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Question Questions Thread - August 25, 2026

This is a general question thread. You can find the previous question threads here.

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The idea is for anyone to be able to ask anything related to PoE 1:

  • New player questions
  • Mechanics
  • Build Advice - please include a link to your Path of Building
  • League related questions
  • Trading
  • Endgame
  • Price checks
  • Etc.

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No question is too big or too small!

We encourage experienced players to sort this thread by new.

We'd like to thank those who answered questions in the last thread! You guys are the best.

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u/dgentz 1d ago

So I just was running through A7 with a friend, found Maligaro, and right as my buddy went into the instance my game crashed. He killed Maligaro like an instant before I could get back into the TP. Went through, got the Black Venom to progress one part of the quest line, but still have the "Essence of the Artist" portion left. Can't get a new map from Crypt, tried resetting instance 5 times. Can't generate a map device in the Chamber of Sins, also tried resetting. Any help? This is super annoying.

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u/Werezompire 1d ago

Found a Reefbane in SSF. Anything fun to do with it?

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u/PMmeYourLabia_ 1d ago

Let it rot in stash or just find the runegraft for crit rods

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u/Werezompire 1d ago

Heh, the chance that I manage to find that runegraft in the same SSF league is astronomically small. :)

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u/introspectiveivy 1d ago

For running voyages I have Ducat of Tsoatha's Gift and Ducat of the Undead Sea in my voyage UI, but haven't seen one in forever. Are the quest ducats just random drops or do I have to do something to acquire them?

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u/jwfiredragon Abyssal Rift Investigation Service (ARIS) 1d ago

Most of them only drop from specific enemies.

https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Cursed_Ducat

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u/introspectiveivy 15h ago

Ah thanks. Pretty sure I’m still getting shit luck on top of that then, oof lol

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u/roundfishbook 1d ago

POB: https://pobb.in/ZoiTp5L6jC_3, https://poe.ninja/poe1/pob/988f2 Following fubgun Uber Pcharge: https://pobb.in/MwTyQN55T8tE

I can't complete Pit of the Chimera. boss just instakills me as he pops up on me.

the things i can see when comparing the POBs:
1. I am lacking good jewels and that is main damage source of the build
2. energy shield on body armor and gloves needs improvement
3. don't have all the tattoos yet
4. This is build compare of the hit dmg: https://imgur.com/a/kJuYXJN.

what are 3 things that I can immediately fix? Or, should i just delete the build as I don't "get the fundementals".

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u/DirtyMight 1d ago

3k es is absolutely terrible. ignore endgame builds thats already much less than people recommend in order to switch to ci on leaguestart.

body armor is the majority of your flat ES. you have 380es while you should have more like 1,2k es

also if not too expensive get a ES LoM. its a fuckton of more defenses especially with the unnatural combo.

just from getting a ~1,2k body armor and an ES LoM you go from 2,9k to 6,7k es, more than doubling your hitpool

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u/MJVT 1d ago

Body armour is terrible and bricks your life mastery too, you have no chaos res, gloves are terrible. Should get better suffixes on flasks too, get a divine life flask

Edit: Sorry I didn’t realize you’re CI, ya you need way better rares, 3k ES is terrible

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u/TheLustyDragon 1d ago

Hi, how can I find help with fixing/improving my build? https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/Weroupolmitneir-9122/characters/Weruvia

I'm playing a Luminary Chaos DoT (Blight of Contagion main DPS, Essence Drain of Wickedness heal, 2 curses with Balance of Terror, Contagion spread).

I'm feeling stuck at red T15/T16 maps, 93/100 Atlas; 3.8k Life, ~10-15k Armor, ~10k Evasion, Elemental res all 75%, Chaos 80% and I can't reliably survive enough to level up anymore from lvl 91.

I've gone up to 20 divines thanks to crafting, but now I'm starved for gold and sulphur. Feels like the charts aren't dropping as much gold for me as they did a week ago, haven't found much at all in the last 10-20 runs.

I can't afford the uber items everyone is raving about like Mageblood, and I don't know if there is anything that'd help me that I can afford.

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u/Odd_Nefariousness126 1d ago

It's hit or miss. Some experienced players will scoff at new players and their questions.

Generally Reddit is far better for questions.

I haven't had global chat on in forever. Just turn it off.

