❔┃ask-the-community

[brittle atlas]

the lightning conversion node converts all flat added damage for javelin to lightning (phys throwing, fire throwing, and any flat that would be added from your weapon if you're using a polearm, any flat throwing damage from other sources like Mourningfrost)

it doesn't change or convert any % damage scaling

[errant pecan]

Re the second half, the skill itself says it converts melee physical at 20% value for polearms. Is that flat, or %?

[brittle atlas]

it adds flat melee damage from your weapon at 20% value for polearms

it's not a conversion

it doesn't need to be physical

if you have cold damage on your weapon for example, it would add 20% of that as cold damage to javelin

[oak anvil]

Does Throne of Ambition's Ambition stacks affect ignite damage?

[brittle atlas]

yes

[oak anvil]

And does Earthscorcher also convert chance to bleed on hit to ignite? I thought the on hit effects were different for some reason so i wanna make sure

Ty btw

[sly breach]

When picking the Blessing for weapon droprate, what should I pick to improve polearm droprate?

[pallid crag]

Uhhh.. polearm drop rate

If it's not offered then you need to do it again

[sly breach]

ohh, well guess I'm running it again

thanks

[wary patio]

is there a reason why primalist beginning feels bad?

[brittle atlas]

lack of access to minion adaptive spell damage for totems, lack of cohesive scaling for multiple skills since you get like three or four different things early on

lack of additional companions to make non-totem minions feel better

imo, swipe is basically the only decent feeling thing early on primalist

or bleed wolves

and later on storm crow

[wary patio]

I see

Dont think primalist gonna be for me i did get further than the previous 3 characters on hardcore but i think thats because totems and wolf and tiger good bait

Depending how i like shaman and the guide im following is gonna be if ill like it

[brittle atlas]

something to note- ailments are very strong early in the game

[supple oyster]

i can't seem to see any pastebin filters

[outer pagoda]

does the anvil/forge in town have a purpose? since i can seem to be able to craft anywhere i want anyway

[frigid orbit]

You can click it once for a quest in some chapter but nothing else as far as I know

[outer pagoda]

ah

ty

[cinder magnet]

For Mana Costs, do flat or percentage changes apply first? I'm looking at Fireball. I have reduced the mana cost to zero using the mana sphere node, which has -3 mana cost when maxed. If I take a code that increased cost by a percentage like Piercing Heat (+33% mana cost), would that apply before the flat reduction ( base cost 3 + 33% = 4 - 3 = 1 Final Cost), or after ( base cost 3 - 3 = 0 + 33% = 0 Final Cost)?

[frigid orbit]

In my experience with warpath (from last patch 0.8.2) percentage reductions were applied first.

[timber ridge]

is it possible to change the size of item plates on the ground?

[green tendon]

No.

[brave ibex]

Does enemy crit rate scale in Arena?

[stoic hollow]

is there a limit on how many enemies spiraling hammer throw can hit? seemed to pierce while leveling and now it doesnt

[timber temple]

is it recommended to get max of all the resists in endgame on softcore? iv also seen some builds with no health/vitality. Is heath not as good in this game because of the way it lowers resistances?

[frigid orbit]

Resistance is not as important as in PoE as 1% missing resistance only increses damage taken by 1% instead of 4%

I dont get your second part as I'm not aware of any effect health has on resistance...

You still want to be as close as possible to the resistance cap without wasting too much other damage or damage reduction sources

[frosty mirage]

Some builds can get away from being under the cap a bit due to passives, Shaman’s Protective Circle is a great example of that

[timber temple]

ok ya i think the build i was looking at did not have health because it has i think 50% damage taken from mana

[frigid orbit]

Yeah. 1 point mana protects 5 points of health, thus mana is more important/better for defence

[wary karma]

how do you guys approach echoes? Reset timeline web asap? Or try to farm in outer edges as much as you can and reset it later?

[dark fox]

If I don't have a target unique for the timeline, I just blitz it out. Otherwise, I'd just go outside for regular nodes for more stability, stacking corruption only if it doesn't make nodes unmanageable.

[wary karma]

and if target unique is from boss, then you blitz it also?

[dark fox]

yeah, going as much outside as possible, avoiding reset nodes. Although, reset nodes can be worth for a nice burst, if you miss ~ 2 nodes worth of stability and you're on your 3rd quest echo

[cloud kindle]

First I go in straight line to unlock the three quests as fast as possible. I can turn a bit sometimes, to go for a desirable reward, but not far. Then I do the quests. Then I explore the other sides, till I can do the quests again, but lass quickly

[wary karma]

p.s. does echoes modifiers applies to final boss fight?

[knotty hinge]

Yes unless the mod specifies "Rare enemies"

If there are rare enemies in the boss encounter then the modifier will apply to those.

[wary karma]

if you die on last boss, can you try instantly again?

[wary patio]

Hm?

[pure flicker]

You lose a bit of stability if you fail a quest echo, so it's possible you might have to do another echo or two to be able to do the boss again if you were right on the cutoff when you attempt the encounter.

[warped blaze]

does maehlin's hubris convert melee bleed tags to generic ignite

[nova sable]

from my experience so far (90 sorcerer), I'm finding plenty of good weapons/boots/helms in particular but I seem to be struggling finding very good belts. Am I just unlucky or expecting too much from belts, or do others have a similar experience?

[green spindle]

There are not many type of belts around I think. The best ones I think are ones that carry 4 potions with armor, or 5 potions without any armor.

The affix you can put on the belt are mostly the generic ones as well.

[wary patio]

There no mana potions right?

[green spindle]

Nope, and that is intended

[nova sable]

yeah that's fine

[green spindle]

Was a bit weird for me at first but no big deal once I got used to it

[nova sable]

I'm enjoying the "mana game" so far in the few builds I tried

in my glacier build it encourages smart/efficient play

[green spindle]

I know. I have started to like it. In many other aRPG games, all you need is mana leech. But in this game, you actually have to plan out your skills for efficient mana use

[wary patio]

It weird not having more than 1 flask as i play poe

If i were to guess primalist is nice in hardcore just because of the amount of summons he has to act as decoy?

[short roost]

After I beat the third Echo Quest and the new timeline with higher level is unlocked, do I reset the timeline or just move on to the higher level one? I don't know if I'm doing this the right way.

[nova sable]

move on

you want to unlock a blessing in every monolith area asap

and then empowered

[green tendon]

Or if you feel too weak to move on, do it again until you feel semi confident to move on

[nova sable]

no reason to farm one early on unless you REALLY want to target farm stuff

[short roost]

Thank you

It was fairly easy, I haven't died once and already completed two Monoliths, area lvl 58 and 62.

First character ever, so I don't know if it's normal.

Also, I've got several arena keys. Should I use them?

[green spindle]

From my personal experience, there isn’t a difficulty spike when you progress through higher level monoliths. So I would also recommend keep going

I don’t like arenas. I sell the keys. Good money lol

[nova sable]

I already have 30 tabs full x)

I hoard too much and am too lazy to sort

[balmy current]

Empowered has a difficulty spike, the normal monos might depend on your build.

[green tendon]

Arenas are good for XP, though not so good that you HAVE to do them

If you enjoy them, do them, if not don’t

[nova sable]

so far with middling gear I havent encountered a roadblock in regular monos, almost done with the last one and getting close to 90

[short roost]

I haven't tried Arena yet.

[nova sable]

only real block was shade of orobyss but that was because it had spooky affixes & I had bad resists

[green spindle]

And lack of understanding of their skill mechanics

Feels so much easier now once I got to know their mechanics

I think Arena is exactly like the Arena echo nodes, but with endless waves?

[short roost]

Thank you very much.

I'm quite happy with my fire nova build. I can't believe I didn't have to re-roll or start a new character after lvl 50 or so.

[frigid orbit]

Anyone had the experience that he died but still could play? Probably got killed while some recovery was incoming. Had the respawn screen but could still use skills, finish the echo and portal out with T. Respawn screen was gone back in town.

[balmy current]

Yeah, that happens sometimes if you "die" at the same instant you regain some hp

game gets confused

[reef leaf]

What are the odds that you get a Set AND a Unique item from an enemy? 😆

From the same one, I mean

I had 22% increased item rarity

[frigid orbit]

Hard to say. I think we don't even know any base drop chances. So you cannot really calculate it.

[glacial bison]

hi, for boardman21 javelin dot build why does the amulet with healing effectiveness yield more dot?

[snow spruce]

It's likely the chance to ignite

[glacial bison]

oh shit, that might be it huh

i really want to annul this but scared

[lunar slate]

whats a good arena build for marksmen?

[brittle atlas]

bowmage or hail of arrows (maybe? got nerfed some this patch though I'm not sure how much those nerfs impacted it)

[wary karma]

have to unlock all branches to unlock empowered ones?

[wary patio]

Is it just me or does the part where you gotta reconstruct the bridge take a bit too long?

[forest torrent]

Bowmage was good enough to get me to wave 125 in questionable gear. I probably could’ve gone further, but that was high enough to get me into the top 100 leaderboard at the time.

