❔┃ask-the-community

[candid elm]

Yes, there's Monoliths with kind of generic Blessings like +drop chance of certain items and other Monoliths with strong combat buffs like +Resistance, +Crit Multi, +flat Armor, +% Armor, etc

[acoustic thicket]

if I try to pull the whole map, mobs will de-aggro, right?

[toxic echo]

They leash, yes

[quasi girder]

Is it known when exactly the current cycle ends?

[toxic echo]

Sometime q1 2025

[olive forge]

thanks! got exactly what i needed 😁

[deft orchid]

whelp, so much for getting an answer to this

[icy drift]

They meant the lich mastery but idk what martial means

[deft orchid]

IDK about LE specificlly, but in DnD, it referres to classes that primarily rely on weapons for dealing damage
Barbarian, fighter, monk, and rogue, IIRC

I think in terms of LE, it's a primarily melee based class?

[icy drift]

Yes lich is primarily melee but there are spell based lich builds too

[deft orchid]

oh

and here I thought lich was pimarily spell based

[spice vine]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/profile/OzymandiasII/character/OzymandiasII

You can follow my gear

Pay attention to my T7 gears

[quasi girder]

ok so i just joined the circle of fortune and now i found this staff

my question is, why does it have that purple symbol?

can it be exchanged for favor or something?

[marsh oasis]

that is a requirement, rank 1 CoF to use it

[quasi girder]

oh, ok, ty... do i just get CoF currency by killing enemies?

[marsh oasis]

yeah from everything

[faint cape]

It is, basically. Acolyte only has one real melee skill, so none of the masteries are primarily melee. However, sometimes people tend to look at it from a skill -> build perspective, and with the addition of warlock, usually if you want to play a spell, warlock will do it better. There's not a lot lich does better than any other class, the melee skill is one of those where lich is best.

[vestal plover]

does the crafting inventory show shards you DONT own? or do i need to look up all affixes to see my full range of options?

[surreal verge]

It does not. You can use LETools to help you with that:https://www.lastepochtools.com/db/

[vestal plover]

which sites easiest to use for theory crafting gear for my build.... LEtools or maxroll?

[surreal verge]

LEtools, imo. Both are good.

[vestal plover]

i just discovered i can import my character into LEtools which is nice

i wish i could hover my spells on the hotbar and see the dps tooltip like i do in game though

[storm wren]

@carmine wolf 🤭 My storage of helmets is poor

[quasi girder]

someone told me the max level for skills u specialize in is 20, is this correct?

[surreal verge]

Without any skill affixes, yes. Your natural cap is 20.

[quasi girder]

hmm... cuz mine are at 17 and it feels like they've been there forever now lol...

[surreal verge]

You'll only reach 20 when your char lv 80 or so.

[quasi girder]

oh! gotcha

so the exp needed goes wayyy up

[surreal verge]

Pretty much, yes.

[vestal plover]

am i blind or is there a way to check your skills dps on the LEtools.com character builder??

[quasi girder]

yeah i'm only lvl 56 lol

[surreal verge]

No, and tooltip dps sucks, and they have an in-progress DPS tracker that isn't done.

[vestal plover]

sooo whats the best way to theory-craft gear then? bc im new and im trying to not waste good base items as im learning the X amount of ways to boost my main damage dealing spell...

[quasi girder]

ty for info

[surreal verge]

Skill tags and understanding the (not complicated) damage formula.

https://www.lastepochtools.com/guide/section/increased_added_and_more

[quasi girder]

ok sorry i have another question

(i would just use in game chat but i'm still muted for like 14 more hours lmao)

[vestal plover]

yeah ive seen this example. and honestly as a new player trying to wrap my head around all of the many affixes that affect the many degrees of damage dealing pieces in this game... it would be so helpful if that example utilized screenshots of an in-game skill along with different items that "add increase and more" said skill

[quasi girder]

can affixes that add +1 to a certain skill only go on certain gear?

[surreal verge]

Yes, certain gear types.

For example

[quasi girder]

and, is it possible to farm affixes for say, +1 to fire brand? or is it completely just rng im guessing?

[surreal verge]

RNG.

[quasi girder]

ugh, well, guess i'll have to try my luck and hope for the best lol

i just want ONE more point for fire brand haha

[surreal verge]

The easy way for affixes is "Does it say increased? Then it's just + and not *." (Most affixes are increased)
Eg: 500% increased damage, 250% increased Damage over time and 100% increased necrotic damage would give a skill that does Necrotic DoT 850% increased.

[carmine wolf]

Can't be worse than mine

[vestal plover]

i understand that. what im trying to better understand is, for example, my first and only character is this frostclaw runemaster. ive been following the maxroll leveling guide to a T. however, with so many different affixes that the guide suggests to keep an eye out for and use... i get easily overwhelmed when making decisions for something as simple as just increasing my frost claw damage. this is why i just use the in-game tooltip DPS... but also why im trying to find a site where i can play around with item affixes to see which increases/decreases that DPS number.

[storm wren]

Why some delay will be occur when I pressed runic invocation? It will not respond even I pressed it a few times when my cursor is stop on the tentacles... But I can't avoid to let my cursor stop on tentacles due to limited space

[vestal plover]

for example, my tooltip is affected by not just increased damage, but chance to apply frostbite, or if i want to see the difference between increased cold damage vs increased damage over time but the numbers arent the same so its hard to tell which is more impactful.

hopefully that makes sense

[surreal verge]

The DPS tooltip accounts for too many 'weird' things that it doesn't help as much as you think.

For increased cold damage VS increased damage over time:
Assuming frostbite: It'll be the exactly the same, so bigger number would be better.
Assuming Frost Claw: DoT doesn't affect it so Cold Damage is superior.
Do not try to increase both, focus on one.

[vestal plover]

i mean i understand what youre saying, but as a new player theres certain affixes that only go on certain item slots... and some affixes that go across all item slots... so setting up my loot filter and deciding which items to go with just feels daunting.

i also hate the idea of trying to find the perfect gear, so i probably over-select affixes within my loot filter rather than being more disciplined and focused with what i want to find via my loot filter

then theres the whole penetration aspect

and damage over time vs elemental damage over time

[surreal verge]

Pen is a % more modifier, that's it.
DoT and Elemental DoT is also just "Bigger number, if your damage is elemental"

[vestal plover]

perhaps a better approach for me is to look at available affixes on a per item slot basis... and then setup my loot filtering from there,

[surreal verge]

You'll never drop a pefect item, so it's a matter of getting a good drop and crafting it into a great/perfect item.

[sonic saddle]

you do learn general rules of thumb as you go along

[vestal plover]

then i also noticed some similar affixes provide more or less % each tier... like elemental damage over time has bigger numbers per tier than damage over time. so if all my damage is elemental, i suppose this is the superior affix to regular damage over time

[sonic saddle]

correct, the more restricted the affix the better the bonus

but yeah, there are best practice things like not putting resists on armor (helm/chest/gloves/boots) and generally only getting attributes if you have a means to gain more benefit than just inherent effects and skill scaling

[surreal verge]

Correct.

[sonic saddle]

going for survivability exalteds over damage

it is daunting to begin with

but as with anything, you don't need to learn it all all at once

btw how new are we talking

[vestal plover]

ive only made 1 character in this game. i was blindly following this guide https://maxroll.gg/last-epoch/build-guides/runemaster-leveling-guide#skills-and-passives-header through the campaign. stuff was dying easily enough. now that im in the monolith however, i have been more nitpicky with my loot filter. at first i was using the leveling guides filter, then i discovered raxxanterax's filter which i liked more... so ive been tweaking that as i go along.

but im level 80 now and just really trying to wrap my head around the little intricacies of all the different shit i see drop in monoliths

i wish i wouldve taken the time to look through the LEtools DB of item bases, affixes, etc. earlier on so i would have a better grasp on what im looking for now that im in end game

[vestal plover]

am i considered "new" at this point or is this what i get for rushing through my first playthrough? lol

[sonic saddle]

i don't think you're necessarily rushing

i mean, i'd still consider you new, you're still figuring out what your options are in terms of affixes and whatnot

and aren't sure about sorta realistic farming expectations

[wanton jetty]

Hi, whens the new season expected to start?

[sonic saddle]

Q1 2025

[quasi girder]

so like, is there any elemental damage type in particular that spellblades excel at or is considered "meta" to specialize in? what i'm gathering is that they seem to synergize well with fire and ignite, and so far i've been doing a sort of 60/40 combo of fire/lightning skills/dmg

just wanna cross reference with the community and get opinions

[sonic saddle]

prolly better to ask in #🧙┃mage

[quasi girder]

oh right

[sonic saddle]

at the end of the day i think a core part of being experienced at the game is being able to know what's realistic to farm for the hours you're willing to put into a character, and you're not really gonna know that until decently into empowered monos

[vestal plover]

thats fair

and yeah, havent made it to empowered monos yet

almost though!

only slowing myself down by sweating all this perfectionist gearing crap lol

[acoustic thicket]

So is this how it is supposed to work when you portal back to town, it resets the whole level, losses any loot left behind? Also, is the map supposed to always reset and have to be revealed again? Sorry if this is dumb, I'm 16 hrs in for the first time playing. Ran into this issue after being fully stocked up and then running into 5 loot lizards. Couldn't carry the loot. so, I thought I would go do the diablo routine and that was a failure.

[marsh oasis]

everything resets if you leave indeed

[acoustic thicket]

That sucks

[surreal verge]

If it helps, items sells for pennies. Don't pick up loot just to sell it.

[desert tree]

^^^ This is the most important advice for a new player

[vestal plover]

i found https://maxroll.gg/last-epoch/resources/valuable-uniques, but any other resources on which uniques or set items are great to keep around?

[wanton jetty]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/db/ this?

[vestal plover]

nope. just something that suggests which uniques to hang onto, etc. the more powerful, most used ones. ive been keeping every single unique and set item bc i have no idea whats useful or not considering ive only played one class so far... a lot of them sound neat, but i have no idea if theyre powerful or not for other builds, for leveling alts, etc.

so looking for something that would enlighten me in that regard

[vestal plover]

loot lizards on top of loot lizards holy shit lol

[copper sage]

Thanks!!!
Will take time to get it all, but will be fun.
One question tho, why those boots? Do you apply bleed?

[copper sage]

Ya, i hade like 8 in one go. Crazy

[copper sage]

Later in the game so many stuff drop it unreal to sell it.
Mobs drop more raw gold then the item worth

[sonic saddle]

int stacking

plus high movement speed

is the reason for using those boots

[copper sage]

thanks!!

ima probably will try to push, WoT build as far as i can go.
and then swap to regular torment buuld

[spice vine]

You can use citadel boots, its better than mine, i use this because i got a lp 3 blood of exile and dont know what to do 😂

[copper sage]

not sure what better XD

also, those this worth?

with WoT im applying torment to my self anyway

[spice vine]

the first one

[copper sage]

T7 crit multi?

[spice vine]

Yes, t7 crit multi on weapon/amulet/relics

[copper sage]

anyone? i got +2 to the skill so wonder whare to put them

[faint cape]

I'm actually not 100% sure if wheel's torment works for that buff... if it does, that's pretty good

If not, then you still get a decent chunk of flat while standing still spamming soul feast I suppose

[copper sage]

Update on that:
WoT dont proc it, and you lose big dmg as the fissure now target just you.
Maybe its good for different build

[copper sage]

is there a way to roll the stats on uniqe?
lets say it 1-3 + to some skill and it give you 1, can you roll it in some way??