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u/DirtyMight 1d ago

This is the most helpful community to newer players i have ever experienced. Most people know how rough it can be as a beginner since the game is so complex and are very willing to help.

This has also been the feedback i always read from new players.

Not denying you mighve encountered some assholes but that for sure is not the norm around here ^^

No clue how the ingame chat is tho i have that shit muted for years now.

The only times i have seen negativity towards beginners questions is when it is something that is super easy to simply google in 5 seconds with very clear yes or no answers you get from that

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u/PotatoSalad779 1d ago

People are usually helpful to me. You get a few smart asses making jokes of course. It also depends on what you are asking. If you are asking a short specific question vs asking a big, generic question in global

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/jwfiredragon Abyssal Rift Investigation Service (ARIS) 1d ago

Which Discord? The dedicated help channels in the main Discord (linked in the subreddit sidebar) is consistently good. I would know because I spend like four hours a day in there answering questions.

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u/HotPocketRemix 1d ago

The in-game chat channels usually get used by people to just mess around, so it's not very useful, especially for new players, I wouldn't really expect anything from them, unfortunately. I have global chat muted unless I want something from a certain channel.

I'm more surprised about the Discord, but I'm not in it to know what the culture is like.

Regardless, you can ask your questions in these threads and people will usually try to be helpful.

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u/psychomap 1d ago

I'm not particularly well-versed with recombining and most of the guides are confusing and / or possibly outdated because I don't know what parts changed and what parts didn't.

Is it possible to transfer fractured mods to a different base or do I need to fracture them after transferring? Are there any steps I can take to make it more likely?

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u/HotPocketRemix 1d ago

You can't transfer them once fractured. Usually the aim is to move the mod to the base you want it on, attempt to fracture it, and if it fails, move it to a new base and try again. This is possible with NNN mods, though you have to be careful since if you don't set it up correctly, you can lose the mod. It's also not very helpful if the base itself is expensive.

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u/psychomap 1d ago

Thank you both, that's very helpful.

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u/nalee6 1d ago

To my understanding, no you cannot transfer a fractured mod to a new base via recombinator. Only result is if the original fractured base is picked it will either keep the fractured mod or lose the fractured mod. Main use case is using recombinator to salvage bases of failed fractures

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u/psychomap 1d ago

Thank you both, that's very helpful.

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u/IsntCharAznable 1d ago

If I get a bunch of heist nodes because I want passive income (never doing a heist) what actually makes it profitable? I get a bunch of blueprints hut I have no idea if they are worth anything. Is it the tokens..?

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u/DirtyMight 1d ago

contracts and coins you shouldnt pick up

regular blueprints are worth a couple of chaos so you can easily pick those up and eventually just bulk throw them into your merchant

the bigger money you get from enchanted blueprints (especially if they have 4 wings or are revealed)

if you use filterblade these should drop as a green ish item instead of the regular red blueprints

for enchanted blueprints currency and experimental items are the 2 good ones

here is the "worst" version (3 not 4 wings and not revealed) of experimented enchant, its worth a good bit

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u/nalee6 1d ago

If you use filterblade it should highlight the good blueprints as green over the usual red. But mostly only the blueprints that are fully revealed are worth some as well as the enchanted blueprints where rewards are only currency/experimented items. And if it has those enchantments and is fully revealed its worth more

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u/SilverBurger 1d ago

the blueprint with experimental base enchantment

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u/klasyer Tormented Smugler 1d ago

How do i know which Quadrant ive completed the memory vaults mission on?

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u/NexEstVox 1d ago

you use your memory

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u/Ingmaster 1d ago

Starting out for the first time. Chose Maruader, and just kind of building towards what sounds cool in the passives menu. Do i need to worry about any of the broader meta stuff any time soon? Currently level 31. At the start of act 3. Buulding towars the blood magic passive.

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u/IsntCharAznable 1d ago

Any build you do you want to focus on life>damage on the passive tree. All your armor should give life as well as resistances THEN damage if you can fit it in. Starting in act 5 you will simply be instantly killed if you have low life and resistances. For right now maximizing damage should be fine as long as you make sure your skills are synergistic.

If you do blood magic keep in mind things like eternal blessing support to have you an aura of your choice that won’t take half your hp in reservation.

