65-ef32-42b8-a851-dcc4f334483e/builds/b1fed238-4512-4ac6-90ee-0a5bd989e1f9

[pastel sequoia]

What's better for galvanic shards this league, Witchunter or Tactician?

[fading flicker]

pretty sure pinnacles have like 85% max res or some

[pine willow]

Almost, Uber Arbiter has 75% all res according to the wiki... wonder why PoB has them listed as 50% across the board.

[fading flicker]

did poe1 have 90% on ubers then? hmm i might be mixing things up then u might have not correct something something on pob if its showing that

wiki probs is correct tho naturally

[pine willow]

Yah, using the actual GGG run wiki, no like the Fandom or anything, I would hope that info is correct. Still, 75% minus the 129% resistance reduction @silver summit would put even uber pinnacle bosses and almost negative 60%, so that's a huge multiplier to elemental damage

[silver summit]

We can def get higher too we don’t have a +3 amulet yet and of course we can get perfect jewels and what not

[sharp thorn]

Depends on a particular pinnacle. Xesht and Arbiter both have 75% of all ele and 0 chaos. King has no rez. Olroth has only 75% to cold.

Overall should account for 75% cause arbiter is mandatory now.

[pine willow]

King In the Mists at -129% or more ele res... that sounds like a breeze of a fight lol

[fading flicker]

wait which wiki is YEYEYE ran ?

[pine willow]

Poe2wiki.net at least I'm pretty sure it's theirs, it's the one linked to on their PoE 1 wiki

[fading flicker]

ah yes

using that too

• poe2db

[frozen lion]

i shouldn't have the bringer of flame buff right? since it says "allies" and by the game's own words "you do not count as your own ally" so why do i have it?

[sharp thorn]

It explicitly says that you get the benefit.

[frozen lion]

ohh

my bad

[sharp thorn]

"you and your allies" include you.

[plush zealot]

Poe1 ubers have 70% less damage taken on top of fhe 50% all ele res + 30 chaos

Which is effectively 3.33x more effective life pool regardless any form of stat manipulation (hex, rakiata flow etc.)

[torpid abyss]

DUmb question if I want to use the skill points for weapon set 1 and 2 do I need to have 2 weapons?

[fringe lagoon]

No, you can make your weapon apply to both weapon sets

[pale jewel]

Anyone here playing Limitless Thunderstorm stormweaver?

[past dust]

does the damage of your hits matter for cast on crit or does only teh cast speed and crit chance?

[burnt gust]

I need a build suggestion: I love not using any potions (either the unique mana potion applying constantly or solving it via mana on kill, or blood magic) and I love the ES leeching gloves for not using hp potion. Is there any solid build that is not too niche and does not need hundreds of hours to get online?

[vocal kraken]

hey, is anyone playing the druid and knows whats the best build is right now?

[past dust]

I dont think there is a best build

bear wolf seem safe

[thin flame]

Can anyone tell me why I cant find Freezing Mark on the support gems? for Pounce?

[thin flame]

Plant build is t17 possible and so is Wolf build

[tardy prawn]

Freezing is in some other classes list

as a normal spell

Quarterstaff lvl VII

and Bow

[thin flame]

Yeah just found it its a REGULAR SKILL sorry guys 😄

[tardy prawn]

no worries, I ran into that when I was leveling

[runic carbon]

can i use this support gem

Uruk's Smelting
Support, Lineage, Physical
Supports any skill, causing Armour Break it inflicts to be stronger. Fully Breaking Armour with Supported Skills permanently increases the Physical Damage taken by those affected, up to a cap.
Fully Breaking Armour with Supported Skills causes affected targets to permanently take 5% increased Physical Damage, up to 20%
Supported Skills Break 70% more Armour

with
Armour Break III
Supports Skills that Hit Enemies, causing those Hits to Break Armour based on a portion of Physical Damage dealt. On Fully Breaking Armour with Supported Skills, you have a chance to gain an Endurance Charge.
Break Armour equal to 20% of Physical Damage dealt by Supported Skill
20% chance to gain an Endurance Charge when Supported Skills Fully Break Armour

on my Maul bear attack ?

or will Uruks Smelting not add the 70% increase ?

[midnight bolt]

how long does this debuff lasts?

[vast imp]

whats the absolute lowest base spirit cost minion in the game right now?
ideally looking for one that has 10 cost max. there used to be a terracotta soldier for that low, but i only ever got them with a higher cost. is that still the lowest?

[topaz estuary]

i'm playing wyvern + plant hybrid but i'm running out of skill slots, even with 2 unset rings it's not enough
is there a way to get more besides the unset rings?

[fading stone]

poe2db says 1 second

[cold cipher]

How does chain works with frost wall and enemy? It will chain from wall to the enemy? Or from wall to wall beacuse it is closer?

[inner hollow]

Is there an updated chaos bolt build guide somewhere or is it ded?

[abstract mortar]

how to get ignite immune without the charm?

[fading stone]

there's 3 ways I know of. Either path to or anoint crystallised immunities and then have a majority of your support gems be red
take 100% reduced ignite magnitude on the tree
or get reduced ignite duration over 90% by getting a 60% roll on your body armour and an against the darkness jewel with reduced ignite duration for the other 30%

[abstract mortar]

tyty reduced magnitude on tree looks like the easiest way

[fading stone]

it is the most straight forward but a big investment if you're not already doing fire damage id be sceptical of doing it that way

[abstract mortar]

yeah im theorycrafting some things but almost dropped it already lol

btw how can i check possible cultivation mods for specific uniques?

[rancid heron]

Boys are my defenses still just bad? I’ve been focusing on them but still just constantly getting 1 shot and ran through like a piece of wet tissue paper. On smith of kitava - 3.5k life, 300 Regen a second, 10k armour with 125% applying to ele 100% to chaos, 60% block, capped res except chaos. Build doesn’t do that much damage but enough I clear t15 up to a boss in 3-4 min, takes me 2-3 min for the 4/10 point buffed bosses already tho.