[merry aspen]

anyone know if rebuke is getting hotfixed?

[green spindle]

Probably. They know about this. Just couldn’t get it fixed in time for this hot fix patch.

[wary patio]

Whats wrong with rebuke?

[merry aspen]

it doesnt go off half the time

[green tendon]

Enough that it isn't entirely clear what the bug is for most people

[green spindle]

If your attack speed is too fast, your rebuke won’t hold

[wary patio]

Oh

[green spindle]

It’s very strange

[wary patio]

You going into animation but bubble not showing also apart of it?

[green tendon]

Yep

[merry aspen]

might very well be what youre saying lilylicious. this char has high attack speed

[green tendon]

Or it's a separate bug at the same time

iorik said that, not me

I have no idea what's causing it

[merry aspen]

whoops

still

[green spindle]

For me, it happens when I get blessing for increased attack speed. My rebuke will just release right away without any effect

[wary patio]

Ah that would explain why i died in hardcore because bubble didnt appear but letting it go did a small explosion

[merry aspen]

thats exactly what happens for me

sometimes it works. 50/50

[lunar slate]

anyone wanna vc and wacth me try to beat the top marksmen xd

[wary patio]

If rebuke worked probably can it actyally keep you from dying?

[merry aspen]

absolutely. rebuke is insane

[wary patio]

I see

So its like just the nicest thing for Hardcore

[green spindle]

Rebuke is a life saver

[merry aspen]

panic button supreme. delay your death by a few seconds to come up with a plan to hop off deaths scythe

[wary patio]

If i die on my shaman(just ascended) ill go try sentinel again

Its dmg is also cool becausw more enemies more death

[merry aspen]

ive never used it offensively. does it scale well? because without offensive speccs in endgame rebuke just tickles no matter the amount of enemies pelting you

[wheat brook]

What are some fun/engaging builds? A lot of the builds I'm finding basically seem to just abuse one skill

[wary patio]

being i only got to lvl19 i havw no clue

[merry aspen]

fair

[green spindle]

I don’t think it scales well. You probably will need to adjust the builds totally devoted to rebuke to make it work

[merry aspen]

mine layer necro

[wheat brook]

I'll give that a look, cheers 🙂

[wary patio]

This game also has mines? Interesting

[merry aspen]

thats not an "official" term. thats just what i call a build i came up with where you summon a single, stationary volatile zombie and then blow it up with sacrifice.

it works so give it a shot if that sounds interesting to you

[wary patio]

I see

[green spindle]

Necromancer is just so fun

[wary patio]

Summons are weird for me i dont feel like im doing much but ill try acolyte next

[merry aspen]

not a fan of summoners either. the "mine" thing is an exception cuz its not your typical summoning build

[green spindle]

Like Dee said, you can make your minions part of your attack skills

So not really a pet build

[wary patio]

I see

[merry aspen]

you can do anything in LE, thats why its so great

[wary patio]

So primalist is more of the pet one kinda?

[green spindle]

But a spell build utilizing minions which can give you lots of buff when they die

So you want your minions to die/expire

[wary patio]

Mhm interesting

[merry aspen]

really depends on the build actually. totems are a bit more "traditional" summoning

[green spindle]

Too much to explore. I haven’t got a lot of sleep for the past week because I have to juggle through work and LE

[wary patio]

Oof

Mage and sentinel seems like the fun ones but tbf ive only gotten to 19 with rogue mage and sentinel

[green spindle]

One of the super interesting skill for Necromancer is Abomination. I really hope they can continue to tune it without touching the basic concept of it. Some hardcore necromancer players are asking the dev to redesign the skill because it does seem to be impractical

[wary patio]

What it do?

[brittle atlas]

Abomination got some pretty decent changes this patch

[green spindle]

It consumes your minions to summon a bigger minion

[brittle atlas]

still has issues, but yeah

[green spindle]

I like it bette than last patch

[wary patio]

Oh i see

[merry aspen]

you were probably just trying them out but i recommend sticking to one char in the beginning and just kinda play how you want and get to endgame a little. you learn more that way and that will make your future builds better.

[lunar slate]

Whats a good way to surive arena cause my char is low res cause of my boots

[brittle atlas]

get more res

[wary patio]

I was trying thwm out and thqn died in hc

[brittle atlas]

get endurance

glancing blow, dodge

more hp

[merry aspen]

make this motherfucker

[brittle atlas]

crit avoidance

[wary patio]

If it took aggro the moment its made doesnt sound bad for hc unless it dies to quickly

[green spindle]

Res is actually not as critical in this game as in other aRPG.
You should follow Arborus’s advice and find other way to boost your defence layer

Abomination’s HP depends on the minions you consume. Mine can last quite a while but I still have to summon it usually 2-3 times during each monolith echo

[lunar slate]

I get like 3.1k dodge which is 63% dodge if im in smoke

[wary patio]

Interesting

Can you get abomination and than summon more reg minions or are you stuck with abomination only?

[lament nest]

Is endurance useful if you have low threshold and also you have ward?

[merry aspen]

you can summon more

[merry aspen]

endurance does not reduce damage on ward

so in that scenario imma say no, its not useful.

[wary patio]

I see

[lament nest]

yeah I'm going to focus on ward, I'm building a wardadin XD

[storm grove]

Do the passives from Holy Aura that you gain from nodes only work when it is activated?

[brittle atlas]

No

you get them as passives and they are doubled when active

[merry aspen]

is asked the same thing just yesterday 😄 they become part of the passive and double when activated

[storm grove]

k thy

[merry aspen]

holy aura is a bro like that

[brave ibex]

New to minion builds, how do you get base dmg for minions? Or is there a different approach for minions?

[near moon]

Currently working on an electrocute focused sentinel build. My weapon(s) will just be used to boost electrocute DoT damage. My question - would I get more DoT damage from a 2handed staff or would it be better to take the dual weild passive and just stack DoT damage on two 1handers instead?

Currently leaning towards composite staff for the innate dot

[brittle atlas]

axe + shield or axe + sword imo

Dragonbone Axe + Nagasa Scimitar probably

[near moon]

What's the reasoning behind those choices? This is my first sentinel so not super familiar with all the nuances

[brittle atlas]

more bleed chance that gets converted to more electrify chance

[near moon]

Its bleed "on hit" tho, will that convert? I thought it was only "X chance to bleed" affixes

[brittle atlas]

Yes

"x chance to bleed" doesn't exist

all sources of bleed chance are on hit or are skill-specific applications like "chance to bleed per second" for things like Hail of Arrows

[near moon]

This is fantastic to know, thanks very much!

[brittle atlas]

I would probably lean towards 1H + shield, generally

especially if you're paladin

[near moon]

I had briefly considered it but didnt seem worth it? The only benefit I could see was it would save me a few specialization points in shield rush.

I am a paladin tho

[brittle atlas]

paladin has massive amounts of block scaling

and block is pretty dang strong

[near moon]

I'll keep that in mind. I havent struggled much with survivability but I'll admit I've kinda been aiming for a glass cannon style.

[opal crystal]

anyone else getting high gpu temps or is my gpu bricked? if i go fullscreen in a snow area at 144fps(hz) my gpu fans go 100% in about 5 seconds

also if i leave the passive tree open for like 3 minutes the temps just keep going up until 100% fan speed

[green tendon]

The game is fairly GPU intensive, yes. That’s the short answer. The long answer would require knowing your system specs and such.

[opal crystal]

i'm really just curious if this is happening to anyone else, or if it's my gpu that's bricked

i have a 2080

the passive tree is weird in particular, i don't think the fps cap applies to it for some reason

sitting in end's time my temps are stable at around 60, just opening the tree up slowly brings them to 80

[snow spruce]

https://forum.lastepoch.com/search?q=GPU

You will find a lot about this topic on the forums, some with Dev responses etc.

[stiff notch]

Is the bonus stability reset after clearing a corruption intended? I was sitting at 31 stability then I did a corruption and it reset it back to 21.

[knotty hinge]

Killing the shade rewards stability.

[stiff notch]

I know, but I lose the overall bonus for how deep I went.

[brittle atlas]

Yeah, nodes closer to the center reward less stability

you take a short term setback in that regard to build corruption for longterm gains

as corruption provides a multiplier to stability gain

[stiff notch]

Got it, ty 🙂

[wary patio]

Is there a way to get more than 4 affixes or 4 is max?

[urban horizon]

4 is max

[glacial bison]

hi, can you farm the boss over and over again on the last part of the monolith quest by leaving after the boss dead and not selecting the blessing?

[knotty hinge]

No, they patched that.

[tawdry abyss]

hey guys do we know a general eta for multiplayer? Like what they're aiming for? I'm looking for something vague like Q1 2022 or something

[knotty hinge]

We haven't heard anything, sorry.

[wary patio]

When you get to ascend is that halfway through the story?

[urban horizon]

December is the best guess but could be q1 2022

[urban horizon]

You mean pick your mastery? Around level 20-25

[wary patio]

Ascend mastery kinda same thing but more of meant at that point of the game is that considered half way throufh the story or the end etc

[urban horizon]

It's not quite halfway but close

[wary patio]

I see ok

How long would you say the story is?