[spice vine]

Nah

unique's affixes cannot be changed

[copper sage]

Dang, so whare i can buy better RNG?

[faint cape]

The Bazaar

[spice vine]

If you cof you can't buy

What item you are chasing

[copper sage]

better WoF my legend affix sucks

[faint cape]

Pretty much just spam unique staff prophs if you aren't MG

[copper sage]

ya, need more grind probably.
and higher rank in forgatten knight

[spice vine]

Why wot

Come to the stolen lance and farm there

You will find marina lost soul very soon

Mls and off hand cataclyst provide a lot of dmg and wards

[copper sage]

i kinda like to spam soul feast and most thing die before you even see them (corruption 140 atm)

• the torment pen it give is nice

[storm wren]

The best scary gift hhhh

[acoustic thicket]

Have I unlocked all of my idol slots? Does the one in the middle not go away?

[toxic echo]

middle one is perma locked

[acoustic thicket]

[crimson tusk]

it is pain and suffering

[faint cape]

Before the middle block, idol inventory was just a 4x4 grid and it was nearly always simply "get 4 of the largest size idols with the stats you need"

[toxic echo]

i asked a little while ago, and its actually something that the devs can change super easily. so maybe one of these cycles we have a different shape up there.

but the middle one being locked is done on purpose so its needs a little more thought

[faint cape]

it was kinda boring and all the other sizes were useless

[acoustic thicket]

Hmm before I do what Ima do with my idol setup, pretty sure I can only expend stormstacks If Im human form and using gathering storm

which is not what I'm running on my current setup

[candid elm]

there's also some passives in other skills that let them spend storm stacks:
Tempest Strike, Sky Opener
Avalanche, Stormcaller
Earthquake, Fury of the Elements

[copper sage]

if they change the idol as well kinda easly, maybe every now and then they would change to make ppl think again on how to best utilize it

dang

🤦‍♂️ just noticed, i swapped gear and dont have reduced crit dmg...

[toxic echo]

big critty

[acoustic thicket]

Is this a visual glitch or is my helmet suppose to not look like the pic?

[toxic echo]

not all the 3d models match the card art

its on the list to do, its just not a super high prio over other things, just due to the time investment

[acoustic thicket]

Gotcha, I mean I don't mind it, I legit thought my game was glitching

Also since I specced to make it that my swipe does pure lightning damage, does it still scale with STR tho?

[surreal verge]

The convert does not mention changing the stat scaling, so yes.

[acoustic thicket]

Oh god yes

[surreal verge]

They only do what they say it'll do.

[acoustic thicket]

Wow, you wanna know why I asked, I thought my game wasn't taking off the tag like the tooltip said, and just realized that my skill is at 4/5 so its not fully lightning converted

[copper sage]

just noticed, you go havily into the lich tree for some necro dmg and int.
and took nothing on witcfire, why?

[acoustic rain]

are there map images for the areas that show points of interest like quests or those big chests? would rather not explore whole areas

[surreal verge]

Witchfire isn’t really good. It’s a lot of passive points for a spirit plague you can’t spam.

[acoustic thicket]

Are daggers good on a werebear?

[spice vine]

You only need int and mana regen in lich tree

[acoustic thicket]

How do I check the corruption on a timeline? I just beat the boss and assumed thats how I corrupt the timeline

[dense jay]

Top left when you are in the monolith map. Corruption is only when you have cleared the 3 lv90 mono up to 50 or in empowered monolith whr you start with 100

[surreal verge]

The quest echo boss? No. You increase corruption by beating shades. Corruption shows up on the top left of the monolith.
If there isn't any, your corruption is 0 and you shouldn't raise it, go unlock empowered monolith instead. (Normal monoliths have a cap of 50 corruption)

[acoustic thicket]

Oh lord

Okay thanks for the advice before I wasted my time ❤️

[copper sage]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/B5yRZKgB so i guess i should swap it?

[neon compass]

Warlock, Level 93

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.7

Class:

Acolyte (20) / Lich (5) / Warlock (81)

General:

▸ Health: 1,817, Regen: 19.02/s
▸ Mana: 252.97, Regen: 10.96/s
▸ Ward Retention: 468%, Regen: 215/s
▸ Attributes: 3 Str / 15 Dex / 106 Int / 3 Att / 26 Vit
▸ Resistances: 81% / 129% / 60% / 95% / 74% / 500% / 100%
▸ EHP: 2,389 / 2,389 / 2,077 / 2,561 / 2,365 / 2,389 / 2,389

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 424
▸ Dodge Chance: 7% (186)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 19% (648)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 29%

Damage Types:

▸ Necrotic, Fire / Spell, DoT

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Soul Feast (23)
• Chthonic Fissure (25)
• Chaos Bolts (23)
• Rip Blood (23)
• Profane Veil (23)

Used unique items:

• Boneclamor Barbute
• Wheel of Torment
• Mortality's Grasp

[surreal verge]

Yes.

You don't even have much damned and ignite chance to use it properly

[copper sage]

i have damned ovelord all the time

ighnit is bit tricy

[copper sage]

or you meant global chances?

[surreal verge]

Both global and X skll specific chances, yes.
NOT overload.

[copper sage]

so i have 65% from passive, 80% from chaos, and 3% per int for damned.
that like 145% ignite and 440 damned and that still not good enough to make it worth it??

[surreal verge]

80% from chaos bolt only applies to chaos bolt, not your passives.
3% per int for damned comes from where, exactly?

[copper sage]

soul feast tree

[surreal verge]

That's also soul feast only, and not your passives.

[copper sage]

so what you mean by "X skll specific chances"?

[copper sage]

so node skills that add to the global chance?

[surreal verge]

That's a passive node, but yes.

[copper sage]

so you say in general it not worth the invesmenet in those, and just take more flat int and pure necro dmg?
thanks!

[surreal verge]

Yes. Don't spread yourself thin and just focus on one or two things.

[copper sage]

feels bit weaker, dono why

[signal raptor]

Hi. Im new to this Discord and new to LE, love the game. My first character, now at level 78 wont load in game. Game opens the char in area, then freezes and closes the game. Where do I go to get help for this issue? Thanks.

[desert tree]

1.st step try verifying your files with Steam

If it doesn't work
!support

!support

[ripe brook]

Need a hand? Just head on down to https://support.lastepoch.com/ for support articles or to reach out to us directly.

[vestal plover]

oh man, just finished normal monoliths... empowered is a whole new game.

ive got all resistances at least to 75, but im still getting my ass kicked if i make the slightest wrong move. or if i just get touched at all sometimes.

anyone have some tips for beginning empowered monos ?

[signal raptor]

HI, thanks I did that, didnt work. I submitted a ticket to LE Support with all the files LE needs.

[signal raptor]

Thanks. I logged at ticket with LE.

[surreal verge]

Get other damage reductions layers and have more health/ward

[vestal plover]

like frailty on hit?

speaking of frailty... where can i see my stats for that? maybe im blind and overlooked it but i dont see anything about it in any of the character sheet tabs

[surreal verge]

Don't think there's anything other than global chance to frailty on hit

(And there's nothing that can modify frailty's effects)

[vestal plover]

i see

what are some good damage reduction layers to beef up for empowered mono?

[surreal verge]

But yes that's one decent option for debuffs.

Armour, and the rest would depend on your class, since each class has their own access to other defense layers.

[vestal plover]

whats a good starting level for empowered monos?

[surreal verge]

You'll generally hit there around lv 70+, and you can do it around that level as well, if you geared properly

[copper sage]

ouch

that i guess sould a necromancer set?
i guess it ok for some leveling to 75 or so...

[vestal plover]

one of my better crafts ... got really lucky on how i got most of these rolls and stats 😛

im a frost claw runemaster by the way

while giving me much needed defense it also bumped up my dps around 3-4k 😄

[copper sage]

Noicee.
My main issue on my warlock is survivability

wr blame the lags

[vestal plover]

yeah i was going full DPS mode and breezing through the game (this is my first character) then i got to empowered monos... lol

arena and dungeons have been nice way to mix it up as i find new gear and craft stuff more to what i need

finding a huge dps gain in a new weapon was also very lucky for me. allowed me to tweak armor into more defense stats

[vestal plover]

what differentiates channeling vs spam-casting?

oh, i guess the channeled tag. aka any spell that allows u to press and hold the hotkey

[onyx ice]

is there any good how to forge video thats explaning easy for a beginner?

Im new and idk how to use forge effective

[storm wren]

<@&1082357055484071997> #🎥┃video-shoutout

[desert tree]

Try looking Action Rpg on yt
He has quite a few good beginner videos

[quasi girder]

If you're like, BRAND new, I wouldn't even worry about the forge for a while yet. You'll eventually get to a point where you've settled into a build and around the lvl 50 mark you'll prolly start to have gotten to grips with enough of the other mechanics and pieces that make a "build" in this game, and then finally when you realize "ok, so I seem to favor ice damage, and according to the tooltips almost all my skills say "melee, ice" 🤔.... Then that's prolly when you'll start eyeing up the forge 👀

And by then you'll have passively amassed a bunch of shards and runes and glyphs

At least that was my experience lmao

I've been playing a little over two weeks so I'm still learning

[copper sage]

this mean i need to kill 5 time lines bosses?

[toxic echo]

any boss, not just timeline bosses

anything with a special hp bar

[copper sage]

so anything that get ward or the hp bar is just bigger then normal?

[toxic echo]

pretty sure all bosses rn have ward

its just the special big hp bar that takes up most of the top

[copper sage]

dono if worth the swap

[lunar sparrow]

is there a known date of next cycle release?

[toxic echo]

q1 2025

[tropic orbit]

Hi, I'm level 92. I have not being able to upgrade my character for a very long time now and I need something new. I'm trying arena to see if it's gonna be better but I don't get it. The first 39 wave are underwhelmingly easy but then I cant survive de 40th wave no matter what.

My stuff is mostly exalted T6 and a few T7 with some bad affixes.

What should I do?

[toxic echo]

the champions in arena are very overtuned/meant to be a challenge

but yeah, once you get high levels like that...gear upgrades dont come that often

arena will not be better loot or exp

[tropic orbit]

Thanks for the answer, I guess I just don't like the arena then. I want something challenging the whole time and the first 39 wave are already so boring, I cant fathom running an easier arena.

So basicly my char is done? Ive done monolith except the empowered, is there other thing except arena? dunegons are worth it?

[toxic echo]

dungeons are mostly there to complement monoliths farming/gearing

[copper sage]

you are level 92 and you havent done empowerd mono?

[toxic echo]

you have empowered monoliths. which you really should be nearly done with. and then doing the quest for pinnacle boss

[tropic orbit]

Well... Ive only managed to succeed one empowered* monolith, I do them but I stay at 100 corruption and only manage the boss once.

[copper sage]

empowerd mono are for the better gear drops and better blessings. going from regular to empowerd is rough, but a must do step

[tropic orbit]

ok, I'll do more of those if I feel like grinding but it might be time to start a new char.

[copper sage]

if the boss kil you, you only lose a bit of stability. just clear another echo and go in again

[tropic orbit]

ok good to know.