[sturdy granite]

Hey, can anyone tell me how people scale melee aoe? Every video I see people sweep entire screens. Meanwhile my werewolf attacks are basically the same size they were at Lv1

Especially when everything on the tree scales with that dumb root formula, where you basically get nothing from a +30% aoe node

[open lily]

can anyone recommend me a fun and decent class to play? I'm new i played poe 1 for like 20 hours and i have played similar games a bit so I'm not trash
i probably wont like something that auto attacks alot or the classic warrior streotype

[analog patrol]

you can try bear build for druid https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/40605a65-ef32-42b8-a851-dcc4f334483e/builds/b1fed238-4512-4ac6-90ee-0a5bd989e1f9

[open lily]

i saw primal fury huntress had like a spider monkey, is there a build for it and is that good for a beginner or nah?

[wheat socket]

Hey all. I am playing Stormweaver with Infusions, and all of a sudden, during act 4, my Frost Bomb stopped applying exposure to targets. I have been using Short Fuse 2 + Spell cascade since beginning of the campaign and it was fine

any idea what could have caused this?

[wheat socket]

For general knowledge: It was actually because my Frost Bomb was under levelled. After updating its level, the exposure is applying again just fine!

[shadow shore]

does infernal cry add damage with brutality support?

[fringe lagoon]

Whirling Slash twister, really fun, fast and can scale well from campaign to endgame

[fringe lagoon]

Maybe they play herald of ice?

[open lily]

can i play like a ice sorceress ? do you have a build to sned me for it ?

[fringe lagoon]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Vomii-2056/character/Vomi_WH

For ice sorcerer type of build maybe look for stormweaver

[hybrid ocean]

There are a few ways, the classic one being armour explosion chaining with herald of ice.
There's also no 'root formula', it's just linear.

[sturdy granite]

Well, no, I mean they attack and the attack animation covers the screen. I've anointed +2 melee strike range and used Magnified Area 2 and it barely gives any extra attack size

(Specifically talking about Lunar Assault, cause I can deal with anything that I can freeze, but its tiny range means ranged mobs keep peletting me

[fringe lagoon]

Consider from nothing to the monk area, there are 2 18% aoe nodes there

[analog patrol]

Nice damage 😄 ~170k per use

[fringe lagoon]

Then best advice is to go on poe ninja, import one of the good builds on pob, look for their AoE sources and compare to yours

[sturdy granite]

hmm

aight, yeah, that sounds like a decent solution, thanks

[fringe lagoon]

from nothing eternal youth btw

[south cobalt]

Ppl, question regarding poison damage and current meta with Plaguefinger gloves - when you enable contribution to poison magnitude from all types of damage from hits, is there a specific element (or physical) that affects the scaling the most? Or generally speaking, all of them scale equally and regardless of which t1 stat on ring I'd get (whether it'd be cold, fire, lightning or physical), the output dps will be more or less the same?

[rough frost]

hi any1 can help me plz ? i play warrior titan shield lvl 78 but i cant apply armour break on mobs i check guides 100 time ty https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/DarkClaw-7708/character/WaRriorClaw

[cloud pebble]

hey, can anyone explain how Bogfelled Commander build works? I've seen people compare it to RF but I can't find good recent videos that demonstrate it

[plush zealot]

I just discovered this interesting node located in the mercenary side of the tree
does this aoe increase condition also applies to herald of ash

[static plinth]

iirc, you socket a bunch of minion life supports and infernal legion, then spam your weapon swap key so it continuously teleports to you cuz its slow as fuck

And it has an absurd amount of HP so everything just dies

[midnight bolt]

can someone explain wtf is this, and how is reforming different from reviving , are there some other effects that revive minions besides timer and this notable ignores those?

[random moat]

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/60fdab3c-4b97-4983-8497-41e2636707a1/builds/85f88734-2a1b-46f0-a179-f27836b9a6ed anyone have any feedback on this build so far? having a bit of a mana and survivability issue so far, but the damage on t1-3 maps is solid but not enough to intant kill enemies

[sturdy granite]

Ancestral Call helped. I kind of forgot that the extra attacks do not originate from your character, so Lunar Assault just sweeps the middle of the pack pretty often

[unreal girder]

Would "reduced defenses" do anything for an EB build?

[obtuse ruin]

which venom draught should I pick as a rampaging bear?

[muted umbra]

If I had to guess, Reviving = Undead/Occultist minions, Reforming = Tame Beast

[pearl vortex]

I'm planning my build in PoB2. When adding rage (which I get from Eternal Rage) I get the following error (and it does not affect my DPS)

Any ideas?

[static plinth]

Reforming is only natural reviving, as opposed to something like Skeletal Clerics which will revive minions early

At least thats what the tooltip is saying

[midnight bolt]

ty!

i was confused cause of wording

[shadow shoal]

can anyone help me with my build and just understanding of some mechanics im on tier 9 maps and i dont feel like im struggling but i have a hard time understanding if a item is good or not?

[cunning ridge]

is this worth buying for oracle wyvern? not really sure where to ask

[stable dirge]

Dumb question but do sheild skills like Resonating Shield and Shield Wall scale off of mace damage in any way?

[random moat]

anyone have any suggestions on how I can improve my build?

[past lake]

What are the tankiest builds/classes in the endgame

[dusky wadi]

is there any way you can look at a players equipped gear by searching their name?

[pearl vortex]

any ideas?

[frozen knot]

eternal rage is bugged in PoB

[static rapids]

For Oracle with Forced Outcome, is it correct to assume that I want to stack some crit chance but mainly want to focus on crit damage? (spell based, if that makes any difference)

[frozen knot]

yep someone did the math and 30-40% CH seems to be the sweet spot

[covert cargo]

How do I get the rend ability?

[silk portal]

What are some good nodes to aim for for Lightning spear amazon?

[muted umbra]

What are some of the better non-crossbow SSFHC builds?

[prisma geyser]

Why are people running efficiency 2 on lunar blessing?

It still eats all your rage right?

[modern swallow]

Question about the Incinerate skill, and "gain % of damage as extra fire damage", and how they interact.

Basically: Do they?

Incinerate says "Ignites as though dealing 30-46 fire damage per second." If I have an effect that reads "Gain 10% damage as extra fire damage". Does that extra fire damage apply to the "imaginary" hit to ignite?