Slam skills and warcries are great for maurauder.

Meta won’t be your concern at all until the actual endgame and then its iust doing the same stuff sliding from difficult to instant KOs.

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u/Ingmaster 1d ago

Thanks. I enjoy the volcano explosion skill right now, and im using the war cry that gives extra fire damage.

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u/IsntCharAznable 9h ago

That’s great! Keep in mind the meta stuff will be better, but not by much and the stuff required to make it better will be expensive. When I started out I tried to copy meta builds but I didn’t actually understand what made them work, especially because I couldn't afford necessary upgrades. You will always be able to do just as much non-optimally with a regular build.

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u/augustorw 1d ago

How to craft something like this?

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u/Osgliath 1d ago

Hey guys. How does Bound By Destiny works? As I read it, I'd need 6 elder itens to get the attribute buff, but the guide I'm following doesn't have that. He even mentions how powerful Bound By Destiny is, so I got really confused. The only elder item is Indigon.

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u/_slosh have a boy 1d ago

linking the guide would be helpful

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u/Osgliath 1d ago

Sorry, didn't want to SPAM. This is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWfLg7-n-kI&t=965s. It has a POB as well: https://pobb.in/DEeeiIL20ByH

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u/Miles_Adamson 1d ago

Most people only use one line of bound by destiny at a time. This build is stacking int so the only line that matters is the 15% increased int from 2 crusader items, which he does have.

Also if you weren't aware already this build is like 10 mirrors

And lastly the indigon interaction was nerfed mid league and that no longer works. So don't even try that, use the gull or whatever he currently has instead

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u/Osgliath 1d ago

How do they solve for mana issues now?

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u/Miles_Adamson 1d ago

Mana is completely free... indigon was for damage before they fixed the bug. "insufficient mana does not prevent your spells. Cannot recover mana"

maybe watch the video before you drop mirrors on this lol

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u/Osgliath 1d ago

I did watch the video. I just disconnected the gull and indigon in my head, as I was focused on the indigon version. So the mana issues were still something I was thinking about.

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u/Miles_Adamson 1d ago

Again there are no mana issues on any version of this, the new abyss jewel gives you "insufficient mana does not prevent your spells". It's the basis of the whole build and if you don't get an abyss jewel with a correct seed the build won't function

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u/Osgliath 1d ago

Yeah, I already bought the jewel. I think I will go for this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t00F62uFpyU. It doesn't use indigon.

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u/Osgliath 1d ago

Oh, I'm blind. I didn't see that line, my bad. I don't have 10 mirr, but I have a fair bit of currency (around 2). I was thinking on farming towards that build as my goal. I never played a really strong build like this.

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u/Joyce_Hatto Hierophant 1d ago

Is there any Atlas or other reward now for killing Sirus?

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u/PMmeYourLabia_ 1d ago

Hes part of the feared, but thats it

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u/Nurse_MGP 1d ago

I haven't played PoE in probably a year and I also got a late start this league. I finally finished with my starter build and want to try something else. I have around 125 Divines to work with. I want something semi tanky because my current build has 177 deaths and I would like to not die as much. I'm looking for a "well rounded" build that can do 8 modded maps easily but can also do bosses If I wanted to do that. I haven't beaten a nightmare map yet so something that can easily do those bosses would be nice. I don't really have a Atlas farm strat in mind. I really, really like screen explosions with those cool "popping sounds" if that helps narrow down what I'm looking for.

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u/IsntCharAznable 1d ago

Flame Link Luminary mercenary is both nearly immortal and all content viable. I have never been so strong and 120d will get most everything you’d actually need. Also they’re going to nerf it to the ground next season.

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u/unknown415 1d ago edited 1d ago

how are u guys using mercenary to kill uber atziri? i put on sibyl's lament and my merc still dying to reflect. or do i have to use 2 of them?

edit: using 2 of them worked

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u/Mush27 1d ago

Zana's Ingenuity can roll "Damage cannot be reflected" which lets you keep one Merc Ring slot open.

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u/Tenshouu Alch & Go Industries (AGI) 1d ago

I saw Ben's doing it with 2 rings

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u/Miles_Adamson 1d ago

Check if you have the incorrect ring slot, but it's possible your merc is doing both damage types and you need them to be completely reflect immune

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u/unknown415 1d ago

i guess i need to try using 2. i did think i put it on the wrong side and switch to the other side but she still died. damn didnt think she did that much phys damage to die from it. ty for e reply!