[brittle atlas]

first run is hard to gauge

[urban horizon]

9 chapters for new players its likely 10 hours or so? i would say but veterans can smack it in like 3 hours

[brittle atlas]

subsequent playthroughs, it can be done in like 3-4 hours, maybe 5-6 if you're multitasking and going slow

[urban horizon]

However you don't have to finish the story to enjoy endgame IF you are strong enough

the moment you get your mastery you can jump into monoliths however its not easy that early on

[wary patio]

So its possible to just skip story and do endgame wth?

[urban horizon]

It is possible yes however if its your first character then i don't suggest doing that not until you reach level 40-50

[wary patio]

I see

Im also on hardcore so i doubt its smart

Is the xp difference of continuining story or skipping to endgame huge or?

[gilded crystal]

Hi! Anyone have experience with the Druid Werebear specialization?

[knotty hinge]

Not enough to skip the story on your first playthrough on HC.

[wary patio]

So would playthrough considered getting through the story first time or the characters made and than died?

[knotty hinge]

I'm suggesting you continue through the story after you select your mastery, yes.

[wary patio]

Ok cool

[knotty hinge]

In subsequent playthroughs you may decide to level a bit in monoliths.

[wary patio]

Ok cool

Feel like i sent something else oh well

Thank you

[gilded crystal]

In subsequent playthroughs I had realized stuff about the chapters and the bosses. So for example when hitting the Lagon boss I had low Lightning res, I then did some easy monoliths to get that res up befor engaging him.

I will put my Druid Werebear question out here if anyone have any tips. I play hardcore and I play druid. I have enough crit to sustain Werebearform, but its close. I am looking into the specialization node Called Ursine Wisdome to get alot of mana efficiency. But the drawbacks seems dangerous for hardcore. Am I right?

[gusty token]

Can someone explain why the new wand does not result in higher fire spell damage?

I use firebrand/flame aura, so I have to use fire spell damage tooltips to approximate my aura damage increases

[dark fox]

It can be that spreading flames as an ailment counts toward your fire dmg, if your skills hit (I don't know if they do)

[brittle atlas]

if you're using a skill that hits, then yeah

spreading flames would be in the tooltip

but you should be able to just check the aura tooltip, right?

[gusty token]

oh shit where is that

[brittle atlas]

spellblade passives

top row

Flame Walker

not top row, actually

[gusty token]

wow

obscure but very useful!

the damage difference is like 7 points where the aura is concerned

but still lower for the new wand

hmm the wand has 2 less adaptive/fire spell damage

looking a lot better with a T5 elemental damage mod now though

[wary patio]

Is it possible to upgrade a normal or blue gear to higher rarity?

[gilded crystal]

It becomes rare when adding crafted affixes

[wary patio]

I see so just get it full 4 affixes and you get a rare interesting but i still take it drop loot is probably much better because of drop omly mods?

[gilded crystal]

I don’t know if there are drop only mods on blue or rare actually, I seem to be able to get shards from all type of affixes when shattering. Im new to this though, so not sure 🤔

[brave ibex]

You can craft 4x T5 affixes. T6 and T7 items are Exalted/Purple and drop only

[gilded crystal]

Yea, that’s true, but there are no mods that can’t be crafted right?

Setting tiers aside that is

[brave ibex]

Yeah you're right, all mods are craftable

[gilded crystal]

Another newbie question. I got an enchant getting my drop rate for largest idols up, and I’m looking for idol echoes. Is there anything more I can do to boost my chances of finding 1x5 Idols?

[dark fox]

Clear echoes as much as possible so that you get more drops from the monolith chest, it might not be worth the time investment though, as echoes can be completed fast

[brittle atlas]

yeah, typically just clear fast, go for idol reward nodes

idols are rare, though

[gilded crystal]

Ok thanks. Yea I have realized that 😋

[brittle atlas]

or rather, good idols with both stats you want are rare

[gilded crystal]

Mmm, I actually kinda need just one stat, but a specific one. To trigger a skill I can’t cast in Druid Werebear form

[sick spindle]

Is there a good resource for how damage calculations work in Last Epoch?

[snow spruce]

https://forum.lastepoch.com/t/community-game-guide/26057

[dark fox]

The in-game guide has some formulas for basic calculations

[random dock]

if it's a stat you really really need I would make a rule for it in the filter

[sick spindle]

Thanks, that helps, but I was wondering about a more complicated scenario. I use Void Cleave, which has physical and void tags. If my base dmg is 10 phys and 10 void, and I have 100% increased physical damage and 100% increased void damage, is my final damage 40 (20/20) or 60 (30/30) or 60 (all phys? all void?)

[dark fox]

both get their own increases and you sum the two

[snow spruce]

Your 40 (20/20) example is correct

[brittle atlas]

increases to damage only apply to that damage type, generally

the tags describe its base stuff, but if you have a weapon with say....added cold damage then you would scale that with increased cold damage

regardless of what ability you're using it for, excepting things that convert added damage

[sick spindle]

Ok thanks guys. My real question is more annoying, lol. I am using Eternal Eclipse 2H sword, with 1 pt in the Void Cleave ignite talent (to give VC the fire tag). That makes my weapon damage 50 phys / 240 Fire / 240 Void. And I wasn't sure if the fire is being scaled much. Sounds like no, since as a Void Knight my damage bonuses are mostly void and some physical.

[brittle atlas]

Yeah, the fire would only be scaled by increased fire or increased melee, basically

increased elemental would hit the fire but not the void

[snow spruce]

Yeah, do you know how the base damage is changed when a new tag is added, yet the normal base damage is less than the number of types of damage? I was going to mention it will change that (which is true of spells, and is usually pretty straightforward there), but the base damage of Void cleave is 1 physical, 1 void, which doesn't leave any room for another type to create a clean breakpoint on the base damage.

[brittle atlas]

the node that adds the fire tag doesn't change its base damage

it's not a conversion node

it doesn't add any base

the ignite chance node just also gives it the fire tag

[snow spruce]

Dur... I'm thinking adaptive spell portion... maybe the actual base damage isn't split... There is no adaptive melee damage.

[brittle atlas]

even for adaptive spell damage, it just matches the split of the base damage

[snow spruce]

Right

[brittle atlas]

so if adding a tag doesn't change the base damage then adaptive wouldn't change

[sick spindle]

So there's only the Hollow Blade for melee void damage, I guess that's why the Void Knight tree and it's abilities have flat void damage in them...

Does everybody just use Apathy's Maw?

[brittle atlas]

for melee good options would be like...

Hollow Blade
Lucerne
Sovnya
?

[sick spindle]

Sadly, Void Cleave restricted to 2H sword or axe.

[brittle atlas]

ah yeah, void cleave is probably gonna be hollow blade then

apathy's maw is probably not bad until you get a good one tho

[ancient galleon]

Close

[sick spindle]

I only started playing recently, what's a big number to hit the target dummy for?

[ancient galleon]

wait my chat didn't scroll...

anyway, Mastery is 1/3 through the story, if that, considering how much longer later chapters are

[urban horizon]

That is close to halfway!

Not there yet but eventually we are there

[sick spindle]

Thanks for the info. Does that mean damage conversion or pure phys builds are the cream of the crop in this game? For melee, I guess

[wary patio]

Oh the chapters are long than

[brittle atlas]

single-typed damage is definitely stronger in general due to things like resistance shred, but void knight doesn't have good options for that.

[stiff stone]

Are there any solid guides out there for how exactly gearing in endgame works? Or how to break through the wall once you stop seeing upgrades drop?

My understanding is you run monoliths for bases and try to craft good upgrades and that's what I'm trying to do, but it doesn't really feel like my power level is increasing but the mobs in Monoliths definitely are.

At a certain point is the only source of upgrades random exalted items with a roll you need that you then have to try crafting without bricking?

[brittle atlas]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4gWE6xW8Xlw

As far as finding upgrades- ye basically

you loot or gamble bases

exalted or not

attempt to craft them

[stiff stone]

I basically use a glyph of guardian for every craft, is that wrong to do?

[terse roost]

i use the one that lowers the instability gain until like 85% personally. then yeah no reason to not use guardian

[frosty mirage]

Been getting bum luck on the stability glyphs lately

[stiff stone]

Ok, I haven't quite figured out the stability glyphs yet and when is the right time to use them

[frosty mirage]

~80% for me, just whatever you are comfortable with

There are also critical successes that randomly increase an affix tier by 1 not sure what the numbers on that but it’s pretty rare

[stiff stone]

I think I've had that happen a couple times

[gusty token]

is there any source of leech that isn't dependent on hit/melee/channeling?

Trying to get some generic fire or dot leech

[frosty mirage]

Bleeding heart

Not sure if there are others or not

[fiery heron]

im low lvl and this is complete zdps.. can anyone explain?

you'd think 713 dps did damage

[snow spruce]

When you say low level you mean?