[copper sage]

and empowerd mono give much more exp to hit that lvl 100

[copper sage]

took me like 6 tries to kill lagon on 230 corruption 🙈

till i anderstoud his mechanics

[tropic orbit]

Not too bad lol

[copper sage]

Im on empower mono from the moment i could do them

doing black sun for the armor blessing

for the 5th time...

[desert tree]

You can also share yout character in the appropriate class channel and ask for advice. You can share your character by using lastepochtools.com/profile

You shouldn't be struggling too much in 100c at lvl 92. Maybe there is something that need change in your passives/skill trees

[tropic orbit]

ok thanks I'll do this because I'm getting a bit worn out of this char grinding lol

[acoustic thicket]

Martial just means you fight up close- a martial fighter is a common form of terminology

Aka a lich that fights with harvest

[deft orchid]

So…melee

[acoustic thicket]

Melee is probably the more correct term

English is my 4th language

[deft orchid]

Fair enough

[olive forge]

where's eternity cache/how do i slam

[dusky raven]

i can´t play online neither offline

[surreal verge]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/guide/section/legendary_items

[slow jetty]

so Im thinking about starting a new character, I played necro as my first. Im kinda wanting a fun and engaging but also strong feeling class, and honestly not a whole ton of min-maxing

does anyone have any recommendations for a fun class?

[dusky raven]

so uninstall?

[surreal verge]

https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/0C48-FCBD-DA71-93EB

[dusky raven]

thanks

refund

[low mural]

what

lol

[surreal verge]

Lmao

If I had a dollar everytime this happened I would have 3.

[sly fable]

That's not what martial means to me. I'm not claiming any authority, but if I was asked what martial meant, I would say it meant mundane weapons - typical weapons of war. A crossbow is a martial weapon

[acoustic rain]

whats the deal with the bizarre enemy respawning and map resetting when I teleport

[surreal verge]

It's intended, because of technical limitations.
I hope you aren't teleporting back just to sell your whole inventory for 100 gold...

[wet spruce]

Is it possible to play as white paladin or its strictly black

[desert tree]

You can't change the character

[warm yarrow]

[wet spruce]

Damn, ok...

Druid it is

What is attunement?

[novel loom]

Question: I found a nemesis with an item I liked and I choose empower. I fought and killed the nemesis and got a bunch of shards. However, the next nemesis had all new items where as I was expecting upgraded versions of the items. Did I miss a step?

[surreal verge]

A stat like int and strength

[surreal verge]

Got a bunch of shards most likely means you somehow pressed on the normal fight button instead of empower.

[novel loom]

If I did a normal battle, I would have gotten the 4 items which I did not.

[surreal verge]

Then I'm not too sure what happened.

You might have found a bug.

[winged musk]

where can i find good loot filters for lightning mages?

[winged musk]

is there a way to "fix" this?

[surreal verge]

Fix what,exactly?

[twin oak]

that's an old bug, make an in game bug report and add where the encounters were, if you remember (something like letting them know if it was in campaign or echoes can help them track it down)

[novel loom]

In game bug report submitted.

[winged musk]

dmg doesn't show?

[surreal verge]

Snap Freeze doesn't have damage by default?

[novel loom]

Question: I found a Phantom Grip in a Nemesis which I Empowered Twice to end up with a stat which reads: "The Stats on your gloves apply to your forged weapon at 99% effectiveness". It also has +2 to all Minion skills. Is the forged weapon a summonable minion? Im playing a necro with a golem and mages and I don't see where to see the benefit.

[winged musk]

i think i'm dumb XD

thanks dude

[surreal verge]

Forged Weapon is a minion summoned mainly with Forge Strike, which is a sentinel skill.

[twin oak]

as Kzb said you don't get anything from that affix
but you do get the generic minion affixes (levels, crit)
and by the way empowering it does not change the basic unique affixes like the one you mentioned, it can add Legendary Potential or generic affixes (like intelligence)

[novel loom]

Question: Is my nemesis logic correct? I'm a low level (23) character in need of gold. When I see 4 items that do not fit my build, I always choose challenge so that I can sell the unique for 500+ gold. The logic is that, currently for me, there is never a reason to pickbanish because then I get nothing.

[twin oak]

selling items for gold is a waste of time

you get more gold by using that time just to play

[surreal verge]

Almost correct: you don't pick banish because it still drops affix shards on challenge. Banishing is faster if you REALLY don't want to fight one or you don't care about the shards.

[novel loom]

When does the current cycle end?

[quasi girder]

When the Soul of Cinder is killed and the fire fades

[surreal verge]

No info other than the next cycle is Q1 2025

[novel loom]

I have a Level 5 reach of the grave that I got at low level. Can I use a Rune of Ascendance on a Wand to try for a higher level version of that wand?

[surreal verge]

Most uniques only have a single version. Those that have a different version only affect the base implicit of the item.

[quasi girder]

Oh yeah I've been meaning to ask, so like the way uniques/legendaries work is that it doesn't matter if you find it at level 5 or at level 100? As long as u meet the level requirement, a lege found at level 5 can be just as useful at lvl 100? Or is that wrong?

[surreal verge]

Yes, in theory at least. It's also why Legendary Potential is a mechanic. Lower level uniques have better Legendary Potential rates.

[quasi girder]

Is there a list anywhere of like, endgame must-have affixes no matter what ur build is? Like I see things like penetration and armor shred, and I wonder if those will be essential when I get up to the really difficult monoliths closer to lvl 100.... I'm lvl 74 currently

Are the enemy defense like crazy high at higher levels? So far I'm breezing through the first couple monoliths

[storm wren]

At level 50 you can only really reach decently far into your main mastery without having enough points to spec into the others. While at level 100 you'll have enough points to put into all 3 trees, unlocking skills and passives from all 3 that otherwise wouldn't be possible.

hah what is that?

Splitting the system into 2 would make everything I just said have to happen way faster since hitting level 100 would have to be something you're expected to achieve (for the average player). And then they'd have to make a whole other system that practically achieves the same thing as simply having hitting level 100 be hard

What's the disadvantage of the process for before 100 must faster?
But isn't level up a character to 100 in current version is hard too?
Why make a spaeraate level system for after 100 isn't a fun thing?
@icy drift

[surreal verge]

Mobs do not have any inherit defense unless stated.
0 armour, 0 res.

Debuffs are effectively damage multipliers. All enemies gain are more health, and more damage.

[quasi girder]

Ohh ok! That's good to know!

Ur so smart, how'd u do that

[surreal verge]

Of course, you can still give them defenses with monolith modifiers, so read-

[icy drift]

Sorry I'm not sure what you're asking

[storm wren]

No problem, it's normal. let me think how to edit my questions...

[faint cape]

I think Mike's earlier response pretty much answered those questions, well at least your questions after the second quote

[quasi girder]

I'm just curious, what is your native language? 🙂 (asking just in case it's Spanish lol)

[acoustic thicket]

I just unlocked empowered monoliths, how hard does it get as corruption goes up? Should I be worried about resistances being capped?

[desert tree]

It can go very high, since there is no cap for Corruption
Eventually you will want capped res. But before I would say 300, I would rather have more hp than capped res

[acoustic thicket]

Ok for sure, and I need to start trying out the forging because the only thing I really did with it was use rune of ascendance

[surreal verge]

You’ll still want to have like 50+ res at least

[signal raptor]

Hi all, FYI LE support after logging a ticket has requested I report a bug. Guess my first level 78 char with all its gear it gone.

[acoustic thicket]

Should I be doing empowered mono's pre lvl 100?

[desert tree]

Yes

Depending on gear and build but you should be able to do them around lvl 70-80

[acoustic thicket]

Also is there a way for me to remove the dex for another stat on this ring?

[desert tree]

You can try a rune of Removal

But its random

[acoustic thicket]

So any of the others can get removed too?

[desert tree]

Yup

Except the Necrotic Res because its sealed

[acoustic thicket]

I was just about to ask what the yellow font meant

[lunar halo]

Howdy, does anyone know with the ability Summon Volatile Zombies, if the intial explosion counts as a hit?

[desert tree]

Yes

[lunar halo]

thank you

[dusky spoke]

I am level 30 and about to enter the imperial dreadnaught to rescue Alric. I have only the first four relic squares unlocked. I have no pending quests. I feel like should have more than that by now. Is there a resource that shows all the quests that unlock relic slots?

[storm blaze]

I think @cedar locust has a link to that kind of list

[cedar locust]

Oh I do - 1 min!

[cedar locust]

Hi there! This is the list of all the Quests that give Passive points and Idol slots, and where to find them! There are more Quest rewards than available slots, so no need to backtrack unless you want to - you might have enough Quests ahead to get the rest - https://www.lastepochtools.com/checklist/quests/passives

[dusky spoke]

Thank you @cedar locust

[cedar locust]

You're welcome! If you need anymore help, do let me know 😁 I'll either have the answer, know where to find the answer or know which channel is best to ask in to get the answer!

[novel loom]

I hate Lagon's triail - I keep dying - There's no way to skip this lunacy?

[toxic echo]

In the campaign? You can ask someone to port you ahead into ch9. But if your build cant beat lagon, its going to struggle after lagon

[cedar locust]

Lagon is the first 'build check' fight in Campaign, you can always share your build and we might be able to help 😊

[novel loom]

In a ncero minion build and using a turquoise ring, I get high variances on %incr minion dam, %inc minion HP, +%minioncrit dam... what is the ranking of which of the 3 is most important and which is the least important? For example I can pick 18% Dam/8% HP/17% Crit or 6% Dam/31% HP/32% Crit.

[storm wren]

Don't forget picking up your resistance. Cold/ lightning/ physical resistance are what you needs. Physical resistance is #1

[quasi girder]

Bro what...? Like, black as in.... Skin tone? 😳

[surreal verge]

If you can't beat Lagon I'm afraid you'll have problems down the line, and he has a monolith version you can't skip and is stronger.

[storm wren]

He can skip if it's alt character but he can't get the blessing

[novel loom]

Question: I have Heoborean boots that come with an implicit Cold Res. These are at 20%. Max is 30%. Is there a way to reroll that?

[surreal verge]

A Rune of Shaping. Costs FP.

[wet spruce]

Yes? 🤨

[surreal verge]

There's no char customization, in case no one answered-

(And honestly you'll probably just see equipment 90% of the time)

[quasi girder]

Just weird that a fictional character's race would completely deter u from playing that class lol 😆 and specifically asking for a white version... "Druid it is then" also cracked me up

You at character select screen: "oh ew he's BLACK?" Like... 😅

[quasi girder]

And also this is true if it truly bothers u lol...

[novel loom]

Question: What is a use for Runes of Discovery at level 55? Just use on white items and looks for cool affixes?

[surreal verge]

Pretty much, it costs no FP so it's effectively free.

You can also use it to add an affix or two to a blue/yellow item if they have slots.

[wet spruce]

Thats just what I prefer. Got to say druid is cool

[quasi girder]

I see.... Cool cool...

[tall edge]

how long is current season still on?

[surreal verge]

Next season is Q1 2025 with no set date.

[surreal verge]

Oh I guess I'm updating my answer now

Didn't expect it to be announced

[copper sage]

that some time away, but tbh dono if they want the hype from poe2 EA to die down a bit
or they just wonna play poe2

[surreal verge]

Or they overshoot what they wanted to put in a patch, again

[copper sage]

they just add stuff they wonna do for the patch so it get delayed?