[modern swallow]

I can't figure that out either. I tested it and it doesn't seem tolast any longer with efficency. (I hoped it might make the rage->duration conversion cheaper, but no.)

It's a recommended support gem for the skill, and I have no idea why, unless they just needed something to put there... My only guess is that it's because it costs a lot of mana?

[prisma geyser]

Maybe? I'm running blood magic so it's a weird one lol. I'm just trying to figure out why literally everyone has EFF2 on it.

[modern swallow]

I tried a bunch of stuff on it on my werewolf, and finally gave up on it. Couldn't figure out any benfit that was remotely worth the opportunity cost.

[prisma geyser]

I love it.

[fringe lagoon]

Yes, on Poe ninja

[celest stag]

How do u put a Jeweler's orb on your auto attack skill? (Maul in this case)

Won't let me increase it for some reason

[static torrent]

You do not.

Default Attacks gain additional sockets as you level up.

[celest stag]

Ah I see

When do u get the 5th slot?

[celest stag]

Got it tyvm

[uneven fable]

Can you not copy/paste an item from trade into POB?

[wooden iris]

Hey guys, I'm a frost wolf with gain %dmg as phys dmg on my wep, double leech on my rings, running soul tether leech + fast metabolism annointment - thing is, the leech does not seem to be working at all

any ideas or common pitfalls i might have gone into?

[iron harbor]

Don't you have zealots oath or scarred faith keystone? That might screw it over

Also how big is the % phys? Endgame mobs have high leech resistance, if you only deal little damage, maybe it's not very noticeable

Also CI would kill it

[wooden iris]

Hmm, not running any of those keystones - i've screenshotted my lunar blessing + herald of ice

i never knew about leech resist, could it be the issue? maybe my phs dmg is pitifully low?

[iron harbor]

Yeeeeah those numbers look tiny, I think that might be the issue

[wooden iris]

oh boy, guess i'm screwed

any ideas to salvage the situation? everything converts to cold dmg...

[iron harbor]

I use mark of siphoning support on pounce, it's great if you pounce on rares consistently

But I mostly sustain by ZO and life regen on my wolf, which I guess isn't the most ideal, but works for me, it's reliable XD

[abstract hawk]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/pob/134c8 im not regenerating enough mana and also not outputting enough to trigger my spells more often,would anyone help? this is homecooked coc coa Oracle

[opal bobcat]

Can the contagion spread or the dots it spreads when the affect enemy dies deal critical hits?
Wondering if it works with CoC

[woven depot]

nope, dots can’t crit

[carmine flicker]

assuming I always have infusuion - how good is Arc currently?

[timid finch]

whats the strongest builds out there rn

[icy garnet]

are the buids on maxroll better than the mobalytics

?

[fringe lagoon]

Whirling slash twister is one of the best builds imo

[opal bobcat]

gotcha, ty

[timid finch]

ill check it out!

[wooden iris]

mark of siphoning helped out a lot, thanks!

i still feel like a clown though, soul tether was quite expensive for such a limited interaction 🤡

[fringe lagoon]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Vomii-2056/character/Vomi_WH for a very expensive top end

[timid finch]

i dont think that will work lol. im barely starting the toon and just wanted to plan ahead

[fringe lagoon]

Actually if you check this one you can use the "Time Machine" dropdown on the top and can check how the build progressed from league start https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/vaal/character/Vomii-2056/Vomi_WH

I played all campaign and progressed to endgame easy with this build

[timid finch]

is there a vid on this u got anywhere where i can visually see prograssion by chance

[trim steeple]

what are some of the best spells to scale with aoe

[rancid flame]

Hey does anyone know if Tu'ls stillness avoids the "cannot cause freeze buildup" effect from frost dart?

[fringe lagoon]

For Witchhunter no, for other ascendencies (Deadeye, Invoker, Abyssal Lich) maybe

Good luck choosing a build

[trim steeple]

any good aoe spells that shotgun?

not sure how poe 2 shotgun mechanics work

[quartz shore]

which of these would be best for hardcore?

[trim steeple]

minions are fairly safe?

[quartz shore]

okay thank you

[verbal reef]

Is there any build like was LA deadeye last league? But something else..that not dies to 1 shots in juiced abyss maps and clears fast and has boss dmg to deal 30, 40 million dmg / solo content.

I tried plant build..feels off, tried pathfinder poison..meh, not for me, now I tried some cast on ailment sorcerrer with comet...it has dmg and clearspeed but dies a lot...with 4k mana and super huge remnants and stuff...nothing goes how I whish could go

[timid finch]

i was looking into rampage bear, seems fun but single target is not...fast.

[trim steeple]

I wonder if attack abyssal lich might be viable

[frank python]

Why Uul-Netol's doesn't work with my Herald of Ice - I'm not getting any chaos dmg on Herald?

[median beacon]

Hiya! o/

I'm trying to make an archmage Thunderstorm Shaman that redirects as much damage to mana as possible, but I'm running into an issue: I got no idea of how to gain Arcane Surge easily/reliably.

The only two ways I know of are 1. arcane surge on crit from tree, and 2. arcane surge on spending 100% of your max mana from the support gem. But if I stack mana, I don't know if I'll be able to get enough crit to make arcane surge on crit reliable enough; and since Thunderstorm isn't a skill you cast a lot (and will cost 50% less mana due to the storm keystone), I don't think Arcane Surge support will work.

Any idea of how I could gain arcane surge reliably on such a build?

[median beacon]

iirc, damage conversions listed on gems are done before any "gain as extra" / conversions from things other than gems. If that's the case, your herald is considered to only deal cold damage, so there would be no phys damage to be gained as extra chaos. Tul's Stillness would probably work though

[digital schooner]

Hey, does anyone know if animate weapon from the smith ascendancy can apply blood stone lance from Astziri's contempt ?

[minor tree]

For entangle vs single targets does it matter how many fissures I have or will multiple fissures apply more damage ticks?

[fervent dust]

Using dark effigy, if i add Escalating Poison which adds targets can be affected by +1 poisons from my poison source will dark effigy gain another projectile or are both poisons counted as a single DoT?