[fiery heron]

uh, im lvl 19

713 dps would be quite noticeable

[brittle atlas]

holy trail? are you using a caster weapon?

do you have the node for healing effect scaling?

[fiery heron]

mate I'm merely talking about numbers here, not about scaling

yes, you can make it do damage, but 713 is a lie

maybe combined but then the 'dps' is a lie

[brittle atlas]

dps is almost always a lie

[fiery heron]

okay well I'm not used to it being off by a factor 6

[warped skiff]

What armor affix is worth getting?

[brittle atlas]

if you're a build that can make reasonable use of armor, % armor suffix on a few slots is generally the way to go

[fiery heron]

fuck yea, Mike's fixing my rebuke 🙂

[brittle atlas]

but some classes like rogue or acolyte could make use of flat

though acolyte doesn't particularly need it to cap armor with soul feast

[fiery heron]

Arborus, you see the timing of that shit in dev chat? lol

[brittle atlas]

Yeah

good stuff

[fiery heron]

don't see that every day , hope others benefit too lol

some were saying dead skill when i spoke of Rebuke

seems insane to me

Jevelin seems to distinguish between 'hit' and not specifying hit, is that consistent?

or is new wording generally bugged AF

[brittle atlas]

in the passives?

[fiery heron]

yea

[brittle atlas]

could you give an example

[fiery heron]

Spears to the Thigh doesn't specify 'hit' , while Keen Outlook / Holy Spears does

so going to assume all the 'hit ' stuff isnt going to work with my Holy Trail

[brittle atlas]

Spear to the Thigh is specifically damage over time

and correct

[fiery heron]

music seems way better than last I played..

[brittle atlas]

Keen Outlook wouldn't work for Holy Trail, but Mighty Delivery would

[fiery heron]

have they done a bunch of work on that recently?

[brittle atlas]

not entirely sure tbh, I think they've been adding some new music each patch?

[fiery heron]

well I'm appreciating that part heh

take it you play without music

[brittle atlas]

I think I have it turned quite low

[hard oriole]

what would be a easy and somewhat quick char to play for someone new

[knotty hinge]

What game are you coming from and what type of characters did you enjoy?

[swift elk]

i have a question that someone might be able to answer. i am using blood splatter to give my minions infusion, yet i don't really see a difference and i don't see any status or buff on them

[green spindle]

It works for me. My minions work a lot faster, but you are right it the affected minions doesn’t appear to have any special visual effect kn them

At least I don’t see it

*attack a lot faster

However keep in mind that I have put 3 full points in that attack speed node so it was a 30% increase

[swift elk]

i have

thanks for the response

[fading jackal]

I unlocked empowered monos... what now?
Should I just clean up on the ones I didn't do to get blessings and go from there?

I'm unsure if they serve another purpose than just me farming gear

[knotty hinge]

Get the empowered version of the blessings you like then stack corruption on a timeline of your choice.

[fading jackal]

And then I just farm gear?

There isn't like, more endgame to unlock?

just want to know if i'm hitting that point where the real game begins

[knotty hinge]

I think you are just entering the endgame as it is currently.

But there isn't more variety than that other than Arena.

[fading jackal]

Just making sure

So now I just work to making the perfect build, i'm into it.

[knotty hinge]

There are some drops gated behind empowered timelines and corruption

[fading jackal]

My current build isn't really supported by any uniques so I guess it's time to just get the stuffs

[knotty hinge]

Yep

[fading jackal]

aight

[fiery heron]

Does penetration have any effects on DoT?

Game Guide doesnt specify this

[snow spruce]

Yes

[stiff stone]

There is no rhyme or reason to how the monoliths work right? I just keep exploring in any direction hoping for what I need?

[knotty hinge]

The individual echoes?

Like if you're searching for Exalted nodes?

[stiff stone]

Yeah, my terminology is probably off.

[knotty hinge]

Or are you talking about the maps

[stiff stone]

I'm not sure what the terms are. I'm just trying to make sure the reward types are random in every direction and there's no "method" for targeting specific reward types .

I found a reroll rewards node today for the first time, so that tells me it's all just random

[knotty hinge]

they are

[stiff stone]

Ok cool

I found a revert completed nodes thing too that's pretty neat

[knotty hinge]

It is but you'll have to path back and complete each echo

From the vessel of memory

It doesn't allow you to just click on the lucrative nodes and re-run them

[wary patio]

can you not craft necrotic resistances on things?

[random dock]

you can

[wary patio]

guess i dont got shards for it

[stiff stone]

Yeah I kinda figured, but I bet it's useful when you have some good nodes you want to gamble on again before resetting with corruption

[knotty hinge]

Exactly.

[stiff stone]

I've yet to find any exalted nodes for things I need, but soon enough

[random dock]

setup a rule for them in your filter

[wary patio]

wahts this?

[knotty hinge]

A set item placed in the relic slot

[wary patio]

i see so set items are a thing in this game too?

[knotty hinge]

yes

[brittle atlas]

most of them are pretty mediocre

[wary patio]

if i found 1 necrotic res shard does that mean i only have the ability to use it once?

[knotty hinge]

yes

[wary patio]

rip ok

[knotty hinge]

You can obtain more by picking up gear with that affix and using a rune of shattering on it in the forge. You are not guaranteed a shard and the item will be destroyed.

[wary patio]

i see ok

[quiet hinge]

So after you beat the last quest echo boss to move on to the next region, what is required to go back and farm that boss? Do you have to re-grind 500 stability?

[stone granite]

There is an endless supply a shards, you will have plenty eventually

[terse roost]

yeah, have to get stability back up to fight the boss again

[quiet hinge]

Wow

[brittle atlas]

If you defeat orobyss you gain corruption, which is a multiplier to stability gain, among other things

so if your build is powerful and fast, you can do boss loops quite quickly later on

[outer pagoda]

Heyo, recently found Artor's Legacy on my beastmaster, I heard ice bite wolves are gr8 with that helmet, is it still good? Trying to figure out a build to play with that helmet on HC.

[copper swift]

Is there some kind of list somewhere that lists all affixes per item they can be on?

[fierce kraken]

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

[copper swift]

Thanks this will help

[fierce kraken]

also you can try this : https://lastepoch.tunklab.com/

tunklabs might be better viewing for a list

[copper swift]

Nah first is ok I'm just making a ridiculous item filter

[brave jackal]

Does anyone know if Storm Burst works with Orbital Fulmination ?

[brittle atlas]

it does

[brave jackal]

@brittle atlas Okay thanks 🙂

[stiff stone]

Are there any build archetypes that aren't minion based that are considered fairly easy to push into the highest level monolith timelines? By easy I mean doesnt require immense amounts of min/maxing just to "enable" the build, like the Lizard hammer throw is a great build, but has some intense min/maxing at the high end. I just wanna turn my brain off and endlessly kill things sometimes

[brittle atlas]

Most things can easily can get into level 100 empowered monoliths just coasting

pushing over like 300 corruption is when you start to need a bit more min/maxing

[stiff stone]

Is something like warpath generally considered one of the easier things to play/push with?

[brittle atlas]

Definitely

Warpath has a lot of good item progression to make but isn't massively dependent on any single thing

but would provide a lot of good intermediate goals in terms of items to acquire

[stiff stone]

ok thanks

[static glacier]

Ucenui's Sphere lets you have ... 12? water orbs at once?

[frosty elm]

If I'm a void knight and Smites damage is converted to void, is the flat fire damage from it's passive "Righteous fury" also converted to flat void damage?

[grand umbra]

is orians eye a normal drop ?

[raw fern]

Yes: https://www.lastepochtools.com/db/items/UAzAcwNgRiA

[grand umbra]

Yeah i wasnt sure since nothing is mentioned about location what that meant

[static glacier]

700 hours in 0 eyes droped

i have one from gambling and that costed me millions back some months

so good luck 😛

[narrow wharf]

that's with farming ammie/ring timeline tho?

[static glacier]

no thats a new thing obviously

but i ran the amulet timeline some time just for a blessing last week and i can say you ... many amulets 0 orians 😄

[narrow wharf]

F

[grand umbra]

whats the amulet timeline ?

[static glacier]

afair the frost one

but its in the description of the timeline if you open it

[narrow wharf]

The Age of Winter 90 (required for Empowered Timelines) Ring, Amulet

[grand umbra]

Ah okay thank you! still a bit off it then

[narrow wharf]

Added damage actually for most part looks like a really good stat in LE given it gets multiplied by increases then by more modifiers if im understanding correctly how it works

[static glacier]

flat added damage usually is very strong yes

[frigid orbit]

Yes. Especially if the skill has a high damnage effectiveness (another unique more multiplier)

[static glacier]

like most stats : it is relativly strongest if you still have not very much of it

so if you allready have 500 base damage adding another 50 wont do much ... add 50 on 100 on the other hand

[frigid orbit]

balance is the key 🙂

[narrow wharf]

If skill doesn't mention effectivness it's 100% right?

[narrow wharf]

Also in regards to added damage i was mostly looking at - leech / spell light dmg hybrid on sceptres

[static glacier]

the patch added a lot of flat scaling for sentinels e.g.