@toxic echo but need a dev to clarefy probably

[honest birch]

theya re also working on bug dept as well

[rose elk]

hey, coming back to the game - does Cycle and Legacy have any differences? Is there more content on Cycle?

[tranquil flicker]

The same content is on both Cycle and Legacy. When a Season ends, all Cycle characters are moved into Legacy. You can continue to play them there, but it offers a clean slate in Cycle for the new Season.

[rose elk]

I see, thanks!

[storm wren]

653 days hhhhh no offense, just surprise Judd remember the amount of days so clear

The level of money consuming on game development is out of my box again after see that post... These parts are the most money consuming ones

Allowing funds for required hardware, like more testing machines, and server infrastructure to support Multiplayer

Allowing us to hire and contract industry experts and consultants for the most challenging aspects of development and live operations

Allowing us to expand our team

(I had thought Judd paid these fees by the income from sell copys on steam and funds from kickstarter before)

[toxic echo]

to be clear for anyone jumping in and only seeing this small snippet of text out of context, this is from almost 2 years ago. #💬┃general message

[storm wren]

As a Chinese, I can't live without Tencent's products 🤷‍♀️ Well, Judd knows what the community want clearly all the time.

(Tencent is super rich really 🙃 This is a famous game company from China so it's a honour to work for Tencent games even its reuptation is bad, super hard to get a offer)

Anyways... My feeling is complicated now

[faint cape]

I don't think he was literally counting the days or remembering, he probably just looked it up before writing the post.

Hmm, do we think this is confirmation of crafting materials getting sent directly to the forge? Or something else?

[vale palm]

anyone have any issues with your pc showing that you're not connected to the internet even though you are?

[novel loom]

Question: I completed an Echo and got my first blessing. If I redo all of the stability again for that same echo, can I select an additional blessing or will that selection replace my first?

[hidden trellis]

You will be prompted with new blessing selections, but you can choose to keep the blessing that you currently have "equipped"

[novel loom]

ok, so I should move on to a new echo

[hidden trellis]

That's up to you 🙂 Personally, I would continue to collect all of the blessings from the different timelines and unlock empowered monoliths.

[novel loom]

Question: Are arena keys drop only? Im trying to get my first one.

[toxic echo]

They most easily drop from echo reward node

But you can also get them from a certain type of cache in echoes, and pretty sure a chance on rares/bosses

[novel loom]

Question: Is there a way to tell which monolith node has Immortal Eyes?

[toxic echo]

Pretty much any necrotic themed one

[novel loom]

Where does it show the theme?

aha, click omn it

[iron forge]

https://lastepoch.tunklab.com/npc/ImmortalEye here's a list of every Timeline and Zone they can spawn in 😄

[novel loom]

So, I have to randonly select echos in Fall of the Outcasts

[iron forge]

In any of these Timelines, but yes it's random per Echo

[novel loom]

Question: My first blessing I took was +15% More Runes. Is there a way to upgrade the %?

[iron forge]

Do the Timeline Boss Again and Hope you get the same Blessing with a better roll.

[novel loom]

Why does the game sometimes (10%-20% of the time) use 2 runes of shattering per item? <- Turns out that's is just a visual error on the display. For example: it says I have 50 runes, I shatter 1 item, then it goes to 48. I hit F twice, and it then shows 49.

[honest birch]

Yeah it dosnt actually use 2 runes its just a visual bug

[acoustic thicket]

Okay since things are staring at me and one shotting me in empowered, should I be rolling for them from the dungeons and stuff til I get more HP and things?

[acoustic thicket]

actually nvm, I got rid of a lot of my crit passives and put it into more defensive passives and its been helping

[tiny swift]

is glacier sorcerer gonna be nerfed ? or is it ok to still play it

[candid elm]

You have a lot of time until the next major update

Last Epoch Season 2 launches April of 2025
https://forum.lastepoch.com/t/season-2-and-beyond-closer-look/74516

[wanton jetty]

i dont know, but is there a pack i can buy for a brighter gameplay theme? or is the default game "dark dungeon" like that

[faint cape]

No, pretty sure there's a brightness setting, though about 1/3rd of the game is relatively bright

[winged musk]

what does weavers will mean here? and the 8 number

[surreal verge]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/guide/section/weavers_will

It's how many random affixes it'll get.

[winged musk]

thank you

[honest birch]

not quite. how man ytimes weavers will can trigger. that dosnt mean itl get 8 different prefixes

[surreal verge]

I should have said "affix tiers"

[rose elk]

which class is the fastest for adhd brain? Fast movementspeed and relatively fast clear speed?

[cedar locust]

Anything marked 'Monolith Farmer' is a good bet of being a fast map clearer - https://www.lastepochtools.com/build-guides/filter/language=en

[coral dagger]

For builds that often hinge on a specific unique that you cant get until later on, do you guys usually just try to make the build work with a random weapon that is kind of similar, or just run something different early on and respec once you get the unique?

[iron forge]

Really depends, optimal is probably to build something that levels fast first and then switch but I usually like to stick to what I want to try from early on even if it takes a bit longer (as long as it works at all ofc).
Or if getting the Item is the problem instead of the lvl req then I sometimes farm it with another char that can clear fast/ farm favor fast.

[finite gale]

Hey guys. I'm on harbrings of ruin: part 2. I'm trying to view the forgotten knights faction panel while in the shattered road. How do I do this?

[toxic echo]

Y for faction panel

[finite gale]

you have to go "back" on the previous faction you've decided on. there's no indication that there is a new faction for you. I'll try to figure out a way to provide taht feedback.

[acoustic thicket]

Is the colored text on gear sealed?

[toxic echo]

generally if its at the bottom yea

[toxic echo]

no, thats an exalted affix

its a t6/t7, drop only

[acoustic thicket]

Cause at the point that I need to craft because yesterday I got to my first ever boss on empowered and 1) I'd get one shot if I got hit by a big hitter attack, and when I got into the 2nd phase, I was literally hitting them for barely 2-3%

[glass raptor]

Can I play the game with WASD?

[safe quest]

Anyone know if there's a way around this when the dungeon traps you in? Or did I just lose a key and need to restart?

[surreal verge]

❌

[fallow geyser]

Press „D“ 🙂

[surreal verge]

The two screenshots are different eras of the floor I assume, as if so he might actually be stuck.
You can tell from the background.

[acoustic thicket]

So Im realizing purples are pretty damn useful to fill out weaknesses before worrying about my dps

Just something that needs explaining is, can I transfer the special text from the mage fight to other items?

Or is transferring stats not a thing

[surreal verge]

Transfering only applies to legendary crafting.

If you want experimental affixes you’ll have to make them on the item itself

[fallow geyser]

oh right, didn't payed much attention to it. Sorry, never seen that before 😬

[acoustic thicket]

How to I make them? 😮

[desert tree]

Press G in game
Search for Legendary

[acoustic thicket]

Just got home so I can check

[desert tree]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/guide/

This works too

[acoustic thicket]

Beautiful, love the guide in this game, seriously. Soo many years of gaming, and this is the first time I've ran into one this good

Some of these shine brighter, does it effect anything?

[faint cape]

iirc the brighter ones are "rare" prophecies

[desert tree]

TIL

[dense jay]

T We L

[hushed skiff]

When is season 2 releasing??

[desert tree]

#news message

[novel lotus]

Is there a difference between Nemesis in high corruption and tier 4 dungeons when empowering items?

[honest birch]

Dungeons do not get harder woth corruption to my knowledge

[novel lotus]

What I mean is, are they different when empowering items in Nemesis? Because I usually don't get good results when using it in the Temporal Sanctum

[toxic echo]

Nem empowers are not influenced by anything

Only the starting items are influenced by corr

[hushed skiff]

Yea I read that but u couldn't find a date for the release of season 2.

[desert tree]

April 20225

[faint cape]

There's no exact date yet, just sometime in the month. I'd assume end of the month.

[desert tree]

I would assume the 1st 🐟🎣

(April's Fool in French is called April's Fish)

[safe quest]

Yep. I submitted a bug report and gave up haha

[storm wren]

🤭 It'll be a great April fool's joke

[copper sage]

im scared of that XD

[brave ibex]

I have a legacy HC SAF character who can't use any of his gear because my legacy factions aren't levelled. Any quick fix for that?

[toxic echo]

https://discord.com/channels/368953963267096586/1260279433772662854

did you do this?

[brave ibex]

Ah, I didn't, thanks - first time touching legacy

[acoustic thicket]

What can I post here of my character that can help you guys help me figure out what I need to swap in and out cause I'm now getting bored of doing regular monos, but soon as I wanna do empowered even when I think I got some upgrades, I just dookied on if I make one small mistake?

[toxic echo]

if you import your character in lastepochtools and share the build planner here or down in one of the class channels,

[acoustic thicket]

Ooo lemme try that, does it work for offline characters too?

[toxic echo]

i doubt it

though you could just manually do the build the same way

takes a bit longer tho

[acoustic thicket]

LOL yeah, I'd rather get in a voicechat and stream it just to show it, but I know my HP is low, and if I find something with good HP or something thats gonna help in empowered, then I take a downward bump to a resistance

[storm wren]

yeah

[toxic echo]

ah, i guess it can work for offline

[acoustic thicket]

Ill actually do this when I get home, got work, but I'm excited to get home and figure out my newbness of what I'm doing wrong 😄

[coral dagger]

Is there a determined order that mana affecting things are applied? There can be a pretty big difference in the end result depending on that

[faint cape]

Yes, all + and - effects are applied first, then all multipliers (efficiency is a type of multiplier). Same way damage calcs work.

Increased/reduced multipliers are additive with other multipliers of the same type, of course

[ember yarrow]

Hello, ive been thinking about buying last epoch . what do u guys think about it, ive played diablo 4 and poe2 and poe2 is way to big and complicated

[coral dagger]

Rog, regardless of source?

[storm wren]

Big and complicated? 👀

[ember yarrow]

surely u have too agree though

for me atleast, its a bit too much

[candid elm]

Some people have said LE is between Diablo and PoE. So if you found Diablo too simple and PoE too complicated, maybe LE will be a happy medium for you. I personally had no problem making up my own build in LE and going through the entire campaign back in the beta

[ember yarrow]

Yeah alot of people said its a perfect inbetween, makes me want to buy it

[candid elm]

Once I got into the end game, then I looked up some builds

[ember yarrow]

making up my build and everything in poe2 just made me so weak and im tired of having to keep searching for builds, and information , i just want to freestyle and do nice dmg

[storm wren]

le will be your tea indeed

[faint cape]

Yes

[storm wren]

But empowered timelines still challenging

[ember yarrow]

i just bought poe2 too 😭 rip my bank acc

buying rn

the classes seem so cool too

[storm wren]

🤭 I enjoy poe 2 more so far because I played too much le before poe 2 is out

[faint cape]

Yeah, LE is the perfect middle ground for me. I like to be able to make my own builds and not dedicate my life to studying and research

[ember yarrow]

i just dont know why i suck so much at poe2 lmao, whatever build, gear, or class i try i just keep dying and its overhwelming me making me not want to play

i see youtuers streaming thier first 10 hours, beating the bosses in 2 mins that took me 4 hours of constantly dying

to

[faint cape]

I think that's just PoE 2 intended experience for typical players

[ember yarrow]

yeah thats what i need, spent like 50 hours on poe2 vids and like 30 on the actual game

[storm wren]

The same case I'm facing to be honest because it test my action skills so hard

[candid elm]

One thing I like about LE is it's very easy to respec. You can change everything except your initial class choice and the mastery you select. You can change your skills any time. They just reset to a minimum skill level that increases as you level and earn increased experience until they're almost leveled up again. Passives you can change in town with a vendor using the regular in game gold. In the end game it's inexpensive to respec all of your passives compared to something like how expensive a full respec is in PoE 2 - which is still an improvement than the Orb of Regrets in PoE 1.