[topaz talon]

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Enjokala-0019/character/RipRenderingRend

How does one play CI on melee? I am constantly stunned and ailmented

it is so miserable

[novel obsidian]

I have question so this unique ring says that if target is bleeding then all damage contributes to chill magnitude do I need to have freeze dmg from somewhere else to freeze the target? Like putting freeze buildup gem(sorry English isn’t my first language)

[plucky locust]

This is the obvious pick over intelligence yes?

[viral shard]

how does gain as extra work? right now, using a heft/heavy swing gem (specifies physical damage) doesnt improve uul netol's gain as extra chaos damage on my sheet, but rigwalds does (30% more attack) give me more sheet chaos damage

[silver summit]

Always take resist

[midnight plank]

Can anyone explain how the ring with obviously higher damage lines decreases my dps by 50?

[silver summit]

The in game dps meter is not accurate, use path of building for more accurate math

[flat relic]

does the damage over time effect from Decaying Hex support benefit from my % increased Chaos Damage passive nodes?

[silver summit]

Ignore the ingame dps meter, use path of building

[midnight plank]

yeah cant interact with most things outside of base game, playing through geforce now

[silver summit]

Pob doesn’t care about that you can import your character directly from the path of exile website

[silver summit]

I’m pretty sure gain as extra treats the extra as bonus base damage that gets increased by other multipliers

[stiff hinge]

Does Font of Mana not work on spell totem?

Im not seeing the buff pop up but im seeing the totem light up

like it has font of mana

[plain monolith]

Anyone have any idea why Tul's Stillness is not adding damage to Molten Crash?

[bronze trout]

hey guys, i'm building a bleeding witch hunter, but now i'm wondering about taking decimating strike or full line of concetration(since pob doesnt support it yet), have anyone already tested it?

[dawn heath]

if it's regen it'll probably show on your mana regen if you hover over mana on the character tab

[tranquil steeple]

Any idea what builds can do fully juiced overrun with difficulty per closed pit? Currently on ice arrow Amazon but can only do like 70% of it then it gets insanely slow and I do no damage.

I think if I was deadeye it'd be a lot better but im not so 💀

[plucky locust]

does hand of chayula apply the curse with an AOE or is it single target?

[timid cloud]

single target

[timid cloud]

honestly any build can struggle finishing those maps sometimes they have insane modifiers on them and also extreme toughness as each pit get closed so you're doing fine

[timid cloud]

weird should be a bug. report it. you have lots of cold damage on molten crash so it should work

[long parcel]

whats the diference between that second line and just "20% increased armor"

is it just straight up worse?

its "20% armor only while you have some energy shield"

and if yes than why doesn't it just say it like that..

[sleek lantern]

is anyone playing djinn ice nove?

[tranquil steeple]

The loot is isnsane I get multiple abyssal echoes each run and all 😭 but I want to be able to properly clear it

[crystal drift]

why does my entangle lose dmg when changing to this pyro staff? i feel like im missing something

[fringe lagoon]

Are u looking at dps or average hit? DPS is affected by cast speed, which u lose on staff 2

[crystal drift]

just wondering if im losing dps switching to pyro staff

[fervent dust]

Using dark effigy, if i add Escalating Poison which adds targets can be affected by +1 poisons from my poison source will dark effigy gain another projectile or are both poisons counted as a single DoT?

[stiff hinge]

It is mana leech to those on area based on phys damage

[cold sleet]

im looking to roll aurabot im wondering should i go crono or litch for support/curse bot?

[naive mason]

this buff applies only if you "recently" shapeshifted right? like after 4 seconds it doesn't apply it

[gloomy gazelle]

Has anyone experimented with this yet?

[violet grove]

I'm screwing around with Unraveling because that seemed fun. Even at level 45ish, I am quickly realizing I can use literally any skill now, as I can reliably do any ailment at any time. This seems like it could be good fun to do some hijinks with. I am of course going to run Ancestral Cry and Elemental Sundering. I might do spear as a secondary weapon set for that? And perhaps lean into something else main skill wise?

Thoughts/opinions?

[violet grove]

Right. So you have to be shapeshifting every four seconds to maintain it.

[violet grove]

This seems bloody insanely good, whoa.

[plucky locust]

Are these decent resistances for act 4?

I'm a wyvern/lightening based bloodmage

[autumn shale]

does armour break increase poison damage?

[halcyon berry]

is fire wall affects projectiles fired from volcano?

[shrewd crane]

How's wolf druid been holding up for the abyssal hell pits?

Is it better to just be meteor bear or can wolf actually pull off the balance of dps and not randomly blowing up?

[calm lava]

I've struggled with ground degens on a wolf oracle, it's difficult to deal with when the end encounter has 2-3 of the degen, unless you can blow them up instantly

[pastel forge]

ok that is lame, if i do the 2nd weapon set for lunar blessing, if my main talisman is not set to wolf it wont enjoy the buff (extra cold, not moonbeams)

[calm lava]

Yeah Lunar Blessing / Walking Calamity's effects are only active in that form. Unlike Savage Fury though, they don't immediately end if you swap out, so you can dip out/in as needed

[pastel forge]

nono, thats not the case actually for the dmg buff

[calm lava]

Oh?

[pastel forge]

if i just use lunar blessing on main talisman (wyvern) i can use lunar blessing and continue smacking stuff with wyvern rend etc and still enjoy the dmg buff (not moonbeams)

[calm lava]

Oh neat!

[pastel forge]

but if i set it to 2nd weapon set the buff wont apply unless the main talisman is set to wolf

[calm lava]

I knew Rend's damage buff works outside of wyvern form, but not the damage gained as cold blessing

Interesting

[pastel forge]

feels like it should work

rip my gold spend on setting up 2nd weapon set

for more duration

well i can still use it on main weapon set but the duration is gonna be bad

[shrewd crane]

Dang. I figured it was going to be pretty rough once I got to that point. Hopefully meteor bear can hang in there better because I'm set on one of those two.

