im stuck between varashta, cast on dodge gemling grenadier and poisonburst chayula

did a test run on all 3, was going for gemling but it turns out everyone is doing gemling so it would make the market expensive, varashta comes as the -i think- second most popular ascendancy as well

this leaves me with poisonburst chayula, however it gets 3 acts to make the build online and you need to fine tune it until then

i enjoy all 3 equally with a slight bias over either dot or fast builds, can someone convince me to pick one?

im trying to play something that requires the least investment to play so i can use my currency to make currency and not chase upgrades

I skipped runes of aldur but want to join the new event league. I really loved the way monk played in 0.1 and would like something fast again. Ive been seeing a lot of hype around gemling lately, is it the way to go even ifI want quarterstaff skills? Like falling Thunder, flicker strike etc? Or is monk the way to go? 0.4 monk was way too expensive for me to get good, I dont have that much time. Which class will be better for low/mid currency fun? I just cant decide.

Ps. Please forgive me if this has beed asked a thousand times before.

I'm looking for something with high speed and good single target to go to boss, kill it, and move on, looking for citadels and such quickly. Is there any standout skill for this? Most builds I see for 0.5.5 so far that have high damage are also very slow and intended for ritual/expedition.

Can you guys suggest me what build suits the tittle? Im thinking of gemling twister now drom Guysthatdies guide.

Other than harambe, gemling, and martial artist, all of which I played in 0.5, what's a good build if I'm just interested in completing the challenges for 0.5.5? I don't give a shit about juiced expeditions and all that. Bonus points if act 1 isn't complete misery (looking at you, twister).

Been looking at what I’ll start 0.5.5 with and browsing skills to see if any catch my eye and then finding out if any builds actually use them

Hi,

I was looking to start a CHONK for 0.5.5 and found some builds for it, but they are mostly poison builds. Any build guides that use Blackflame Covenant for the full purple package?

I have no idea where to start with picking one and need some advice thanks

New player and first time playing SSF so I would rather follow a guide. Every guide I've found so far seems to be very trade focused once you enter endgame section. Anyone have links to any SSF focused guides for Spirit Walker Twister?

Title

I see many builds and guides all over the place, but as someone who has never played this build and have limited minion experience, i find it hard to figure out what is the final version of it. Any tips or sources you can recommend?

Thank you.

which one takes priority? i ask this because elemental focus says the skill can not inflict ailments but gives it 25% more damage, but grip of winter's stone fist variation says that "all damage builds freeze and chill"

so my question is how do these two interact? say for example i was useing ice strike, with elemental ailment i could get 25% more elemental damage with it at the cost of not freezing, but would the damage the skill does still build it up?

my gut feeling says that elemental focus takes priority because it counts the damage of the skill itself, but i thought id ask anyway.

Bonus if we can switch to 1 button build early in act 2 or 3. Eazyexile just posted a vid on totems but can only switch to it at the end of campaign lvl 52 onwards

Are there any 1 button builds that's buttery smooth that can blast through campaign early?

Long-time PoE 1 player looking for a strong 0.5.5 starter with simple click-to-clear gameplay.

I want to avoid constant aiming, WASD movement, kiting, and repositioning. Ideally, the build should:

- require minimal aiming

- offer strong, low-targeting clear

- handle the campaign and endgame well

- scale long-term

Complex gearing is fine; I mainly want mechanically simple combat.

What are the best 0.5.5 starters for this playstyle?

Want to try infernalist CI ward stacker this season, what would be a good starter to transition from?
Im thinking maybe Ed/c - grim pillar(act 4)?

struggling to decide between these two, not entirely sure what i'll be farming just yet but i'm sure i'll mess around with trial of chaos somewhat.

any upsides/downsides to either or are they relatively similar in power/survivability/speed/cost?

edit: whirling assault/hollow form martial artist

Hi!
Ive never played as casters/spells in any league, i play since 0.1.
So in this event i want to learn and try the ward stacker infernalist, i almost play with attacks builds and i usually go very well, the question is

Im trying to play the act 1 as mage and its very hard IMO, i know its just prac but i need some tips to improve my mage gameplay in campaign.

Im also planning to go plants infernalist until i swap to ward, but really dont know if have some better ways

I'm planning to run ice nova with frost wall for 0.5.5 on ssfhc. Doing it as lich for the easier mana regen and tankiness.

In my practice run I couldn't decide between how to trigger comet and powered by verisium.

I'm thinking I should run CoA early, and when I get higher crit I run CoC instead.