[ember yarrow]

Im studying + working and competing i just want a game to enjoy for 1 hour a day loll

[ember yarrow]

thats so good, i keep following guides because im afraid to do the wrong thing and having to restart

[candid elm]

You'd make a new character if you wanted a different class or mastery. Otherwise you can just change the current one

[ember yarrow]

Alr , im convinced

is the map kind of like poe2? like not an open world where you kind of enter a map?

[candid elm]

You can always try it for under 2 hours and refund it with Steam you aren't enjoying it at all. Like most ARPGs it does get better later, at least I like the end game more

[ember yarrow]

Just searhced up if i can refund on steam lol

[faint cape]

Yeah, main difference from PoE 2 on the map and zone transitions is LE's maps are not random

and a lot less windy and backtracky

[candid elm]

The beginning of LE fairly linear. Just don't warp out unless you're done with an area or have gotten the next area waypoint. LE doesn't do instances like PoE, so if you leave it resets. Best to just not pick up everything as you're going.

[ember yarrow]

I see, what do u mean with dont pick up everything? like drops n loot?

[copper sage]

ammm i just noticed the wording and the lines arent match
when chanelling you get ward per 2 or 3 int?

[storm wren]

🤭 One of le's exclusive feature is loot filter which specialize in helping you just choose what you need in random loots

[faint cape]

Yeah, unless you want to use something (equip or craft on/with it), usually not worth to pick it up - selling to vendors intentionally gives very little gold

[copper sage]

not worth to pick stuff for gold. as they sell for almost nothing, the mobs drop way more gold then item worth

[faint cape]

lets you set your loot filter to hide whatever you don't want without worrying about the sell value you lose, and the loot filter in this game is very nice

[candid elm]

Yeah in PoE2 you were probably picking up every blue item to disenchant. LE has cool crafting and shard system you can get into later in the game when you've got more gold and can break down whatever you want. But early game you can't afford to break apart items very much and the items don't sell for much of anything. So you're best off just picking up things that might be an upgrade for you, instead of everything you see. The crafting early game will mostly be with shards you find

[ember yarrow]

Ohh alr

[copper sage]

its anther QOL toll that you need to be good with

[ember yarrow]

Oh okay

would you say the game is farily beginner friendly? i want a game that i can also have nice progression, getting stronger n stronger

[storm wren]

Yeah but what I like the best still is infinite stash for me and it's free to use (Compare with pay-to-storage in poe) 🤭

[copper sage]

it is, some stuff are confusing.
but that what discord is for, whanever you got a qustion come here

[copper sage]

you say "infinite" i wonder how much gold you stash tab cost now XD

[ember yarrow]

seems easier to get answers here the poe2 dc was moving like craaazyy

[candid elm]

I thought so. If you have ARPG experience you'll do well. There's a few bosses people tend to struggle on like Lagon in Chapter 7. But in general I didn't find the campaign to be very difficult. Note that the campaign currently stops in Chapter 9. There's a couple more chapters planned, but you can just go into the End Game stuff whenever you want

[copper sage]

i think season 2 will give as chapter 10

[ember yarrow]

are they still making updates?

there we gooo

[toxic echo]

yes. tho its a bit delayed currently. the next big seasonal update in is april

[ember yarrow]

Wow its not so big, done in 5 mins

[candid elm]

Hmm, I don't see that in the list of stuff here https://forum.lastepoch.com/t/season-2-and-beyond-closer-look/74516

[ember yarrow]

Excited to try, thanks so much for the help

[toxic echo]

this is/was on the old roadmap. doesnt seem like we are getting it anymore in 1.2

[storm wren]

I'm a multimillionaire so no problem to offer the cost

I don't need new pages currently too

[candid elm]

There was a chart with the tab costs on tunklabs, but I don't know if that site is offline now or what

[desert tree]

Always trust the bottom line.
The text on the top part is hand written, so sometimes it contains mistakes

[ember yarrow]

What is a good class?

for a beginner

ive played alot of rogues kind of tired of it

[hidden trellis]

Rogue is always my go-to 🙂

but all of the classes are fun

[ember yarrow]

kinda want to try mage, then rogue

mage just sitting there looking cool

[desert tree]

Honestly there is no hard class, or late game class

[ember yarrow]

enjoyng le so far

[acoustic thicket]

Unfortunately I can't find neither of those folders, I don't have the userdata after steamapps, and I don't see anything with Eleventh hour games

[olive forge]

why i cant see what appears to be a unique drop even with loot filter disabled?

i tried running around considering the clickable name could appear far away from the actual drop but to no results

got disconnected
welp, at least i didnt know what i lost

[tranquil flicker]

If you find yourself unable to pick up items from the ground again, pressing ALT + Z should reenable this feature.

[olive forge]

will do next time, thanks!

[acoustic thicket]

When starting off in empowered mono's, how much HP is a good to start with? So I get an idea of what I'm looking for

[honest birch]

Is recommend just trying and see how it goes

[toxic echo]

Really depends on your class

[acoustic thicket]

Focusing on Werebear form primarily lightning damage, right now I crafted 80% crit avoidance onto my gear, and trying to push health%, and sitting at 1800 HP

[faint cape]

You might have Steam cloud saves enabled, that saves things in a different folder. From in game, you can use the filter editor to open the folder that stores your loot filters - use that, then go up one folder level and you should see Saves in there with the Filters folder.

Should theoretically take you there regardless of OS and whatnot

[acoustic thicket]

I see the save files, and the exact same one it shows on the website, but I don't see any saves with specific character names if thats suppose to be how they look

[faint cape]

The character name is inside the save file, so you have to rummage through each one until you find the char you want

I am pretty sure they are numbered 1, 2, 3, etc. in the order you created them, if that helps

[acoustic thicket]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH, I see exactly what you mean, okay

[acoustic thicket]

I can find the folder if I do it through steam but if I try to use the browser from the website, I don't see it

[faint cape]

You probably need to copy and paste the file path directly into the browser, since at least one of the files is hidden

at least the path to the Saves folder, then you should be able to pick your character file from there

[acoustic thicket]

Ladies and gentlemen, we did it

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/A8yy7RNQ

[neon compass]

Druid, Level 90

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.7

Class:

Primalist (30) / Beastmaster (8) / Shaman (5) / Druid (60)

General:

▸ Health: 1,678, Regen: 154.4/s
▸ Mana: 314.95, Regen: 12.4/s
▸ Ward Retention: 16%, Regen: 0/s
▸ Attributes: 55 Str / 2 Dex / 2 Int / 38 Att / 9 Vit
▸ Resistances: 112% / 85% / 98% / 132% / 96% / 100% / 161%
▸ EHP: 3,300 / 3,300 / 3,300 / 3,903 / 3,300 / 3,300 / 3,300

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 49%, Threshold: 504
▸ Dodge Chance: 3% (60)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 38% (1,924)
▸ Crit Avoidance: 80%

Damage Types:

▸ Lightning, Physical / Melee, Spell, DoT

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Swipe (20)
• Werebear Form (20)
• Warcry (20)
• Fury Leap (20)
• Maelstrom (23)

Used unique items:

• Undisputed
• The Last Bear's Fury
• Chimaera's Essence
• Stormcarved Testament

[faint cape]

So to answer this, it depends. Really you want as much as you can get by that point, but personally I just rush to it so 1-2k is where I'm at when I get there (mind you, I make sure I have multiple defensive layers). I recommend as a generic approach aim for 2k, or 3k health + ward

On your build, it looks like you have a lot of room to grow defensively, so if that's the issue I think you can get there by dropping some of the overcapped resists for capping endurance and crit avoid, then invest the rest into more health

[acoustic thicket]

Exactly what I've been doing, I might chuck my idols just to get a clean canvas of what I'm working with

[low fossil]

Hey lads, i saw there was a reset at some point, when i checked my toons today, but wiki says last cycle rolled over in July-ish. pretty sure ive played since then, was there another wipe?

[acoustic thicket]

If I want to focus on crit/attack speed, do I want to look for a decent mainhand dagger, or what dictates what weapon I want to use?

[faint cape]

The last season bump was 19 September

(next one is currently planned April next year)

[olive forge]

wait how does this embed works
post planner and it does it?

[faint cape]

Often times, there are bonuses that depend on your weapon type that you care about that may drive your choice. Daggers are great for the generic crit they provide, but there are other good options; like there's an axe with generic crit and swords with crit multi.

[faint cape]

It's a bot, any time you post a LE Tools build link, it pops out a summary for convenience. You can make the bot ignore your link by putting a ~ at the start of it

[olive forge]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/Q0yy7qJB

[neon compass]

Marksman, Level 96

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.7

Class:

Rogue (32) / Bladedancer (8) / Marksman (69)

General:

▸ Health: 1,358, Regen: 19.44/s
▸ Mana: 125.38, Regen: 13.44/s
▸ Ward Retention: 12%, Regen: 0/s
▸ Attributes: 3 Str / 70 Dex / 3 Int / 3 Att / 3 Vit
▸ Resistances: 173% / 19% / 74% / 93% / 98% / 86% / 54%
▸ EHP: 3,867 / 2,479 / 3,829 / 4,069 / 3,867 / 3,867 / 3,196

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 610
▸ Dodge Chance: 42% (1466)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 15% (430)
▸ Glancing Blow Chance: 31%
▸ Crit Avoidance: 125%

Damage Types:

▸ Physical / Throwing, Bow

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Dark Quiver (20)
• Shift (20)
• Multishot (20)
• Smoke Bomb (20)
• Shurikens (20)

Used unique items:

• Drelkor's Compass
• Nightbringer

[olive forge]

ehg, stop giving me fire resists and my life is yours

[coral dagger]

Does the temp sanctum require the same type of weapon or just the same slot? IE can I put a wand into a scepter since they're both 1h, or only scepter into scepter

[wanton jetty]

no, wand =/= specter

[coral dagger]

figured

[acoustic thicket]

How important is getting endurance to 60%?

[faint cape]

For health-based builds, it is a requirement. For ward-based builds, it's (almost always) a dead stat.

Usually it doesn't take much investment and going from base to cap gets you like a 24% more health multiplier

[acoustic thicket]

I'm realizing that HP is going to be the main stat, but not sure if I should invest in leech even though I'm trying to do attack speed build

[desert tree]

Leech require very little investment and give you a lot of sustain

[acoustic thicket]

Hmm, I'll try it out but everytime I think I have enough leech, I barely get HP back

[sonic saddle]

what do you mean attack speed build

[acoustic thicket]

Fast bear slaps is what I'm thinking, thats all lol

[sonic saddle]

if you're leeching you should be leeching off your main damage source

if you're not getting much sustain from leech, that's probably moreso a sign your damage is inadequate. assuming you're like, at monos

[acoustic thicket]

Yeah, I'm noticing my damage is kinda meh right now, but I really think its because I'm shifting all my gear around to get me ready for empowered monos

I did take this off which definitely obviously lowered my DPS a load

[sonic saddle]

prolly also lowered your other DPS a bunch too (deaths per session) :L

[surreal verge]

Yeah that thing CAN kill you

[sonic saddle]

it's a bit of a trap tbh

[acoustic thicket]

Yeah, earlier today was the first time I raged (not fuming, but just turned the game off and got ready for work), realizing that I went glass cannon. Really didn't know what I was aiming for with defenses, but now, after watching some vids I might be figuring it out a wee bit

For someone who's not using totems, is there a better lightning weapon than this?