[calm lava]

If your DPS is high enough you might be able to blow them up before the overlapping degens kill you, but my wolforacle is not quite there yet

Maybe if you're capable of killing rares from out of range using Moonlight Blessing?

[shrewd crane]

Do you think there's an end of the tunnel kind of deal wolfborn where it can reliably hang with some of the nightmare mobs in abyss?

[calm lava]

Yeah probably

[next linden]

Anyone here play Bear Titan? Looking at Dreamcores Build, he has a Armor version, and another using Lightning Coil. Which would be more tanky?? my thoughts are standard armor, 2% life/sec etc, plus armor towards ele damage as a whole vs phy as lightning... let me know your thoughts.
https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/dreamcore-bear-slams-titan?ws-ngf5-f7d82102-7e77-4a44-ad24-33b67e8ae7bf=activeVariantId%2C2

I played LC with witch hunter last leag ue and was amazing, just wondering how it would play with Titan Bear

[plucky locust]

What does this mean

Nvm I figured it out

[broken nexus]

i'm interested in making a thematic character that uses something that resembles magic missile, just because. I've been looking at some different options but are there any abilities that are kind of magic missile-ish?

[celest oxide]

What's the best ascendency for Wyvern? Oracle or Amazon or something else?

[lament sentinel]

has anyone tested if hex bloom's spread effect is affected by aoe increases?

[plucky locust]

If I wanted to do like a Mercenary pirate captain with a skeleton crew. (Summoner build using explosive crossbow abilities) Would that be viable

Im trying to decide on a supporter pack to buy and the Kalguuran pack caught my eye. I just like doing theme builds

Might be cool to use poisons and contagion in there

[woven depot]

Tactician for sure, and mirage archer spirit gem and maybe use something like arsonist summons

Or a pirate themed spectre

[plucky locust]

Interesting I hadn't looked much at tactician yet because most of what I found online was recommending gemling

[woven depot]

nonono

Gemling is bait

tactician also has artillery fire skills that fits your theme as well

and adds your weapon damage to your summons damage calculations

[plucky locust]

OH that's perfect

And could I weave contagion and poison into the build as well you think?

I just worry things will be spread to far on the skill tree

[woven depot]

Maybe a bit spread, but it’s about theme rather than function and I don’t see why this wouldn’t work out well enough to map with

[plucky locust]

One issue is I won't have much spirit for minions til later I just realized

Unless I use one handed weapon

And a scepter

Makes it difficult to run a crossbow

[woven depot]

can use an enfolding dawn while levelling

[plucky locust]

This might work!

Too bad there's no giants blood for crossbows RIP

[young scarab]

Guys someone know a bossing build for druid bear?

[midnight geode]

does "gain x dmg as y" apply after or before dmg type conversion?

i thought of making a poison twister build and use this thats why im asking

[woven depot]

after, use plaguefingers

[dim fox]

Hi, i can't talk in the church of stormweaver channel it says i'm not friend with the person i'm trying to reach

[fringe lagoon]

Maybe full?

[dim fox]

Like too many people so i can't ?

[fringe lagoon]

Could be, try pinging the mods maybe

[burnt gust]

Lavianga's Spirits Gargantuan Mana Flask: do charges not matter for this flask? it just applies it permanently?

[trim mist]

hey i buit this off meta exploding chileed ground build check it its really fun not expensive its also zero to herohttps://www.youtube.com/live/VOMl2qjcPcs?si=7_3lRMCjQDhs6CjU

[analog patrol]

I just get HUGE damage for a molten crash

[mortal geyser]

Hey guys, I'm running Ice Nova & Snap with CoC Comet Oracle. It makes lots of cold infusions.

I would like to ignite enemies with Ice Nova so I also get fire infusions for Comet.

Any ideas if this is possible?

[nova onyx]

do incision cause hit without bleeding chance to cause bleed?

[frozen knot]

yep it's 10% chance to cause bleed with hit per incision

[lime narwhal]

gonna start on my second toon, thinking cold sorc. is the new ascendancy best for cold or good ol stormweaver ftw again?

[unreal girder]

Does magnified area increase the dps of entangle or do ppl use it for clearspeed?

[old oriole]

how would this increase my damage

my minion damage

[fringe lagoon]

if you socket it it will change the notables around of it and some of them might buff minions in different ways

problem is you can't tell how many nodes will be turned into something relevant to your minion builds, it depends on the seed (22127) and there is no calculator

[old oriole]

they're so fking expensive

[fringe lagoon]

I guess if you dont like it you can sell it back but I imagine it is going to take a little while till you find a good one

[mellow shale]

Does Avatar of Fire prevent "gain X% of damage as extra damage" effects from working if they aren't giving fire, or does it convert them? Tooltips seem to indivate those effects don't get converted and are just ignored, but tooltips don't always factor everything so who knows

[flat root]

for lunar assault how does it scale? (which stats to look for when getting/crafting a talisman?) (crossposting here)

[calm lava]

It's based off your attack damage. If you want to increase the freeze buildup, you'll want either more physical or more cold damage on your talisman

[flat root]

so overall for shattering which is the stat priority? (i.e. sort by physical damage if buying, add to cold damage or just dps?)

[calm lava]

I usually sort by physical damage but idk if that's optimal. A roll of 150% increased physical damage on a jade talisman is like, 150-225 added damage, which is higher than the maximum flat added cold you can get

[flat root]

plus there are the elemental damage to attacks and level to all melee skills, mathematically there could be a difference and some combination being better than the others but its a game so its too much to bother calculating outside the game.

[viral heart]

I'd go with the generic phys +5 melee skills +atk spd talisman

Works on almost every shapeshift build as well as being able to sell it for big money if you ever wanna swap off

[flat root]

still leveling but yeah

[viral heart]

Don't overthink it then, just go for phys damage and atk spd mainly on the talisman

[flat root]

this good?

[viral heart]

If its not that expensive then yeah, that'd be fine to get you to maps probably

[flat root]

10ex or somethin

[viral heart]

Captainlance has a cheap way of crafting a 600-ish pdps talisman as well

But thats for when you get to maps as it seems like you're almost there judging by the level requirement for the talisman

[flat root]

true, there is this option as well with 1c (previous had no qual or runes this one has)

[fringe kelp]

what would armor demolisher do in beserk???