[narrow wharf]

How do exactly LL builds work? Given they lose X% health per second? Is it because of endurance that it doesn't go lower than some amount?

[cloud kindle]

They lose part of their health, not all

So it stops at a moment

[frigid orbit]

Part of their current health to be exact. Not part of their maximum health

[grand umbra]

Hello i've got a rather noob question so i completed 75 timeline, went to work on the 70 and when i was done with 70 the map was showing me to go back to 75 any idea why 🤔 ?

[cloud kindle]

In the 70 you had a choice to make, that would lead you either to 75 or to 80. If I remember well, it's when you have to decide which camp to defend

[grand umbra]

yes

thats when i unlocked 80 thre

[cloud kindle]

and so now you should do 70 once more to open the second path

the idea of the quests is to open all paths

[frigid orbit]

If your are only talking about the quests which show you where to go you can ignore them, they will pop up until you unveiled every branch which are not necessary to progress. The 75 timeline has 3 branches to unlock.

[grand umbra]

oh so its telling me to do 75 to connect to the 70

[cloud kindle]

very likely, yes

[grand umbra]

makes sense thank you

[cloud kindle]

have fun!

[frigid orbit]

I would first progress directly to the 90 ones (always right) to unlock the empowered. Then you can unlock the remaining branches by simple farming in empowered

[grand umbra]

Okay will do so!

whats the fastest way to level monoliths or arena ?

[dense remnant]

arena

[reef leaf]

Did anyone get a health potion drop but named "Beer" ? xD

[cloud kindle]

yes, happens sometimes

[spare citrus]

Anyone that can help me with explaining armour shred? I want to know that if it is useful for a Lich build in which I have converted Harvest’s added damage to necrotic.

[low root]

Armour shred shreds armour

[frigid orbit]

Armour shred helps for all kind of hit damage

[low root]

It reduces armour by 100 for every stack

So if you have an enemy with 10 stacks it has -1000 armour

[frigid orbit]

Armour shred reduces enemy armour. Armour reduces hit damage taken. For physical damage it has more effect but it also is useful for all kind of other damage types (70% as effective).
Armour does not increase/reduce dot damage.

[spare citrus]

Alright, so at worst it will be 70% as effective in my case which is not bad still

Thanks both

[static glacier]

Some shred is always good

If you do and kind of hit damage

https://lastepoch.tunklab.com/armor

The curve is the same for negative values

So if you get -1000 armor thats about 25% more physical hit damage ... only 10 stacks of shred needed

[stiff stone]

Does having a blessing for something like increased rings mean that, in theory, you're more likely to get an exalted ring if an exalted item drops? even if it is a low chance?

[tough frost]

Hey ppl 🙂
Does healing effectiveness affect leech?

[urban horizon]

It does not affect leech

[knotty hinge]

More rings drop so yes. It does not affect the drop rates of other item types (exalted gloves do not turn into an exalted ring drop).

[stiff stone]

Ok thanks, do you think the experience node from the first timeline is worth taking over something else?

[knotty hinge]

I typically take experience.

[tough frost]

thx mate 🙂

[reef leaf]

Take experience until you reach 100

[stiff stone]

ok cool, lets see how many times i have to clear the first timeline for it to pop

[frigid orbit]

Anyone knows what cast speed does for ice barrage and static orb (with orbital fulmination)? Does it increase the hit frequency?

[spare citrus]

Thanks @static glacier

[peak shard]

how's crit multi calculated? equipping 94% multi sword makes 219% -> 243%

[frigid orbit]

any axe related passives?

[cloud kindle]

I guess there is a "more" and a "increase"

[peak shard]

axe doesn't do anything, unequipped

[frigid orbit]

usually for crit multi there are only very few more sources. Most is +% which is increase and should just be add to the char sheet

[urban horizon]

Are you using salt the wounds

[peak shard]

oh, thank you, yeah @urban horizon

[frigid orbit]

Just curious. What is salt the wounds?

[urban horizon]

Salt the wound converts your added crit multi to poison/bleed effect it's unique item

[frigid orbit]

ah, kk 😄

[peak shard]

so it just counts 25% remaining multi that it didn't convert, got it

[urban horizon]

Yep

[gilded crystal]

Hi! I had no success yesterday with a question, so I will try once more to see if I can get any hints. 🙂

I play hardcore and I play druid. I have enough crit to sustain Werebearform, but its close. I am looking into the specialization node Called Ursine Wisdome to get alot of mana efficiency. But the drawbacks seems dangerous for hardcore. Am I right? I dont want to learn the hard way that kicking me out of werebear form at 30% life is a boomer, if you know what I mean. 😛

[urban horizon]

Yes for hardcore the node can be dangerous. You should look into getting slightly more attunement to get more mana efficiency instead

[gilded crystal]

That is the path Im on right now until I got confirmation, so Ill stay on that track then. Thanks!

Most damage scaling seems to be both attunement and strength for me as well, so I guess I can kinda switch focus from strenth to attunement without loosing DPS

Will ofc try to do the attunement without loosing strength but you see what I mean 😉

[urban horizon]

I believe it was around 30-40 attunement when your swipe ends up costing 1,5 mana or so but you always refund 2 when you crit

[gilded crystal]

Yea, that seems to be correct

I am at 55 crit now and on the same cost as the refund, so if Im unlucky after I use entangling roots I can run dangerously low 🙂

[hollow socket]

If I combine the spear and anvil node on forge strike, will I get a hammer again?

But more importantly, will I get the crit multi, the added phys or both?

[lilac raft]

is there a way to start the game in windowed mode, and/or resize the screen manually in a config?

I tried using steam launch options and it seemed to not work

[raw fern]

The graphic options are stored here: C:\Users[username]\AppData\LocalLow\Eleventh Hour Games\Last Epoch\ in le_graphicsmanager.ini

I don't know if that is what you need

[lilac raft]

that should work ye

thanks

hmm, okay, I tried editing the config to windowed mode and tried to set a custom resolution and that reverted

...well okay, apparently in the config the options didn't revert but it was still launching in the undesired resolution and screen setting

[lilac raft]

got it working, yay

[autumn swan]

Hey guys, I'm trying to gamble for a neck that I want and have run out of gold. Is there a good way to farm gold aside from going for arena keys and selling them? 🤔

[fading jackal]

doing echoes that give gold maybe?

[dense remnant]

also if that necks unique/set you cant gamble for it

[copper basin]

how do you go about target farming uniques now?

is there a list of which bosses drop which items?

[frigid orbit]

Check https://www.lastepochtools.com/db/ and/or https://lastepoch.tunklab.com/

[autumn swan]

did they change that?

[frigid orbit]

yes with the last patch 0.8.3

[autumn swan]

god damn lol

[frigid orbit]

There are timeline specific unique drop echos now. Check the patchnotes

[copper basin]

Thanks!

[frigid orbit]

Fall of the Outcasts can have unique or set Bows or Quivers.
The Stolen Lance can have unique or set Caster Weapons.
The Black Sun can have unique or set Helmets or Shields.
Blood, Frost, and Death can have unique or set Body Armour.
Ending the Storm can have unique or set Gloves.
Fall of the Empire can have unique or set Belts.
Reign of Dragons can have unique or set Melee Weapons.
The Last Ruin can have unique or set Relics.
The Reign of Winter can have unique or set Rings or Amulets.
Spirits of Fire can have unique or set Boots.

[autumn swan]

Thank you kindly 🙏

Reign of Winter? There is a Reign of Dragons and Age of Winter

[peak shard]

didn't know they changed uniques gamble, is it possible to gamble purples?

[frigid orbit]

nope

[sick yacht]

Age of winter. They already listed Reign of dragons. Process of elimination my dude

[autumn swan]

Guess they made a mistake in the notes then

[sick yacht]

They are pretty huge notes tbh

[autumn swan]

Yeah, I forgive them

[warped skiff]

so i just got to monolith and echos, do you need to do the quest echos? Whats the point?

[knotty hinge]

Quest echoes are how you proceed to the next timeline. Complete echoes to gain stability which can then be used to access the quest echoes by clicking on them once you reach the threshold.

[timber temple]

can someone explain or point me to an explanation of how to craft a fractured crown?

[warped skiff]

and what do you get when you complete timelines?

[knotty hinge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hU5ikvXjOF4

[copper basin]

is there any reason to max stability besides unlocking missions

[knotty hinge]

An option of 3 blessings (on normal) which are permanent stat bonuses to your character. The bosses also drop unique/set items that are exclusive.

[knotty hinge]

Stability is only used for quest echoes currently.

[copper basin]

thanks

[copper basin]

On normal? How do you unlock the other two?

[knotty hinge]

Killing a Timeline boss with 50+ corruption now offers 4 blessing choices, or 5 blessing choices at 200+ corruption.
If you'd like to learn about corruption press G to access the in-game guide and search for corruption.

[copper basin]

Thanks!

[grand umbra]

what are some good leveling uniques ?

[brave jackal]

What does the blue ring around blessings mean ?

[green tendon]

It represents the roll

Full blue ring is max roll

[peak shard]

is chill as effective on bosses?