[sonic saddle]

exalted crystal swords are probably better?

[acoustic thicket]

Yup one in my mainhand

[sonic saddle]

potentially not, not sure

[surreal verge]

You could just run double exalted crystal swords

[sonic saddle]

tempest maw can get good amounts of LP so at the high end it might be better

also depends how much attunement you're stacking

[acoustic thicket]

57 str to my 38 attuement

Also might be time to move points around cause my swipe does lightning damage now instead of physical while my maelstrom does phys damage instead of cold, which might split my damage up in a bad way?

[desert tree]

Maelstrom dmg is not really high anyway since you seem to be focus on Melee Dmg

[acoustic thicket]

Hmm, could get rid of it and maybe add wolves to the mix

[surreal verge]

But your wolves wouldn't be doing much either

[acoustic thicket]

Now I'm stuck between a rock and hard place xD

[acoustic thicket]

Its cool actually, I kept maelstrom BUT I'm moving points around, so we're good

[desert tree]

Maelstrom has amazing utility

Perma Frenzy + Haste
Slow or Chill
A bit of Healing
Can procc some Storm Bolts
Extra Stun Chance

[pine valley]

Does anyone know when the season ends?

[surreal verge]

Next season is April 2025

[pine valley]

Ah so it is still worth it to play and not wait for next season

[pine valley]

thank you

[cedar locust]

TIL, thank you 😅

[wispy grail]

hi peeps i wanted to come back to the game for a bit but i checked steam charts and there's like 1.5k peeps rn, is multiplayer dead rn?

[surreal verge]

Multiplayer has never been particularly alive iirc

[wispy grail]

i'm sure it has something to do with poe2 coming out recently but given the fact how that game is still super unpolished rn i wanted a different arpg

[wispy grail]

but like the game is still being properly updated and supported?

[surreal verge]

If it helps, the next major patch and season reset is stated to be during April 2025

But until then the game will be on lull.

[wispy grail]

i've heard the 1.0 didnt actually finish the story

did harbringers finish it?

[surreal verge]

Nope, we're still missing 3 chapters.

Harbingers did not add any campaign story.

[wispy grail]

and endgame loop, is it short?

[surreal verge]

It's the same monolith cycle, now with a pinacle boss.

[wispy grail]

compared to d4 for example

do you run out of steam quickly when you optimize your build?

[surreal verge]

You'll get 80% of your power quickly, and the rest is chasing for legendaries/exalted

[wispy grail]

and the difficulty, harder bosses etc?

[surreal verge]

Monolith has corruption, which is an endless difficulty that just pumps enemy health and damage.

[wispy grail]

in terms of mechanically challenging stuff?

[surreal verge]

Only some bosses would give you trouble, in theory.

[wispy grail]

i really liked doing rifts in d3 if you ever played that

hunting for set gear and such

monoliths are like that?

[surreal verge]

Monoliths are like atlas without the passive tree, or whatever the current PoE2 mapping is I think

[wispy grail]

One last question, that's based on have you played d3 or not

is there anything thematically similar to archon?

[surreal verge]

No

(From what I know at least, my d3 knowledge is limited)

[wispy grail]

and if i at least wanted some kind of purplish void caster

what can i do

[surreal verge]

Void Knight is the only mastery that focuses on Void damage.

[wispy grail]

but i cant do big lasers with it right?

[surreal verge]

It has a void laser but it sucks

[wispy grail]

is there anything that converts into void, so at least the vfx changes

[surreal verge]

They're still mostly on sentinel, the base class of Void Knight

[wispy grail]

okay changing ideas then

any dark mage possibility? like dark holes, dark lasers or something

maybe something with warlock?

[surreal verge]

Those would fall under void, and there is no working void mage that isn't Void Knight-related

Warlock is necrotic/fire/physical focused.

(Mage has a black hole skill, but it's cold/fire and it also is kinda bad)

[wispy grail]

you got any cool vk build that isnt spamming one skill?

[surreal verge]

I don't know VK enough to help on that front, maybe ask #🔱┃sentinel

[wispy grail]

wait wait

warlock has a cool laser

stygian beam no?

@surreal verge

[surreal verge]

It's a necrotic laser, it's either run crit, or as the main poison applicator.

IT's also tied to a unique.

It's also not ran by warlocks but by liches.

[wispy grail]

So now i'm thinking lich or warlock, in terms of a more flashy playstyle, enganging and flashy

which makes me press more buttons and has more prominent vfx?

[surreal verge]

Most Lich builds would need you to upkeep 2 buffs, but is kinda basic otherwise.
Warlock is the premier top mastery for Acolytes, either being a queen of DoTs or having non-usual ways to play crit builds.

[wispy grail]

and flashy vfx wise? big explosions etc. just lookin cool and edgy

[surreal verge]

Both can do that iirc, but warlock does it more commonly

[wispy grail]

https://maxroll.gg/last-epoch/build-guides/warlock-leveling-guide

this good?

[surreal verge]

Decent.

[wispy grail]

got something better or will this do?

[surreal verge]

If you got not a clue what you're doing it's good.

[wispy grail]

that sounds not good hahahahha

[surreal verge]

It's mostly because warlock has... quite a lot of weird scaling.

[cedar locust]

It's a good place to start with a Warlock if you're not familiar with the Class in LE 😊 Maxroll also has 'Endgame' build guides for when you're comfortable with how everything works. If those guides aren't for you, there's also LETools and the Class channels here to ask in for advice

[surreal verge]

Imagine needed to overcap a specific resist 2-3 times over because it gives you other defenses and boosts your offense.

[wispy grail]

aaaaaaa I SEE imma go play now ty peeps

[pliant kite]

Finally have the SO interested in maybe trying LE, but there is concern that we don't know when we might be facing a character reset due to the cycle ending. I have tried looking for the current cycle status, but can't find anything in the forums or anything except "Q1 2025... maybe"
Do we know when the next reset is coming? Or is this completely unknown and it's not worthing playing LE even though she is finally interested?

[cedar locust]

Season 2 will launch in April 2025 🙂

#news

[pliant kite]

There is no other reset coming before that? From what I was reading it looked like there might be another cycle reset before that full season restart.
The confusion between the "Cycle" and "Season" after they did that restart a few months ago with a mini patch is really causing us to be confused.
Thanks for the update.

[cedar locust]

No other resets that I've heard of 😊 We heard a lot of feedback about how 'Cycle' was causing some confusion so the decision was made to switch to using Seasons to define the time between resets.

[pliant kite]

So the Cycle 1.1 character made back in July will still be live. That's great to know.
Thank you.

[cedar locust]

Any characters made in a Cycle are moved to Legacy when the Cycle (Season) ends, so even after the reset you will still be able to play them if you want to

Happy to help!

[pliant kite]

But that is still the active cycle, because the site is listing that 1.2 would be starting in 2025, but that is now going to be Season 2. So... 1.1 is still live?
Now I am confused again.
Maybe we just have to play legacy and assume Cycles are broken.

[desert tree]

Technically there was a reset in September/October with an event

[pliant kite]

Really confused. 1.1 started in July. 1.2 is listed as starting in Q1 2025, but the next change will be Season 2 in April.
But 1.1 is not live even though we aren't in 1.2; and...
Yeah, this is really really confusing.
Maybe I will try to get her to start with the "if we get dumped to legacy, we should still be able to play; or we just play legacy until they sort out how their seasons work"

[toxic echo]

they delayed 1.2 from q1 to april (a whole month, its in the forum and #news ). 1.1 is live, it is the current patch.

[wispy grail]

wdym 1.1 is live it went live in July

[toxic echo]

there is no content difference in cycle and legacy, so it really doesnt matter where you play

[wispy grail]

1.2 will be season 2 which is in april 2025 so 4 months from now

[wispy grail]

that i did not know

so i can just run a lkegacy if i dont wanna reset‚?

[toxic echo]

yup

[wispy grail]

the reset is just for those who wanna shake things up every so often?

[toxic echo]

yup

[pliant kite]

But Pvt.Vlad said there was a reset it Sept/Oct, which was mid cycle.
So the cycle didn't end, but there was a reset?

[toxic echo]

yup

there were some economy issues

so teh devs decided to press the reset button

[pliant kite]

Merchants Guild must be weird on Legacy.

[wispy grail]

you peeps went full wallstreet on the economy?

broke it to shreds?

[pliant kite]

Okay - I think I am a little less confused. Thanks for the clarifications.

[tribal meadow]

Someone found a way for the money printer to go brrrrrrrrrrrrrr and economy become hyperinflated overnight

[toxic echo]

what you mean 'you peeps'? i am not with ehg at all.

[tribal meadow]

Like Zimbabwe levels of inflation, people selling stuff for 100x the price cause there was so much currency floating around

Some people went to bed, woke up billionaires overnight, others woke up to see the item prices to 100x overnight

It's why I glaze CoF so much, it's got none of these headaches and it's just pure dopamine fuel

[coral dagger]

What am I missing with the dungeon shrines that say they create a portal to the exit

I've gotten a bunch of these and never seen a portal

[toxic echo]

le bug

[cedar locust]

Yep, this is a bug that is known to the team and I believe may have a fix in progress!

[coral dagger]

ah gotcha

[ember yarrow]

Is LE rewarding if you put a lot of time on it? I don’t want to stop progressing after 200-500 hours

[serene bough]

server is online?

[twin oak]

you can do everything in LE much faster than PoE
compared to PoE where you would put that amount of hours in a character in LE you would instead switch to another character after you are satisfied with your character (eg done everything and reach 1k corruption in monoliths)

[ember yarrow]

Can you spend a lot of time on the same character though? Because when i play an rpg i’ll be on it for yearsss

[twin oak]

yes you can

[toxic echo]

you can if you really want to minmax. def dont need to to finish all content

[twin oak]

also heavy balance changes are not common and don't come often, so there are usually many months between changes that could heavily impact a build
and you can always respect everything (except the class mastery)

[ember yarrow]

About how many hours is it till a character is “ maxed out” , where the progression slows and there’s not much to do?

[twin oak]

that depends a lot on the person
I have 2k hours and I am also a tester so I tend to move to another character after I beat the pinnacle boss Aberroth,
depending on the character I may play with it for a week and if I still want to play with it afterwards maybe a month or two
Aberroth was killed in less than 24h when it came out in a fresh cycle in 1.1, but there are many players who take months and many have not beaten him

[surreal verge]

You would need to pray to god for the 0.0000X% drops, since if you REALLY want to 100% max you'll be in the drop grind for a good while.