[iron harbor]

It shouldn't do anything, it makes no sense 😅

[fringe kelp]

thats what I thought haha

[shy root]

Can anyone explain why many Lightning Spear builds use Voltaic Mark, despite them apparently not having any way to actually electrocute? Or does that mark actually enable you to do that, not just enhance it?

[iron harbor]

Maybe they forgot it was changed from last patch? Also I haven't played it this season, but people used to put electrocute on storm lance

[fringe kelp]

so i'm tryna cook here, does anyone know if impale works with thrashine vines (e.g. do the vines extract impale dmg? what about entangle vines?)

[slender bone]

Can somebody please explain what are the increments of Widowhail's effect ?

[fringe kelp]

it seems vines do not extract impale hits.... sad.... anyone know of a good way for a spells druid to extract impale?

[shy root]

Thanks, no Storm Lance either, probably just forgot, will adjust for that - thought I was missing something 😅

[shy root]

Living Lightning support summons small minions with chaining melee attacks that can extract the impales (as far as I know)

[fringe kelp]

hmm, that could work actually since I already use thunderstorm

[iron harbor]

Tbh you see people sound silly things on ninja all the time, using sports that don't do anything and all that, it's funny.. but all last league guides 100% used it

[shy root]

Speaking of which, I see alot of people using Rakiata's Flow together with Elemental Weakness, isn't that just gimping Rakiata's potential? 🧐

Or downright reversing it for normal mobs

[iron harbor]

It absolutely is indeed

[fringe kelp]

yeah, ppl dumb 😄

[shy root]

Thanks, I always assumed the people on there must know what they're doing, but alas...

[fringe kelp]

what is the damage based on? your attack damage? the spell level? what does it scale with? 🤔

[iron harbor]

You also get to see a lot of people running ele weakness, exposure and a lot of penetration

[shy root]

Sorry I don't know how that works, I just used them in my plant build for the impale exctraction, since apparently any melee hit can do that, no matter how small (I never was 100% sure if it worked though, but the wording makes it sound like it does)

[fringe kelp]

you are correct, just tried it, and they are extracting ❤️

idk if its any good for my build, but might help with bossing

idk, bonestorm channeling is so slow idk about this at all

[iron harbor]

You need a lot of cast speed for it

[fringe kelp]

well i do have a lot, since thrashing vines scales on cast speed

hmmmm, its hard to tell if taking the time to cast bonestorm is any better than just constantly casting entangle

[stable dirge]

Besides +level of melee skills what other affixes should i look for on my mace for a resonating shield/shield wall build?

[arctic viper]

i can stack this buff right? if i put it on different auras. pob is only calculating it once

[narrow elm]

Hello!! I need some help progressing. Im playing stormweaver CoC comet and this is my current build: https://poe.ninja/poe2/pob/13de2

Should I focus on getting better helmet and boots OR save enough divs to buy a from nothing to blackflame covenant?

[shy root]

You can get "Gain damage as extra physical damage" via Perfect Essence of Abrasion (prefix), and just strength I guess 🤔

[stable dirge]

So +flat damage is a dead stat for shield skills?

Idk if im reading them right

It looks like it says it only scales off of shield armor but idk

[shy root]

yea damage on your main hand weapon doesnt transfer to the shield skills

[stable dirge]

Ah

[shy root]

but gained as extra phys damage is global

(or at least it should be, since it works for heralds e.g.)

[stable dirge]

Damn if im reading this right on craft of exile that means all of the prefixes are worthless lmao

Besides gained as phys

[shy root]

which sounds bad, but is actually not bad, since it makes crafting the weapon exceptionally easy and cheap 😄

[stable dirge]

True

Just thought i would gain like some value out of the prefixes

[shy root]

Don't worry, you'll have to worry about that for your shield instead 😬

[stable dirge]

Bleh

I'll have to figure that out when i get to mapping then

Guess if the mace is just a stat stick i should use one with an implicit

[primal hill]

What support gems should I put on Skeleton Cleric?

[brazen marlin]

How much mana do you need for mana stacking to really be worth it.

I'm doing an ember fusillade build oracle and am thinking of maybe getting the unborn lich staff with the lightning version of fusillade and can get like 9% damage per 100 mana + 3% from arcane intensity + arch mage

[mortal geyser]

I'm on 3.5k and it's 20% of my tooltip dps and 1k per second regen with a bunch of regen too

[clever vine]

For LS build is Gemini bow mandatory? Or i can use other bows without mulyiple arrow rune?

[brazen marlin]

That's less than id figure

But I guess that's only showing for archmage

Not all the spell damage

[arctic viper]

hello. i was trying to play whirling assault and then beeing able to cancel the skill whenever with cross slash (wolf) but doing so when going back to human form i still have my staggering palm buff but i stop shooting the wind proj XD is that just cooked for me now? you guys think its a bug or intended.

[mortal geyser]

I don't have Archmage

Hmm may try it for clearing trash over cast on crit

[kindred dawn]

for the pounce skills's summon wolf portion, I need to link the pounce itself to strengthen the wolves right?

[mortal geyser]

It's about another 60% damage

[narrow elm]

Hello!! I need some help progressing. Im playing stormweaver CoC comet and this is my current build: https://poe.ninja/poe2/pob/13de2

Should I focus on getting better helmet and boots OR save enough divs to buy a from nothing to blackflame covenant?

[celest oxide]

Should I invest heavily into my Djinn Sorc or use my gains to make a Wyvern Oracle lol

Or something else idk what's cool

[silver gorge]

im using infernal cry and herald of blood atm. Is there anything else I can use to get corpse explosions ?

[viscid fox]

did they remove the lineage support gem that prevents a skill from being able to kill with hits?

[silver summit]

Yes

[calm lava]

Is there any way of keeping yourself from losing the convalesence buff due to your ES being full?

[little rock]

any of u guys playing galvanic shards build on the high end?

[carmine flicker]

15k ES and 4k regenetation or 20k ES with 3k regeneration?