[cold plaza]

Yee sasha

[peak shard]

just from the description 36% less attack/cast speed seems like something u want on absolutely every char

aight

[brave jackal]

How do I get a better "roll" ?

for the blue rings

[peak shard]

run echo quest again I suppose

[wary patio]

when was the masochist mode added to the game?

[errant pecan]

Does anyone else have a weird shadow LOD circle thing on ultra shadow quality?

[odd egret]

What’s the fastest way to level up past 80? Should I do mono that are on the level (80-85) or above level (90+)? Or there’s other way better?

[frigid orbit]

The highest you can do fast. There is no xp penalty

[wary patio]

there seems to be a problem with the guide im following and no clue what to do

[brittle atlas]

That skill tree changed in the patch

If it's a poison lich build from last patch, I would probably suggest not following it or attempting the build.

It got nerfed extremely hard

[wary patio]

ohs ok

[wary patio]

Well guess ill go and try sentinel with a build in hc... Died on shaman and dont know where else to get hc builds for lich

[gusty laurel]

should I be doing the corruption / orbyss zones when they pop while leveling, or leave them for the level 100 timeline?

[knotty hinge]

Completing a Shade fight sets you back temporarily as it resets the web. You can complete a fight or two if you're interested as I think they're extremely fun but most people avoid them until they get to empowered timelines.

[terse roost]

i do them when i can reach the needed stab for boss before emps

[short roost]

Hey, I've been running fire nova alongside meteor and focus for a long time now, but I was thinking on changing focus for fireball and using meteor's passive that makes fireball into a mana and ward generator. Do you think it might be better?

[wary patio]

Would maelstorm get buffed by dot?

[brittle atlas]

Yes

maelstrom is a damage over time

[magic prawn]

Does "directly using" mean that this node does not work if Abyssal Echoes is procced from the Warpath node Abyssal Tempest?

[brittle atlas]

Correct

[magic prawn]

Thanks!

[wary patio]

Ok cool

Is it worth just putting all gear i pick up into stash?

[brittle atlas]

Maybe to start? but I would say for the most part if something isn't useful just leave it on the ground or set up a filter to hide it

[wary patio]

I see

[brittle atlas]

Of course, knowing what is useful will take some time

[wary patio]

Ye sadly

[fading jackal]

If I'm building for Smite and want to increase it's damage, and if I have a lot of Attunement already, would getting Spell Damage be multiplicative to damage scaling from Attunement or would it effectively be the same amount of damage between 16% Spell Damage and 4 Attunement.

[stone granite]

All that information is right in the game

[fiery heron]

guys,

this judgement notable doesnt seem to do much at all

[fading jackal]

well idk sometimes i have a hard time understanding the wording in the game guide

[fiery heron]

do you need range on the judgement 'hit' somehow?

[brittle atlas]

Attunement gives increased damage, which is additive with all other increased damage.

[north wren]

what is the total of quests?

[fading jackal]

Turns out the game guide wasn't the right place to look and I found my answer

but ty

[stone granite]

Yeah it's a pointless node to me too. Slow is such a meaningless ailment to melee.

[fiery heron]

i just dont understand how the pull is supposed to work

[stone granite]

There are numerous skills that have a pull effect. It just sucks surrounding units in

I think Rive does the same thing

which is you just want to pull things closer, rive doesn't just stop doing damage when you add pull

[fiery heron]

no it really doesnt do so, at least not without any supporting skill points

i expected a pull and i got something along the lines of 'slightly moved 1 mob'

[stone granite]

I think I heard a rumor that judgment was getting worked on further

[fiery heron]

anyone seen the numbers on 'electrify' somewhere?

[frigid orbit]

Press G and seach for electrify

[magic prawn]

does "consume" mean that i'm paying the mana cost of the triggered skill? That's pretty confusing...

[frigid orbit]

I think there is only a small difference. There exist some stuff which is based on 'mana spent' and 'consumes' removes the mana without 'spending it' in the same sense

At least in my understanding. But yes, you will have to pay the mana cost

[fiery heron]

@frigid orbit gotcha, perhaps that info oughta go where all the other ailments are in the character sheet

is this bugged?

seems to proc off vengeance but not my spell

[frigid orbit]

I think they plan to rework the character sheet. Probably that is the reason it is not shown there

[mint venture]

Anyone know how to fix this?

I have tried repairing the game through steam, uninstalling and reinstalling, updating windows as well as the game.

[urban horizon]

Yes delete your graphics file its corrupted

one second i'll give you the path / file name

[mint venture]

😫

[urban horizon]

C:\Users\user\AppData\LocalLow\Eleventh Hour Games\Last Epoch

and just delete Le_graphicsmanager

After you delete the file just relaunch LE and it will create the file again but this time you can change settings

[mint venture]

You're a lovely person

Thank you

[wary patio]

are the last epoch forum build guides out of date?

[urban horizon]

A lot of them are outdated but some are up to date

[wary patio]

ah i see rip

[lilac raft]

anyone got a good necromancer item filter

leveling atm

[wary patio]

I take it people dont make builds made for hardcore?

builds/guides

[brittle atlas]

some people do, but the hardcore community isn't huge

[wary patio]

ah rip

[brittle atlas]

PerryThePig uploads videos on builds he enjoys and does well with and he generally plays HC solo

[wary patio]

oh ok

thing is i doubt it goes step to step unless thats what alot of people do?

ah his builds currently are in 0.8.2 so havent been updated it seems

so if most play SC i take it the builds probably arent as tanky so not viable for hc too?

[brittle atlas]

I can't speak for everyones' guides, but if people are making stuff with arena in mind it's probably pretty tanky

For the most part though, yeah, build guides aren't step by step- just an explanation of the choices made in regards to passives/gear/skills

[wary patio]

ok got it

guess im just a tad used to poe

[cobalt ether]

@wary patio game is super easy hardcore wise if you come from poe. no sudden one shots or instant deaths, I built block + leech and capped my resis and im blasting

[wary patio]

i havent tried hardcore in poe yet

and fairly new player to poe like 3 to 4 leagues

[tight kernel]

can exalted be gambled?

[knotty hinge]

no

[olive epoch]

does Divine Fury gain any benefit from armor shred?

Not sure if this is the place to ask this.

[brittle atlas]

Yes, all hits are reduced by armor, so armor shred reducing enemy armor would increase their damage

[olive epoch]

oh ok cool, so its not just physical damage it effects all incoming damage

[long bramble]

im looking to get back into last epoch after a while and wonder which build can fit solo play (i dont want to use my other char loot/uniques i already have)

[subtle spoke]

does this work with lets say, auto cast smite from battle standard, throws or lunge

[brittle atlas]

No, you need to directly use the skill.

[tight kernel]

in pursuit of health my defence has become rather shitty...

[narrow wharf]

When leveling bowmage, when do you guys spec into fusilblade in flurry for 4th shot being multishot (given it costs so much mana)

[hollow socket]

Why do you stack health? You have 98% smart, I was sure you're a ward build.

[timber temple]

is there any website like poe has with poe ninja where you can check what similar builds use for gear/passive points?

[frigid orbit]

Maybe Low Life Lich maybe utilizing the LL chest and Boots for ward generation?

[narrow wharf]

don't think so altho forum has popular builds that you can look at

[frosty mirage]

The closest thing we have is a build compendium compiled and maintained by Boardman21 on the forums

[hollow socket]

Considering his idle amount of ward on the picture, I think he's only getting ward per sec from his shield.

[tight kernel]

because i want my 33% health to be decent, perpetually using my R skill

[hollow socket]

Have you considered using a shield with endurance?

The ward offhand doesn't seem as useful when you seal.

[tight kernel]

Yeah ward is useless when I seal

Hence I am not building ward

The offhand is gonna go

Heath and endurance

The offhand gives me 12 int that’s all

I don’t need the ward it gives... it’s gonna go once I have a better offhand

Prolly gonna rely on blessings for some resistance

[cinder magnet]

Anyone have tips for the second phase of the Majasa fight (The newest chapter boss)? The fact she can delete over half my health with most of her attacks, many with little telegraphing, is really frustrating. I've been trying to beat her for over an hour. Is there a specific resistance that can help with that phase, maybe?

[short roost]

Physical resistance for her flurry of attacks.

I had problems with a mage until I just ran in circles and hit once or twice

Saved teleport for escaping.

You can't stay still pretty much.

[cinder magnet]

I'm also a mage. I've tried the same run around strategy, but just one mistake and I die, which is really frustrating when it takes several minutes to get to the 2nd phase every time. Her constant healing in the 2nd phase just makes it more annoying. And since Meteor is my main damage source I don't have any opportunities to hit her.

[short roost]

Do you have flame ward?

[cinder magnet]

Yes

[short roost]

I used it to save myself when I screwed up.

I died like 7 times or more.

[cinder magnet]

I've taken lots of Ward related passives too.

[short roost]

You can hit her while she's healing.

[cinder magnet]

Yeah, but she usually heals more than I can deal. Even with a barrage of Arcane Ascendance buffed Meteors.