[twin oak]

but yeah you can put hundreds of hours into it, just not expect them to be as varied as in PoE
some streamers / content creators can put hundreds of hours into a character in LE, I recall some mentioning 500h or so, but I personally can't

[faint cape]

Depending on the specific item, might need to go a few more orders of magnitude lower, even 😅
but I think once you're to that point, it's fair to say the progression has slowed considerably

[surreal verge]

I'm picking REALISTIC examples, come on-

[faint cape]

Don't crush my dreams of that 0.00000000001% chance 4 LP rav that I will slam my equally realistic 4x useful T7 gloves on

[surreal verge]

[cedar locust]

This should help - ✨ Loot Drop Boost ✨ (single use, can be used for 1 (one) item or weapon or armour/gear, results not guaranteed)

[wispy grail]

Ya "you peeps" as in players

[faint cape]

It worked!

[ember yarrow]

ohh arl

[wispy grail]

Are these rolls good and can i make them better?

[toxic echo]

unique's affixes cannot be rolled/improved after drop. legendaries are the same after crafting

[wispy grail]

and how are the rolls?

[winged musk]

is there a way to contrast (tabbed) map against the background?

i can't see sh... in certain scenarios

[toxic echo]

there is an opacity slider in the options. but other than that, no

[winged musk]

i'll look at it, thanks

is there a way to target farm this?

[surreal verge]

You'll still want to pray to god, but monoliths would help limit the pool.

[winged musk]

so, monoliths?

[surreal verge]

Yup.

[storm wren]

This wand is very common if you farm it by wand prophecies of cof

[winged musk]

to be honest i never really figured out how the monolyth system works. Like there's a quest on the "first island" that i never quite mannaged to finish on my previous character.

I get the just of finnish islands get stability get payoff, but never quite managed to finger on the pulse

[surreal verge]

The quest echoes to the left? The 'quest' is triggered by literally clicking on them.

[winged musk]

"fall of the outcast"

[surreal verge]

That's the monolith name.

On the left you'll see these three things. As you have the stability for them, click on them to trigger the quest echo.
The 3rd quest echo is always a boss fight.

[winged musk]

thanks

[coral dagger]

If there's something that drops from a specific mono boss and letools lists it as "X% chance up to Y% with increased item rarity" is that mostly a corruption thing or should I try and leave a facet with a high one of these for right before the boss?

[ember yarrow]

how do i become a bladedancer ?

[hidden trellis]

The main questline will lead you to picking a mastery

[ember yarrow]

Lessgooo

[coral dagger]

Start as rogue, when you get to around lvl 15-20 you can choose a mastery as part of the story. You'll need to get 20 points in the base rogue tree before you can start putting points in the bladedancer tree still

[faint cape]

It adds together the inc rarity from corruption and those, should show the total active on the echo web map. So yes, it can be worthwhile to stack some of them if you really need a rare boss drop. There are a couple modifiers that have a really big rarity bonus, but they can be kinda dangerous so use at your own risk.

[coral dagger]

Rog, I assume the increased rarity is multiplicative?

[faint cape]

The rarity from corruption is additive with the rarity from echo mods, and the way it scales drop chance is not linear, it gets diminishing returns - though I'm not sure exactly how severe or where it starts becoming not worth it

[ember yarrow]

i love le THANKS FOR PUTTING ME ON

[candid elm]

Hope you're enjoying the game. Note you can also put passive points into the unselected masteries up to the half way point.

[ember yarrow]

Enjoying it alot so far!!

what do i do with my idols in my inventory?

[winged musk]

is there a way to transfer items between characters?

[toxic echo]

Your toons? Just thru the stash is they are in the same game mode/not solo

Other peoples toons? Thru auction house, gifting while in the map together, or gifting via resonances

[hidden trellis]

^ beat me to it

[winged musk]

so, stash is cross character?

thanks

[hidden trellis]

yep, just with the caveat that the character is not Solo Self Found

[winged musk]

makles sense

[winged musk]

is it reasonable feasable to reach 1k mana withouth massively screwing up itemization?

[faint cape]

It's not easy to reach 1k mana, some classes have an easier time than others though

[winged musk]

it's a mage character atm. i was asking for this

if it even makes sense to go for this

[desert tree]

Your get so much benefit for stacking mana, you are not making a mistake by doing so

[coral dagger]

If I'm not done with a mono facet and portal out, can I go back and finish?

like the blue portal to town and right back

[faint cape]

No. Currently there's no penalty for doing this, but it resets the echo instance completely.

[steel bison]

Hi, i'm looking for a melee build with huge impacts, pretty strong and agreeable to play, is there something like that?

[toxic echo]

Void knight erasing strike. Paladin judgement. Shaman earthquake.

Forge guard also has smelters wrath, and forge strike. But fg isnt suuuper good overall. And is pretty slow. Any of the first three would suit what you asked for

[honest birch]

Has anyone else managed to use erasing strikes full potential or am i still the only 1 whos managed to delete the floor with it

[steel bison]

Thanks i'll check gameplay of those

[faint cape]

ES is definitely super popular among people who like VK

[olive forge]

this happens awfully often, is it me, servers, or not killing things and crafting peacefully counts as afk?

[acoustic thicket]

Can I break the gear to get a chance of getting this?

[surreal verge]

That's the whole point of runes of shattering, yes.

Alternatively, Rune of Removals work too.

[acoustic thicket]

Okay, dopee

[burnt jetty]

yep thats the reason you dont sell your gear with valuable/rare affixes, you break them instead to get those juicy shards

[acoustic thicket]

Oops

[burnt jetty]

dont worry if you did, shards get more common later on, but some shards are just that good to break into. Maybe rare shards like minion damage for example

or most of the Health affixes

[tranquil barn]

does multiplayer worked ever or it just doesnt work now, im new want to play with friend

[surreal verge]

Your mileage may vary. But it's supposed to work.

[abstract aspen]

did they update the damage tool tip to accurately display dmg now?

[surreal verge]

It did not get changed

[cosmic flower]

Will we be getting a wipe or 2 before april? their post didnt mention anything

[surreal verge]

No

[runic jetty]

hello, is there anyway to move stash tabs from a category to another?

[honest birch]

throwback to when i used the full potential of erasing strike to delete the floor

[toxic echo]

Rmb on the tab and it brings up a box to move

[winged musk]

is there such a thing as optimal use of rune of ascendance?

[toxic echo]

Not really. Its just a gamble. Doesnt look at anything outside of base type (rings give rings etc)

Level, area, doesnt matter

[winged musk]

thanks

so if i want rings put those to the wolves, if i want a head that etc?

thanks

[copper sage]

any idea what happened to the quest log?

[faint cape]

It can get hidden oddly for some reason, press Shift to unhide

[wanton jetty]

beer, why not

[storm wren]

I never can see a beer in my game yet

[wary sierra]

is Abberoth scaled with your highest corruption like dungeon? I want to push my corruption higher, but I'm afraid my Abberoth fight will get harder, I haven't beaten Abberoth

[surreal verge]

Abberoth is fixed difficulty, nothing changes it

[true wolf]

What is the nature of the end game? am mid 60s and wondering if it is mainly monoliths now or is there other activities post campaign? Thanks in advance

[toxic echo]

Moniliths are 90% of it with some dungeons sprinkled in

[true wolf]

I gotcha. thanks!

do people often group?

[wintry wolf]

How much would I lose about content and stuff by playing offline? I am pretty new to ARPGs. I played online till lvl 7 but even though my ping is 21 ms, the spell delays, enemies running in place and stuff like that made it unbearable in the end... So maybe offline will fix it?

[toxic echo]

you lose 0 content by playing offline. just obv cant trade and such

[wintry wolf]

Oh, superb then

Shame I'll have to replay the part I did but oh well

And that the online function is buggy as hell :/

[shy island]

guys does cast speed make mages disintegration hit faster?

[tranquil flicker]

MTX and cosmetic items are also only available in online mode.

[wintry wolf]

MTX ?

[tranquil flicker]

Shop items, like pets or portal skins.

[surreal verge]

No. Cast speed doesn't affect channeling speed.

[desert tree]

1. Disintegrate is a Dot, so it doesn't hit
2. No it doesn't scale with Cast Speed

[shy island]

ok thanks guys

[wintry wolf]

Ah, its a shortcut. Well I dont care bout those, so thanks for helping 🙂
Maybe one day online won't be delayed and buggy despite a good internet connection.... 😄

[dapper light]

Do abilities that cast other abilities still cost the mana of the 2nd ability? (e.g. if I am a spellblade with more than 0 static charges and cast surge, triggering static, will it cost me 15 mana for static on top of the 25 mana for surge?)

since I am thinking of getting the static node which makes it cost extra mana equal to number of static charges, but that means (if it costs the mana when surge triggers it) it could drain 200 extra mana when I cast surge.

[surreal verge]

Procced skills, by default do not cost mana to cast. But if the node says "consumes mana" instead of "increased cost", they may still consume the mana.

[dapper light]

Thanks! It shouldn't then as the static node is worded as "increased cost" and the surge node as "cast on arrival".

[wispy grail]

hey peeps is black hole sorc any good? i really like it

[surreal verge]

Did you really have to pick sorc's worse skill-

[wispy grail]

listen it looks very cool

[surreal verge]

Actually, no, I think it's Mage's worse skill overall.

[wispy grail]

ive played so much meteor and lightning and frost in other arpgs

i dont see a point in doing the same thing here too

[wispy grail]

it's that bad??

[surreal verge]

It's that bad.
It doesn't even have a niche.

[wispy grail]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/build-guides/black-hole-ignite-sorcerer

[neon compass]

Black Hole Ignite Sorcerer Build Guide

Game Cycle / Version

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.7

Class

Mage / Sorcerer

Used skills

• Flame Rush
• Enchant Weapon
• Volcanic Orb
• Flame Ward
• Black Hole

Used unique items

• Firestarter's Torch
• Twisted Heart of Uhkeiros
• Ashes of Mortality
• Rule of the Simoon
• Ashes of Mortality
• Throne of Ambition

Tags

Boss Killer / DoT

Created by warmachine237 · Oct 29, 2024, 1:18 AM

[wispy grail]

this guide seemed good th

tho

[surreal verge]

You're free to try, honestly, maybe someone made it work.

But it is indeed, the worse skill in Sorc's arsenal.

[toxic echo]

Incase you didnt believe kzb...it is a terrible skill

[wispy grail]

oh no i believe them

[toxic echo]

Do something nice for future you and skip it

[wispy grail]

but this guide seems to make it work no?

okay well i then have a silly question

[surreal verge]

Oh, it's at least actually abusing black hole's strongest node, so it has merit.

[wispy grail]

you peeps aware of witch doctor from d3?

[surreal verge]

I don't remember how it works since I'm a monk player

[wispy grail]

poison and stuff

[toxic echo]

If you read the description, the guide writer says this is bad in quite a few situations

It might be ok on sationary bosses. But anything that moves is gonna be a pain

[wispy grail]

mm okay okay and a poison build which class does that?

[surreal verge]

Oh

There's like, two notable poison builds.
Stygian Coal Poison Lich and Scorpion Nova Beastmaster(?)

[wispy grail]

that first one seems something like id enjoy very much

[surreal verge]

https://www.lastepochtools.com/db/items/UAwRgrAzATAHEA
You'll need this.
And this node from Lich, then scale beams via Int and etc.

[wispy grail]

can i respec my ascendancy?

[surreal verge]

No.