[echo badger]

Djinn sorc is still super easy mapping for me so far

[celest oxide]

Same here just debating about trying something different

[echo badger]

Swap the command skills

I changed from fire to cold when I got bored

[celest oxide]

I don't like Cold actually haha

Really liked Fire though

[fading flicker]

thinkin of a shockwave/acnestral totem tacti

[north heart]

Guys idk what wolf build to follow

[round marten]

i just specced CI and im being 1 shot by everything, what am i missing? O.o

[teal pollen]

Hello all, I need inspiration, I have made a titan bear, Flicker strike monk and a rarity aura ritualist, i need inspiration for my next build, i want it to be more fun that OP, for context not a huge fan of lightning because I like explosions, like herald of ice for example

I like fun screen clear explosions rather than lightning just killing them

[chrome shuttle]

Can I get some clarification for this keystone?
Is it just 1 Incision = 15% chance to cause bleeding, or does other stuff also work? (Thousand cuts?)

[clever wadi]

is there an easy way to not be on full life so i can take pain attument for oracle?

[cedar aspen]

Have you got any nodes on the tree that bypass energy shield

[dusky wadi]

what would i search to search for a corrupted cloak of flame with lightning res on it?

[fringe kelp]

Does anyone know how Zealots Oath (excess life recovery from regeneration is applied to energy shield) works with "damage recouped as life"? Cause in the character sheet it shows up as "additional recovery" after you take damage

But I'm not sure if the damage being recouped will add more energy shield or not. And it's EXTREMELY hard to test

[cedar aspen]

It doesn’t. Recoup, leech, anything other than Regenerate % of Maximum life, won’t work.

So you’re main way of es regen with zealots is going to be life regeneration on gear, regenerate x% maximum life per second, and then to scale that would be increased x% life regen.

Recoup and leech isn’t totally useless, when you lose es and are taking health damage, it’s a good way to keep topped up so that ES can begin recharging again.

[fringe kelp]

Thanks for that answer!

Yeah I'm mostly planning to use the spirit gems for 3% max life, some nodes on tree, and then lots of "more life regeneration rate" along with arcane surge applying to life

I'm also doing "life taken from mana first"

[cedar aspen]

No worries. Only because I asked the same thing trying to figure zealots oath out in 0.2. Biggest focuses for zealots would be max life, max ES, life regeneration.

That being said, caution with maximum life because if you run out of es, having bigger life will mean it will take longer to reach to full to recharge your es again.

[fringe kelp]

As well as the "lose max life per rage, but more rage effect", and then I have the shaman node for regenerating rage

[fringe kelp]

Yeah but bigger life is also bigger regen, since a lot of the amount comes from "max life"

I guess if you have a lot of flat from gear it doesn't improve as max life improves

[cedar aspen]

Oh yeah shit you’re right sorry, max life important lol.

And yeah I heard the tech with using zealots and MoM

[fringe kelp]

Mom?

Idk anything about tech, I'm just cooking on my own 😄

[cedar aspen]

Mind over matter

Damage taken from mana before life?

[fringe kelp]

But yeah here's the REAL question....

So, I have damage recouped as life, how will that help if I ALSO take the nodes that make spells cost life instead of mana... (blood transfusion notable)

Cause if the damage is recouping as life, won't it help me get back to max life a frame or two faster, so that then the ES can get back to recharging sooner?

So even though damage recoup as life isn't directly making ES regen faster, if my spells are costing life, it will help overall get me back to max everything sooner?

[fringe kelp]

Ah yeah didn't know the name off the dome.

Cause like, life and mana are both "health" in a sense. So by converting mana cost to life cost, it's not REALLY costing anything different. And this way both my life AND mana regen can contribute towards the cost of my spells. Rather than only mana regen. When I'm on full ES.

And it also means if I get chunked to zero mana, I'll be able to cast spells quicker on the recovery front.

It seems like a good trade off, not to mention, blood transfusion gives a very solid 25% increased life regen which is a very hard effect to find

I guess the goal is to make sure I'm not using NO mana though. Like if my mana is full, then I'm wasting my mana recovery. So I kinda want mana to always be regenerating, but keeping up enough so it doesn't empty out either... Hard balance to find.

[tough crow]

flicker strike Targets Toxic growth nodes is this intended or a bug

[cedar aspen]

I guess that’s all the more reason to invest in life regeneration too.

Like I said recoup isn’t bad for that either but now you’re asking to use recoup because you’re spending life. So yeah it becomes more a necessity. But you have to remember also that recoup is conditional, like you had to negate phys damage or take damage to recoup, so that’s something to bare in mind that you have to make sure recoup will take effect.

If you’re taking mind over matter then mana regen is going to be really useful too.

I’m not sure in what order mana is taken from life either, I haven’t used it so I don’t know if mana takes the hit before or after ES?

[fringe kelp]

ES is first. So it's super nice.

[cedar aspen]

And the tech I was referring to earlier was if you’re using Arcane Surge. Arcane surge nodes are around the Druid tree, but there’s a cluster above Mind over Matter which changes how it works, by regenerating life instead of mana.

[fringe kelp]

Ah, yeah, I'm doing the arcane surge to life node, yeah. It also comes with 1% regen as well as 20% increased, for the 4 nodes.

The question is whether I want to take the 15+15+40 increased arcane surge effect trio

Well it's really 4 nodes, cause you gotta go through a 10% mana regen node for the other 3

[cedar aspen]

I mean if you have the points I would. Better arcane surge, better life recovery, better ES regen.

[fringe kelp]

Also mana regen is useful but it's all cut by 50% cause of MOM. So the hope is to get more life regen per point than mana regen

[fringe kelp]

Yeah. It's like, what 10.5% increased cast speed, and 14% more life recovery? And 10% increased mana regen (not worth that much, I have a lot of increased mana regen already randomly) From 4 nodes? Hmm. Is that good enough? Idk.

[cedar aspen]

I mean try it out and see how it feels! If it feels like it’s too much or you can invest the points elsewhere then do it. Sometimes you just have to test and adjust a couple of times to see if it suits you.