[short roost]

She gets healed a certain amount, so if you hit one or two meteors while she's healing she won't be full health.

Just wait until she has started healing, it should matter.

[tight wolf]

Does anybody know if Breath Nodes apply to this and if this buffs my minions?

Just forget what I asked xD I am sooo dumb hahah

[tight wave]

please anyone tell me, if we are able to reroll numeric values on idols?

[knotty hinge]

Nope

[spark sierra]

im a POE player. is there a good loot filter maker like in poe I can just plug in and feel better about?

[knotty hinge]

They are build dependent. Check out Heavy's - https://forum.lastepoch.com/t/0-8-3-heavyz-casual-loot-filters-for-all-classes-v2-4/25176

[narrow wharf]

the built in stuff is fucking great and you can easy modify it to your wishes

[fading jackal]

Are spires just supposed to OHK the player in empowered timelines? I can't seem to find a way to increase my defenses at this point in the game to counteract it.

[dark fox]

They inherit echo modifiers, as technically they are enemies, so beware of damage mods

[fading jackal]

So I kinda just lose if I can't see the indicator while spamming Smite?

[dark fox]

Yeah, spires are supposed to be dangerous.

not to the extent of killing you in one shot, if you have ample defenses

[fading jackal]

Well idk what "ample defenses" are supposed to be atm
https://www.lastepochtools.com/planner/3ApqvKQE this is what i have

[dark fox]

that should be enough. Health and resists are there, that's not enough to ohko you

[fading jackal]

modifiers are just Fun™️ i guess

[green spindle]

There is one spire that gives a second explosion 2-3 seconds after the attack hits the ground. The second explosion’s dmg dmg is high enough to one-shot characters even if you have good defence.

[dark fox]

Siege spires.

[fading jackal]

I was hit by a cold damage one

[green spindle]

That one is painful too. Gotta move out of its range right away

It deals dmg over time I think

[fading jackal]

if only i could see it lol

[balmy current]

I think that's a DoT which is always more painful due to ignoring armour, block,etc

[fading jackal]

is there any way to resist dot?

[balmy current]

Resists

[fading jackal]

from what i understand there isn't

[balmy current]

And an Oracle amulet?

[green spindle]

Poison one is the same mechanics; but cold one’s dmg is higher

[short roost]

Do I get anything extra by completing the three Echo quests again besides changing the blessings? Also, do blessings level up? I see a green circle around each of them.

[knotty hinge]

The blue circle is how close to the maximum range the blessing rolled. You can see the range by pressing alt while hovering over it. Completing the quests again may interest you if you'd like a chance at a better roll. The bosses also drop exclusive uniques, each has 4 though some are locked behind empowered timelines.

[short roost]

Ohhh

Thank you very much.

Should I just focus on unlocking every monolith first or level some of them?

I got to lvl 85 and went back to check what corruption was.

I loved the shade boss.

[frigid orbit]

Try to unlock empowered monoliths first. You have to finish each of the three level 90 monoliths first to do so.

After unlocking it you can do each monolith at are level 100 and unlock more powerful blessings

[short roost]

So, I should push monoliths until I get to the lvl 90 one?

[frigid orbit]

If you can you should probably do it first before "farming" proper blessings

[short roost]

These three?

[knotty hinge]

Yep

[short roost]

Of course I stopped right before getting to them 😛

[knotty hinge]

After you complete those walk to the island that connects them to unlock empowered.

[short roost]

It's getting harder to advance now.

Thank you for the explanation and guidence

[frigid orbit]

That's what I meant with "if you can". If it is getting to difficult right now you can still farm some of the others. But your goal should be to finish all level 90 at least once to be able to get to the empowered monoliths. They have additional boss drops as well.

[flint abyss]

"does the timeline exclusive uniques work properly?
I checked out to farm a specific amulet and while I was doing Fall of the Outcast, I got a rare Belt and a Rare Ring in Echo rewards, not random drop. or is it only for empowered timelines?"

[knotty hinge]

Yes they are working correctly. Fall of the Outcast rewards unique or set bows and quivers which can be seen at the Select Area Level screen, see attached picture.

[flint abyss]

but I got belts out of it? I'm just confused really

*belts were from an echo reward too, not random drop

[nova sable]

Does the "critical strike multiplier" stat apply to your minions' crits?

[knotty hinge]

The guaranteed nodes look exactly like the icon. You can see the full list of timeline rewards in the 8.3 patch notes here: https://forum.lastepoch.com/t/sands-of-majasa-beta-0-8-3-patch-notes/43486. The generic unique reward (orange ring) can drop any type.

[flint abyss]

ahhhhh

so the generic "unique belt" still applies

but has an additionnal node for bows

I'll check it out

[knotty hinge]

Yep

[knotty hinge]

No, there is a separate stat called Minion Crit Multiplier.

[nova sable]

thanks

[narrow wharf]

Anyone here who has played that bowmage marksman build?

[short roost]

I was thinking creating a bow character after this mage someday.

[pseudo dust]

yeah, haven't played it this patch though

sure it's still fine

[narrow wharf]

just wanted to ask how the hell does it sustain mana with that flurry node

[pseudo dust]

i time out detonating arrows until my mana regen catches up

[cold plaza]

Nah, just mana regeneration between channels

[pseudo dust]

or decoy and run for a bit

[cold plaza]

Once your mana regen is 21 or 22, you'll feel goos

Until then, can use a mana generator like Puncture

[narrow wharf]

for 21-22 you need like 150-160% inc mana regen tho right

[cold plaza]

Not sure of those numbers, sorry

[pseudo dust]

22 would be 175% i think, yeah

i'm only at 53% and it's acceptable. not 100% uptime, and i'd definitely like an exalted mana regen item or two

[narrow wharf]

ill give a try to that mana on hit node to see how it feels

since those 6 points do not add much in those adrenaline points

[short roost]

What gear piece can have leech on it? I would like t replace prism wraps but I can't find an alternative. (Fire sorcerer using nova; I've already taken the only leech passive from the tree but that's not enough).

[knotty hinge]

The black sun provides a spell leech blessing.

[short roost]

Oh, thank you.

[knotty hinge]

There is also this amulet - https://lastepoch.tunklab.com/item/20A3oa. Not suggesting it per say, but it is one of the few uniques that can provide your build additional leech if you're running crit.

[short roost]

That amulet is actually better than mine.

I have the same resistances on it as well.

[knotty hinge]

I figured, bone amulets are good.

[short roost]

Funny how it's a 100% upgrade.

What are the chances I actually get that amulet, though?

[knotty hinge]

I'm not sure but I wouldn't say it's impossible.

[fiery heron]

does this seem right to you guys

[marble geyser]

Pretend the final "stacks 3 times" line isn't there.

[fiery heron]

heh gotcha.. I was wondering about the tags, which was my reason for reading

void, DoT, and then nothing?

[stone granite]

scaled with vitality I believe

I could be wrong on that

[brittle atlas]

I'm pretty sure that time rot, like many other ailments is only DoT + its damage type

but time rot applied by a skill would inherit that skills attribute scaling and relevant more modifiers

[stone granite]

Yeah but my understanding was anything applied via a skill would inherit the same scaling

[brittle atlas]

I believe the vit scaling from things like VK spells is specifically flat void spell damage, right?

[stone granite]

it's a bit confusing when you have a complicated build like a void DoT build

[brittle atlas]

so it wouldn't apply to time rot

[hard palm]

would be cool if time rot got some extra scaling tbh

[wraith tundra]

I want to farm a leviathan carver. What is the best way to do that with the new patch? Reign of dragons and look for the unique sword nodes?

[frigid orbit]

Probably. Seems to be really rare...

[worldly stone]

When you convert to lightning for Smite it doesn't convert Fissure.

If you convert to void via void knight node, does it convert the fissure?

I would check this myself, but currently unable to

[tranquil kindle]

If you convert to void via void knight node, does it convert the fissure?It does not

[worldly stone]

ty ❤️

[mortal coral]

A9 any good for farming for gold/shards? And if so, where?

[brittle atlas]

the monolith is better for farming basically everything

and generally less dangerous than A9

[static wren]

I've completed all the mono's.. how do I start the empowered ones?

[brittle atlas]

on the middle island there's a thing you need to click

between the three level 90

[static wren]

ok

Nice thanks

I probably shouldnt try them with 46% fire res lol

[brittle atlas]

yolo

[quiet hinge]

Anyone know what build salt the wound bracers are good with?

[last current]

Which monolith should I be farming if I'm looking for a certain unique Off-Hand Catalyst?

[knotty hinge]

The Stolen Lance

[last current]

Thanks!~

[glacial bison]

hi, why do my build planner look like this all of a sudden?

refresh it multiple times

still the same result

[bronze ocean]

there's an odd caching issue, that some users experience

still trying to figure out how to fix this

[bronze ocean]

@glacial bison the issue is fixed now

[empty sonnet]

if i bought last epoch already, can i just activate it in steam somehow?

i want to reinstall my windows an cant seem to figure out how to transfer my save files -.-

[glacial bison]

oh wait, you are the developer of this tools

ty for the hardwork!