[wispy grail]

well time to level another acolyte then

https://www.lastepochtools.com/build-guides/lich-dot-and-rot-leveling

[neon compass]

Lich DoT and Rot Leveling Build Guide

Game Cycle / Version

Beta / 0.9.2f

Class

Acolyte / Lich

Used skills

• Reaper Form
• Transplant
• Drain Life
• Summon Bone Golem
• Aura Of Decay

Used unique items

• Isadora's Tomb Binding

Tags

Leveling / Beginner / SSF / Melee / Ranged / DoT

Created by MinMaxRPG · Jan 6, 2024, 12:56 AM

[wispy grail]

good for leveling?

[surreal verge]

Should work.

[ember yarrow]

is it bad to only do main quest or should i do all the side quesdt i get?

[shy island]

guys is it possible to make meteor work with a lightning build?

im specificly asking about the stardust upgrade

[faint cape]

Side quests are mostly easy to do alongside the main quests. Some can award passive points and idol slots but so can main quests, and there are more passive/idol slot rewards available than you need. If you fully complete the campaign, I'm not sure if that leaves you short or not, but you can easily go back to finish off some later if you do need to.

[faint cape]

Yes, get the Vilatria set and stack int

[shy island]

where do i get the set?

[ember yarrow]

Alright!

[faint cape]

They are random drops, you can either buy on bazaar or aim for set staff prophecies (I think those exist, or set weapons)

You aim for the staff on circle of fortune because it's way more common than the helm and you get the full set when any part drops with that early rank bonus

[shy island]

whats the circle of fortune>?

im pretty new to the game

[candid elm]

In Chapter 9 on your first character, you can choose between two item factions to join. Circle of Fortune is focused more on finding your own items and upgrading them. The Merchants Guild is focused more on buying, selling and trading items. It's just however you prefer to play the game. If you're playing Offline, then definitely CoF.

On subsequent characters in that same game mode, you can join an item faction in Chapter 1

[shy island]

oh okay thanks

[ember yarrow]

is it good to explore a whole map i enter?

[toxic echo]

in campaign, not really needed. in monoliths, you can to max out bonus stab or if you are hunting for nemesis/exiled mages

[sly fable]

I think you can pretty freely do whatever you find fun to do. There's no need to clear each map unless that interests you

[ember yarrow]

whats monolitfts?

[toxic echo]

monolith is endgame.

[ember yarrow]

which would be better for a bladedancer?

sry for all thge questions lol just a bit confused

[toxic echo]

likely the thorn for the +1 phys skills. but it really depends on the build you are running

[ember yarrow]

alr!!

[edgy sphinx]

April

[edgy sphinx]

True. But it's not in a very crowded window so far. Everything else is coming out in Jan/Feb/March.

[uncut scarab]

should i create a filter that hides all items with T1/T2 affixes? (including exalted).

[faint cape]

No, what matters more is that the affixes are good. The tier is only important for T6/T7

[uncut scarab]

i guess thats a comes with experience thing? Im just hoarding every exalted item i have but no idea how to tell good from bad for the most part

[royal loom]

I know it’s probably build-specific, but is it generally better to focus on damage passives early on or defensive ones?

I always struggle to decide when rolling a new character

[sly fable]

Or, Alternatively, nothing else announces 4 months in advance!

[acoustic thicket]

So Ima tryna just get a bunch of exalted items, is there any specific dungeon I should do that would net me just a bunch of those?

[sly fable]

Circle of fortune or merchants guild?

[acoustic thicket]

CoF

[sly fable]

Then the best thing to do is just do monoliths at your best corruption for favor farming and to do prophecies

[acoustic thicket]

Oh favor = the rep and using that to get the specific things I'm lookin for?

[sly fable]

Yep, exactly

Dungeons would be competitive if favor gain in dungeons wasn't lower than in monoliths, which it is if you're at a reasonable corruption. Temporal sanctum is the best dungeon for exalteds because of the floor mods you can select when picking a floor

[acoustic thicket]

And to raise my corruption PRE empowered, I just have to keep going further and further into the web for the mono?

until I see that one node where I can find a shade

[sly fable]

You should not be trying to raise corruption before empowered

Just working towards empowered should get you what you need

[acoustic thicket]

Foshoo, and was there anyway to reroll these stats so instead of it having fire damage and what not?

[faint cape]

You can't change item implicits, they are just what the item is essentially - ruby ring will always have those

[acoustic thicket]

I knew it ❤️

Ty

[quasi girder]

is 75% for all resistances absolutely REQUIRED to do empowered monos? i'm having trouble getting all of them at once to be over 75 lol

[faint cape]

Nah, 60% or so is fine, you can even cater your resists to the enemies in the timeline you're running if you need to

It's more important to build other defensive layers on top of that, and eventually you can work toward 75%ish later

[old kettle]

anyone know when is the next season of this game? I'm planning on starting a new character cycle I don't wanna start one when the season is ending

[surreal verge]

April 2025 is the known date

[old kettle]

aight still a long way thanks

[small flume]

...welp. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Time for some pruning, I guess...

[old kettle]

in offline mode do you still get to kill the pinnacle boss?

[surreal verge]

Yes

[royal loom]

are resistances as important in this game as in path of exile?

nvm i scrolled up and found the answer to my question lmao

[copper sage]

Res are important, but you have multiple defence layers.
Res/armor/energy shield/life regen/leech. And probably more as i missed some

[sonic saddle]

passive tree DR

endurance

[sonic saddle]

to expand on why they're not as important, enemies gain passive resistance pen equal to their level, capping at 75%.

this basically ends up meaning if you have a resistance that's X% below cap at endgame, you are taking X% more damage of that damage type because of it

as opposed to in PoE

where missing 5% res from cap means taking 20% more damage of that damage type

[winged musk]

managed to upgrade my previous unique to legendary with the nemsis thing

feels pretty good man

[copper sage]

nicee

[winged musk]

this is good endgame wand to right?

[copper sage]

depend on build, you can probably get even more dmg.

not sure how much the stun chance help you

[winged musk]

not sure if this is enough

[clever lintel]

Is there a fix for steam deck respec bug?

[storm wren]

👀 55 flat spell damage will be limited later because it's a bit poor for later game though, but it's fine so far

[winged musk]

is flat that good?

[toxic echo]

Flat is pretty hard to get. So you wanna get it where you can. But that will take a while to upgrade

[carmine wolf]

Semi-dumb question, but does Twin Spirts also override Aberrant's Call?

[acoustic thicket]

Hello everyone! I played some Last Epoch back when the game dropped and i would like to make a new run with a whole new build. I was hoping some of you could share with me their favorite builds (possibly both fun and strong to play) and that's it. Thanks in advance

[tranquil flicker]

Hi there! Did you play prior to the migration of LE to Steam? If so, then you may need to link your LE Account to Steam.

[acoustic thicket]

Hello! I played it with a friend when LE was released on Steam. Anyway i was just thinking of starting a whole new build/character and that's why i was asking for suggestions

[iron forge]

Heya!
My favorite Builds that I played over the last few Months were Storm Totem Shaman (https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/AvzxzPLA),
Hammerthrow Bleed Paladin (https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/A2d4DX9B),
and Static Orb Frostclaw Mage (https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/B5ERz68B).

Imo they are all really strong and I enjoyed them a lot. I followed the Planners I linked for them but for most of them you don't need all that Gear for them to start being good. I'd say the Mage is the hardest for Gear and the Paladin the easiest.

[neon compass]

Shaman, Level 100

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.7

Class:

Primalist (31) / Beastmaster (23) / Shaman (59)

General:

▸ Health: 2,643, Regen: 31/s
▸ Mana: 451.93, Regen: 12.32/s
▸ Ward Retention: 32%, Regen: 0/s
▸ Attributes: 11 Str / 1 Dex / 8 Int / 38 Att / 4 Vit
▸ Resistances: 0% / 59% / 142% / 83% / 47% / 79% / 12%
▸ EHP: 3,206 / 4,837 / 5,611 / 6,539 / 4,383 / 5,611 / 3,442

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 55%, Threshold: 575
▸ Armor Mitigation: 36% (1,885)
▸ Block Chance: 23%, Mitigation: 23% (366)

Damage Types:

▸ Cold, Lightning / Melee

Minion Damage Types:

▸ Cold, Lightning, Physical / Spell

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Summon Thorn Totem (25)
• Summon Storm Totem (29)
• Upheaval (25)
• Gathering Storm (20)
• Warcry (25)

Used unique items:

• Arek's Bones
• Coral Aegis
• Julra's Obsession
• Omen of Thunder
• Stormtide
• Phantom Grip
• Phantom Grip
• Death Rattle
• Stormcarved Testament

Paladin, Level 100

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.7

Class:

Sentinel (30) / Void Knight (10) / Forge Guard (8) / Paladin (65)

General:

▸ Health: 2,775, Regen: 43.2/s
▸ Mana: 159.35, Regen: 8/s
▸ Ward Retention: 112%, Regen: 0/s
▸ Attributes: 38 Str / 15 Dex / 28 Int / 5 Att / 16 Vit
▸ Resistances: 100% / 80% / 133% / 70% / 88% / 81% / 96%
▸ EHP: 10,534 / 10,534 / 10,534 / 16,550 / 10,534 / 10,534 / 10,534

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 69%, Threshold: 555
▸ Armor Mitigation: 68% (6,023)
▸ Block Chance: 63%, Mitigation: 43% (1,480)

Damage Types:

▸ Physical, Void, Fire / Spell, Melee, Throwing

Buffs:

▸ Holy Aura (Passive)

Used skills:

• Hammer Throw (25)
• Volatile Reversal (20)
• Holy Aura (20)
• Smite (20)
• Lunge (21)

Used unique items:

• Flayer's Pride
• Valdyr's Chalice
• Blood of the Exile
• Thorn Slinger
• Carcinization of Momentum
• Orian's Sun Seal

Sorcerer, Level 100

:white_check_mark: This character build is verified

Game Cycle / Version:

Harbingers of Ruin / 1.1.2

Class:

Mage (20) / Sorcerer (67) / Runemaster (26)

General:

▸ Health: 1,054, Regen: 23.97/s
▸ Mana: 1,754.81, Regen: 22.87/s
▸ Ward Retention: 610%, Regen: 252/s
▸ Attributes: 15 Str / 17 Dex / 142 Int / 12 Att / 7 Vit
▸ Resistances: 74% / 52% / 104% / 76% / 39% / 61% / 64%
▸ EHP: 2,430 / 1,729 / 2,121 / 2,529 / 2,430 / 1,712 / 1,759

Defenses:

▸ Endurance: 20%, Threshold: 211
▸ Dodge Chance: 3% (81)
▸ Armor Mitigation: 50% (3,145)

Damage Types:

▸ Cold, Lightning / Spell

Buffs:

▸ None

Used skills:

• Arcane Ascendance (20)
• Teleport (20)
• Focus (20)
• Static Orb (22)
• Frost Claw (21)

Used unique items:

• Prismatic Gaze
• Unstable Core
• Wrongwarp
• Fragment of the Enigma
• Strands of Souls
• Blood of the Exile
• Red Ring of Atlaria
• Flames of Midnight
• Orian's Eye
• Stormcarved Testament

This build has a guide:

Sorcerer Build That Is Good At Everything | Static Orb + Frost Claw | LE 1.1 by FrozenSentinel

[iron forge]

(Forgot that posting the Build Planner links Spams the Chat a bit, Sorry)