[fringe kelp]

Yeah. Fair enough. I guess the main question is is my regen keeping up with the damage I'm taking, etc.

Like what if I put those 4 nodes towards "recoup damage as life" instead? Which overall keeps me more topped up? Ya know?

And testing those against each other is really hard lol.

There's the Heart Tissue notable, which would be 3 nodes for 14% damage taken recouped as life, as well as 0.5% max life regen when hit recently

[cedar aspen]

In that regard it’s going to come down to how much the life cost to mana cost is going to affect that es regen.

I personally would go more with regen over recoup. And if I was using zealots oath id be making sure my regen or life recovery was strong to make sure its topped up all the time.

[fringe kelp]

Hmm. 0.5% flat is what... Currently I think I have like, 5.9% max life/sec total? And then probably another 3% or so from flat amount on gear? So adding 0.5% max is only boosting regen by about 6%. And then the 14% recoup.

But if I take the arcane surge nodes that's closer to about 11% more overall regen, along with cast speed.

But recoup can be a ton of regen... Like 14% is lot. Imagine I take a 1k damage hit. That's 140 life recovered over 8 sec. So like, idk, 18/sec?

Hmm. arcane surge would get me that much too, and constantly, not reliant on damage..... Yeah I think the arcane surge boost is probably better.

Not to mention the cast speed does actually matter, thrashing vines does more dps based on cast speed

[cedar aspen]

I should have asked what kind of build do you have going on? I presumed Druid, now presuming you’re using plants and shaman?

[steel lynx]

is lightning spear amazon still viable?

[fringe kelp]

Yeah plants and shaman

Rage recovery for the first 4 asc points

Not sure what I'll do with the other 4 pts tbh

[cedar aspen]

Ah nice. I’ve gone for the defensive elemental ones for first 4. If I was doing spells I’d be interested in the apocalypse spell.

My next 4 will probably be the exposure one and the bonded runes one

[silver anvil]

Do tanky evasion builds exist? Played an ES build for the first time after being an evasion andy since 0.1, and idk, I feel like a country bumpkin that just stepped into the big city. Saw some tanky armour builds out there like Carn's bear but I can't find anything for evasion. Feels like evasion just cannot do 1portal max difficulty bosses because of the max hit issue.

[fringe lagoon]

Witchhunter can get ward, which makes it quite tanky

I run 6k ward on top of life/EV/ES for example

Deflect also makes you more tanky as it is damage reduction afte rall

[silver anvil]

Ward is a witchhunter only thing though ig you'd scale evasion

But yea that was just me realising that no matter how much money I dump into my evasion character I'll never be able to properly do max diff bosses because all it takes to die is to mistime a dodge

While es and ar can still take the hit and live

[fringe kelp]

I'm pure physical tho

[fringe lagoon]

Often EV builds use an ES helmet (with a node that converts it to 2x EV) and also use a node to add ES based on the EV from body armour, so you can realistically get at least some ES to add to your hit pool without much investment

[fringe kelp]

So I'll probably do bonded and maybe just settle on empty charms giving spirit because I do need 120 spirit total for my build

So I can still use 2 charms.

Kinda a crappy use of 2 asc points though to only get 40 spirit out of it AND a downside. Lol

[cedar aspen]

Oh then I’d full send into adaptations if you’re already using furious wellspring

Boosts your defense massively against elemental damage

No bother doing the spirit for no charms node unless you hate charms. Personally wouldn’t do that either unless I needed the spirit that bad

[fringe kelp]

Yeah. I can get 20 spirit from elsewhere. I was just looking at it and it really boosts survivability a lot cause of physical into elemental too. And you take 10% less of each element. So you're taking only 85% physical damage but then each of those 5% elemental hits are tiny so my armor is gonna block most of that.

[cedar aspen]

Yeah, i feel like it’s super useful. My only other suggestion would be the exposure one but like you said you’re a phys build

Are you not using thunderstorm at all??

[fringe kelp]

I'm also gonna get the "defend with 120% of armor when at full ES". So I should be pretty well set up for tanking huge hits from bosses

[cedar aspen]

I always forget that node

[fringe kelp]

I use it all the time! But it's just for watering the garden 😄

It does some damage yeah, but not much. A lot of my increases are plant or physical based. And I have zero nodes for dealing with elemental resistances or whatever.

It's mostly for shocking them and overgrowing plants

Honestly entangle with the fissure-splits into 3 support with tons of AOE is nuts. And put armor break on it, the exploding plants, and it just wrecks everything.

I've been pretty much SSF with this build and I've jumped into t3 maps already with gear that's barely better than campaign gear

I DID roll a godly staff around lvl 35 or 40 or so... +4 phys spells, +120 spell dmg, +170 phys spell dmg, and some mana and life on kill.

So that thing immediately skyrocketed me into top tier damage and since then it's basically been about surviving 😄

[nova onyx]

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/qdqgj0u2

trying to make a weapon master werewolf/crossbow build

this is my first league ever, so i am trudging through the mapping - i have been doing abyss, but the performance is so bad that any time the game hitched, i have to pray that i don't get killed by the green goo tainted monsters.

my defences is very bad, i have 0 evasion since it converted to armor, but i only have 40% to 60% armor and 400 shield. I am at tier 10 map.

beside that, i can kill things comfortably, but the rare mosnter spewing out of the abyss can sometimes just one shot me and idk why. I also don't know how people are gaining 1k, 3k energyshield. I tried to test with the werewolf node taking every armor/energy shield nearby, and it could only crack 700?

[fringe lagoon]

If you scale hard into armor you should consider to take %of elemental damage applies to armor modifiers and perhaps also consider taking sorcery ward (4 points)

@nova onyx

Sorcery Ward is an excellent defensive tool for Witchhunter, assuming you have high enough armor and/or evasion

I run 6k ward for example on my EV Witchhunter, which is like having a 6k ES that recharges every 6s

[nova onyx]

i do

but it doesn't seem to do much

sometimes, i just blink and then i died

i dont even know why

[nova onyx]

FOR EXAMPLE

my ward is only 1.9k!

how did you get to 6K!?

what is your secret? Even if i took every armor node available to me, i can't get that high