[bronze ocean]

yw, does it load now?

[versed scroll]

is there a (easy) way of copying a rule from 1 loot filter to another?

[glacial bison]

yes, fixed, ty again!

[timber temple]

iv been following this lightning blast sorcerer guide https://forum.lastepoch.com/t/0-8-2-wast3ds-lightning-blast-showcase-beginners-guide/29134 which I realized is unfortunately out of date by a few months. The gear on the gear planer has some mana on a few pieces of gear for ehp (using fractured crown) but no health/vitality/%health, is that normal for fractured crown builds or should i get health as well?

[cloud kindle]

With Fractured crown, the damage is first dealt to mana, then to hp, so you need less life and more mana

[frank fern]

does going over 100% crit chance do anything?

[timber temple]

right i understand that though since its 50% or less mana before life (i have 39%) you would need twice the mana to have the same amount of ehp (assuming flame ward with mental aegus is not up) or am i wrong in that thinking?

[near quail]

Is there a way that I can see what kind of mission will start in a node in the monolith of fate? For example if I want to avoid "defeat waves of enemies".

[naive delta]

How come my affixes and some items have started to appear but seem to be a bit grayed out. Not hidden, just darker.

[frigid orbit]

Have a picture of it?

[naive delta]

@frigid orbit

[frigid orbit]

ah, you mean the affix shards. Dont know maybe changed your monitor setting a bit or the ingame settings? If all look the same it can be somehow realted to such a change. Or do you have different looking affix shards?

[naive delta]

@frigid orbit

its so hard to explain LUL

[frigid orbit]

I don't feel that they look a lot different. The shards have a font with some transparency making them look lighter on lighter ground. Maybe that makes the difference for you?

[naive delta]

i dunno something has changed since this morning, trying to figure out what i pressed

[frigid orbit]

As far as I know we cannot even change the affix shards appearance...

[naive delta]

on a dif char!

@frigid orbit

So im not going crazy

[frigid orbit]

Mh

No idea 😄

[naive delta]

Im just happy I wasn't losing my mind

Ill bug report it if no one thinks its a feature

[brave ibex]

Does this also boost dmg of ailments applied by Flurry?

[frigid orbit]

Yes it should. As long as it does not specify hit it is usually inherited by ailments

[finite garden]

hello :) what scales the animation speed for synchronized strike? if it scales at all

[balmy current]

Yes.

[iron thistle]

Do the crow summons from Eterra's Blessing count towards total crows for Storm Crow nodes?

Also, why is the proc rate for the final passive on the crow summon 2% per point at 2 points for an active utility skill?

[gusty laurel]

are the undisputed axes still any good and is there a top tier build around them or?

[frigid orbit]

It's a good midtier weapon for some bleed builds like bleed paladins with shield and warpath or rive

[wide sentinel]

Your own penetration, doesnt apply to your minion hits right?

[marsh maple]

It does not, unless it states so. For instance there's a global pen node in shaman that works for you and your minions @wide sentinel

[mortal coral]

What gear do most people stack resists on?

[lament fox]

anyone used the halvar set much?

[cunning girder]

having trouble finding my save file (I have cloud on)

Last Epoch Tools says

but can't find it on my PC, is there any other place it could be?

[knotty hinge]

Try here: C:\Users[DeadHank]\AppData\LocalLow\Eleventh Hour Games\Last Epoch\Saves

[cunning girder]

yeah I looked for it there too, can't find it either

[knotty hinge]

You checked LocalLow and not Local right? Sorry just ruling things out.

[cunning girder]

np! my system is in portuguese actually

and i can't find the equivalent

[narrow wharf]

Just checked it doesn't show on steam for me but in appdata

C:\Users\XXXXX\AppData\LocalLow\Eleventh Hour Games\Last Epoch\Saves

(despite knowing i have synced cloud save few times since i have to swap between laptop/main pc daily)

[cunning girder]

found it! it's hidden right? never tried going straight with the browser

:p

[knotty hinge]

ah yes

[narrow wharf]

pro-tip you can enter %appdata% in windows search

if you ever need to access that folder

[wide sentinel]

is increased armor shred effectiveness on skill tree working multiplicative with item mods? it should be right, as all inc mods?

[cunning girder]

nice! ty

[fiery heron]

anyone know if these stats are global ?

[worldly stone]

Yes

They all are

But you will only get them while spinning keep in mind

[fiery heron]

hm, maybe something is snapshotting then

say you leave a pile of DoT on the ground, then you start spinning

the DoT snapshots right?

[worldly stone]

For you to "snapshot it" I believe you would need to be spinning, thus have the buffs, then while spinning proc/use said DOTs.

Then if you stop spinning the DOTs should still be ticking as though you still have the stats, since you did when you first put them up.

[fiery heron]

so ground effects you make generally snapshot?

I'm assuming you know what I mean, despite using quotation marks

[worldly stone]

Example would be:

1. Spinning with a sceptre,

2. Proc smite's fissure node which does fire damage over time as a ground effect

3. Stop spinning

The "Fissure" ground aoe should still have the fire pen because it had it when you first proc it

[fiery heron]

a simple yes would have sufficed

[worldly stone]

I am just giving full context to make sure we are on the same page entirely is all

[fiery heron]

to be clear, you're giving a single example instead of answering my global question on snapshotting

don't get me wrong, I appreciate you trying to help still

well received but I do still wonder about the global rule on some level

[worldly stone]

Pretty sure ANYTHING with a duration will snapshot the same way

Could be wrong, but most things I believe act this way

[fiery heron]

right, but that does sound like the more abusive way of having it work

[worldly stone]

Maybe? Depends on the game, context, and multitude of other things.

There are honestly a lot of games that update in real time / retroactively, but there are a lot of games that do have snapshotting. Both seem fine if balanced around it.

[narrow wharf]

How neccesary is it to cap Void/Poison resists (assuming going for empowereds)

[fiery heron]

I can't think of a single example where dynamic updates allows the player to deal more damage than snapshotting.

[narrow wharf]

And another mehanics question -> how does leech rate work with health on-hit things (or doesn't?)

[balmy current]

They don't.

[balmy current]

Capped resists are good but if your build has otherwise good defences not essential. The new chapter 9 mobs in monos (particularly the Scalebane Sorcerers) will likely rip you a new one though with their poison damage.

[narrow wharf]

already past the chapters lvl 78 and working to unlock empowered's rn

[hard palm]

you drop a consecrated ground and then use sigils of hope to get buffs, but it won't apply to the ground you've dropped already

in general snapshotting will help players if it exits though as they'll make sure to take advantage but doesn't mean dynamic won't feel good sometimes if you don't play "optimally"

[stone granite]

Always necessary, for every resist.

[narrow wharf]

Noted ; critical vulnerability says it can stack -> does that apply for both 5% crit and less 10% enemy crit avoidance or just for crit avoidance

[balmy current]

Yes

[static wren]

What are the standout classes for Empowered's? Sent, Mage?

[brittle atlas]

basically anything is empowered viable

lich is super fast for like anything under about 350-400 ish corruption

bladedancer is pretty quick and super tanky, can pretty easily just stand in most boss abilities

sentinel can be pretty quick and tanky

static orb sorc is pretty quick

spriggan form is pretty good

I've yet to play something that didn't feel like it just absolutely destroyed baseline empowered monos, though

[hard palm]

they're usually a little sketchy to me in solo

like i have to avoid dmg mods

but that's cause you're usually like mid 80s or so when you first get to empowered

most well built characters are fine dmg wise though

[narrow wharf]

yeah felt same for me on mage ; the defenses were bit of an issue since mobs hit like a truck there

[hard palm]

yeah if you aren't playing a mage with easy chill/slow application it's iffy

usually being able to slow melee mobs a bunch kite helps, and just flame ward ranged

probably iffy now with the ch 9 teleporters

[static wren]

Sounds like it's in a reasonable place then

[brittle atlas]

I'm getting close to 100 on a sorc atm

defenses feel generally fine

like it's obviously no druid or paladin

but I don't feel like paper

[static wren]

Yeah that's ok though, it shouldn't feel like a Pally

[steady vault]

so this shares* damage, poison damage, damage over time, poison pen but not chance to poison?

[brittle atlas]

increased damage and increased poison damage.

[hard palm]

is dot dmg generic or not though

[brittle atlas]

idk, wording seems pretty explicit to me

[hard palm]

it's in the "general" section on affixes

only reason i ask

specifically the mod "damage over time"

[brittle atlas]

I'm pretty sure it's just "increased damage" and "increased poison damage"

[hard palm]

yeah i buy either

[brittle atlas]

Though the wording could certainly be made more clear to avoid future confusion

[hard palm]

it's kinda hard, cause you can't say global or ppl will think it's only global dmg on skills

you're probably right though, increased dmg over time is a separate thing on the char sheet

[steady vault]

gotta ask devs i guess

[brittle atlas]

I'd probably say use "Your 'increased damage' and 'increased poison damage' are shared...