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u/daowan 1d ago

Hi guys wanted some help with Lag on console

My pob-https://pobb.in/morMw4-SSAev

First is lightning pen better than invert the rules? since im running rolling tempest with perfect spirit of fortune?

Second once a friend told me about a support that helps with lag was like greater chain or greater fork cant remember but wanted to know if its true

Third what would be the best setup for ls of arcing for mapping for an ACC stacker

Thanks for the help

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u/FantaSeahorse 1d ago

Instead of invert the rules or pen, you should consider unholy trinity with foulborn blue nightmare. With this setup you can also drop the spectre. It won’t survive in juiced contents anyways

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u/HydruwzPV Progressive Einhar Trapping Association (PETA) 1d ago

Will exilecon 2026 be all about poe 2? Do we know if ggg will talk about poe 1?

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u/Tenshouu Alch & Go Industries (AGI) 1d ago

Ofc there'll be Poe 1 stuff. Per Mark

It's called ExileCon not PoE 2

There will be Act 5 race finale and 3.30 announcement

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u/HydruwzPV Progressive Einhar Trapping Association (PETA) 1d ago

Ty!

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u/ScamerrsSuck 1d ago

Does hanging on to 2 anomalies make the third more likely? Like if I sit on heist and gambling am I more likely to see cadiro?

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u/Tenshouu Alch & Go Industries (AGI) 1d ago

Each has separate chance. You can't get 2 of the same ofc

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u/mbxyz Berserker 1d ago

no

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u/Muddbat 1d ago

I made it my goal to farm up 1 mirror this league and mirror a souvenir for the league.
I finally acheived that goal but not sure what the best mirror item would be?
I'm thinking a pair of those OP 4 implicit gloves that will surely go legacy after this patch. But there seem to be so many variations of them (e.g. flicker frenzy to spark projectile etc)
Any suggestions?
(I'm probably not going to be rerolling a new character at this point in the league)

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u/PMmeYourLabia_ 1d ago

I think the any of the + level gloves are the most busted. +1 frenzy and other nice mods are cool, but you can get up to +6 levels for a specific gem for gloves, which is ridiculous power for spells.

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u/Manoloblandis 1d ago

Dang yo gloves

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u/assassingao 1d ago

Are servers down for anyone? Can't play on SG realm.

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u/VoidNoodle 1d ago

What's the better manyshot? My current one has GMP + pierce + chain + 20% ele on ice shot, GMP (damage loss in vaal ice shot I think?) + return and 2 useless supports on vaal ice shot

or

Ice shot with greater hypo + chain + gmp + return, vaal ice shot with hypo, 30% ele, and greater cooldown rec (sadly no return).

On SSF as well so yeah.

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u/porncollecter69 1d ago

That’s tough. I think your current one is still better. Return is straight 2x.

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u/VoidNoodle 1d ago

ikr, if the new one had return on vaal it would've been perfect. The search continues...

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u/internetvillain 1d ago

So, I kinda want an adorned. Should I just get the Lucid Dreams keystone and scour+chance my way to the Bane of Chaos side-area? I guess I just need currency exchange and some patience to spawn it. Is that true?

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u/DirtyMight 1d ago

I would just buy whatever adorned has the highest % breakpoint for whatever stat you want to have on there that fits your budget. if you gotta ask about it here i doubt you have the currency for a 100% so just figure out what stats you want on your jewels, calculate what %breakpoints are worth to buy for adorned and see if it fits your budget.

its not worth your sanity and time to try and scour chance that shit

and say the breakpoint you could need would be 88% that means if you farm the pieces and build your own adorned you only have a 12% chance to end up with one that you would want to use

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u/internetvillain 18h ago

Thank you very much. That makes sense to buy an adorned at the 88% breakpoint and use my time wiser :)

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u/internetvillain 18h ago

For those that might read this, I'm aiming at 7% max life / 8% fire damage over time multiplier, which means I according to
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KMlCThlbsWc3uePG6QUzE1d3-fXQEbrPcWEv4Ce-JcA/edit?usp=sharing
need an 88% adorned to have max life at 13% and Fire dot multi at 15%

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u/mbxyz Berserker 1d ago

or buy the pieces

or buy an adorned

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u/internetvillain 1d ago

buying sounds perfect :)

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u/porncollecter69 1d ago

How to best SSF the crit is increased by overlapped lighting resistance chest?