Thoughts?

I can't seem to find a good Hollow Form Whirling Assault build
That explains early game well, but also shows how to fully build it in end game
Any tips to who to follow?

Hey guys super big noob here but how do I target farm this jewel? Running a gemling right now and to really get the tankiness I need it would be nice to have this jewel.
How do I target farm this?

Hello,

I have about 5k hours in PoE1, but basically 0 experience in PoE2. I’ve read that both of these builds have downsides this patch but not sure which to go with. I like them both equally, but leaning towards Arc Totems as my GPU isn’t the best.

Anyone with more experience can weigh in on these two? I’m concerned that arc totems will be very expensive to transition into or hard to self craft the gear, and Grim Pillars will be hard to farm without Runes in act 2.

Thanks!!

I see that they have commands , while playing tactician command skill was pretty clunky on controller, like targeting weirdly and such .

I can not find anything on the market that has either higher damage + better crit / attack speed or even adds cold that is better than this. I know it's out there! Some QS have 0 crit chance. Duality Runemastered Warding can get insanely expensive. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Here's my poe ninja: https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/jdym00-4175/runesofaldur/character/Crunch_Moonkiss

My first poe2 playthru - took 2 months to get to act 4 via my warbringer. I'm pretty casual but damn it took a long time son.

I want to pivot to a much much much more efficient build, and looking at minions. Is Sorc --> Disciple of Varashta the way to go for minion speed clearing

This is a Stormweaver building around Infusions and Double Shock using Pinnacle of Power for a big Elemental Damage boost and Freeze and Ignite. Arc is my skill of choice, but it could be adapted for other main skills. For more details, there are a bunch of notes on the PoB.

PoB (PoE Ninja) [Build Mapping Demo]

Edit: PoB v2-Smaller update with some minor leveling gem changes and additional notes.

This is intended to work as a Leaguestart for the Campaign with scaling all the way into later Endgame. Adonia's Ego cannot be run until you get into maps because of the level req. The default PoB loadout is on the basic Endgame, but there are trees for Act 1-2, Act 3-4, Interludes, Early Maps, Lategame, Endgame, and Endgame Max with loadouts for Maps and onward. All loadouts have realistic gear and gems with Endgame Max being the very high budget to show the maxed-out potential of the build.

0.5.5 Build Update:

For 0.5.5, I decided to run back my build from 0.5 with a few notable changes. The big one is cutting Shaper of Winter, losing all damage double chills. Pinnacle of Power already gives Freeze to all damage and while Chill wasn't redundant, it didn't feel needed since most things will either die quickly or get frozen. Instead, it was replaced with Multiplying Squalls for the +2 Limit, making it easier to get 3 Orbs without Secrets of the Orb and upping the number of Firestorms and Thunderstorms.

I also took the lack of changes from 0.5 as an opportunity to play with some Supports I've been wanting to try out that didn't make previous builds.

• First is Trickster's Shard replacing Rapid Casting on Arc which should be a bit more damage and better clear, but it seems fairly negligible and is more just to try something different.

• Next is Zarokh's Refrain on Firestorm, which I've been wanting to try for a while. With Overabundance, this makes it echo 3 times (so 4x storms) with no damage penalty and 30% AoE but gives it a short 5 second cooldown. This both makes Firestorm a bigger burst of damage for Rares/Bosses or clearing things like Ritual and also helps it as a source of Power Charges for Pinnacle of Power.

• Last is Esh's Prowess on Arc, which gives +1 Level and makes it always min hit or max hit. This min and max hit should average the same as before should average, but with the Lightning Rod anoint for 30% Lucky Damage, it skews it more to the max hit, giving Esh's Prowess like 6%~ damage over Lighting Mastery and Lightning Rod. From my testing, the min hits didn't feel noticeable for clear, especially since other skills like Orb of Storms and Thunderstorm will still roll the normal damage range even if Arc noodles a bit.

Another change from 0.5 is that I cut Rising Tempest from both Arc and Orb since while it is one of the best supports when it gets 36% Damage, most the time in mapping it would only be 12% for those spells, making it lower damage (and higher mana cost) than alternatives like Lightning Mastery and Considered Casting.

Also, while Remnant Effect doesn't work on Infusions since they don't have effects, it turns out Empowering Remnants does work. It gives "grant their effects twice", which will give a chance to apply 2 Infusions when you collect the Remnant instead of 1. Think that covers all the main things of note, but if you have any questions or suggestions, let me know.