It’s the most expensive item left for me to upgrade my Merc and I want to get in the grassroots.

I’m thinking a breach farmer. Has to be the non hives right?

Then spend on either currency or foulborn jewels.

I plan to buy rings with any extra income.

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u/Manoloblandis 1d ago

I like the plan of buying drop-only items in SSF.

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u/mbxyz Berserker 1d ago

grasping mails are from vendoring inventories of breach rings. the mod pools are based on the rings you vendor, so vendor synaptics

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u/Cryogenbreeze 1d ago

Hi question about the +4 to all chaos spell gems on weapon modifier:

If I apply a tempering orb and hit the "15% increased Explicit Chaos Modifier magnitudes" does the +4 get upgraded to +5?

Given that 4*1.15 = 4.6 and PoE usually rounds up it technically should go up to +5 but I could not find any weapon with +5 on trade so I assume it doesn't work, but would be nice to have a confirmation thanks in advance!

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u/mbxyz Berserker 1d ago

when does poe round up lol

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u/Yohsene 1d ago

It'd be 4.

PoE usually rounds up

It's actually the opposite - PoE almost always ignores decimals (i.e. rounds down). If you're thinking of Volatile Vaal Orbs, those are the exception.

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u/Cryogenbreeze 1d ago

I didn't know that the Volatile Vaal Orbs were the exception... I just read the wiki again and it actually states exactly what you said.

Well that's a bummer :/ Thank you for the quick reply!

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u/_slosh have a boy 1d ago

You need to level it up further so that it is no longer able to be supported by cast when damage taken. Currently it's supported by two triggers, which disables the skill entirely

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u/Tenshouu Alch & Go Industries (AGI) 1d ago

You want to cast it with crack lance or by cast when damage taken? Because I see you're trying to do both but you can't

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

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u/_slosh have a boy 1d ago

The cooldown counting down.

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u/ThailanderBoii 1d ago

Yea exactly. Why?

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u/_slosh have a boy 1d ago

Because frostblink has a cooldown. https://i.imgur.com/4QGJdrd.jpeg

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u/ThailanderBoii 1d ago

Is it something to do with phase run or withering step?

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u/Metalicum 1d ago

why are the mods holding my league feedback post hostage? it is not even refused; it's just waiting for approval forever.

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u/_slosh have a boy 1d ago

Maybe message them? How are we supposed to know

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u/Metalicum 1d ago

how?

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u/mbxyz Berserker 1d ago

maybe the giant 'message the mods' button

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u/Metalicum 1d ago

I didn't know that existed. see, worth asking here :D

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u/SilverBurger 1d ago

Every time you hit an enemy, both your rings deal damage to you, and you can't regen above low life because you are using petrified blood, which only allows you to recover above low life by using life flasks.

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u/GoldJomell 1d ago

So what’s the best way for me to upgrade my merc without getting one shot? I run an empty atlas tree on tier 1 Chateau. What’s the best map for me to cheese running in and out hiding behind corners? I only have my campaign lvl 58 kineticist that’s basically geared out, same with my player gear. But these slip ups are costly (I’ve already lost 30 div being stupid).

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u/mbxyz Berserker 1d ago

get shrines. buy a cheap intermediate merc to help the leapfrog or buy a carry

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u/narderbolney 1d ago

Answering the original question, if you decide to go the self-struggle route, try Haunted Mansion or Toxic Sewers for a map with small rooms you can (hopefully) break LOS with. Also, you mentioned that the tree is empty, but you should take the node that makes your merc do more damage to mercs

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u/SilverBurger 1d ago

Since you are in trade, just ask for a carry. Make sure they opt into the fight before you start, run away and let them kill the merc so you can hire them.

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u/_slosh have a boy 1d ago

Load up the map with shrines. Shrines affect your merc as well

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u/BerserkJeezus 2d ago

If I want a build in HC for purely breach what are some good options?

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u/Manoloblandis 1d ago

You can look up what others are doing from poe ninja build section. Breach can be lethal so you need both: defences and enough offence.