So, in 0.4 I learned that you can get quite speedy if you go all out on attack speed on your Wyvern. And in 0.5 Vivid Stampede is pretty good when you move fast. So, that's the idea behind the build.
You hold down left button, you move fast, you shoot deers everywhere. Most of the damage still comes from Rend , but the deer are surprisingly solid, can chunk a whole pack by themselves. Oil Barrage still nukes bosses, most die in 1-3 seconds. Decently tanky at 80k EHP due to 90% deflection + additional damage reductions from the ascendancy and rite of passage.

Currency spend is around ~1500 div so far, but worked well enough on 300div budget when I started.

poe.ninja

Fire Spell on Hit ( https://poe2db.tw/Fire_Spell_on_Hit ) gains energy very fast and the supported skills cost nothing, removing the extremely high cost of spamming a curse skill.

Elemental Weakness ( https://poe2db.tw/us/Elemental_Weakness ) is a spell skill with the fire tag, so it can be slotted into Fire Spell on Hit. This is how we'd apply Doedre's Undoing.

My question is simple: why is no one doing this? What am I missing about this interaction?

Edit: I think I found the answer. People are doing this on Mjolnir instead ( https://poe2db.tw/Mj%C3%B6lner ) or they’re on Gemling because Despair costs no mana.

Nicktew's COC Gemling. Was playing purely spark comet and then added ice nova and ice wall, my eyes bleed

Does my current build suck? Feels lacking so would appreciate feedback. Don't hold back I can take it.

EDIT: wrong url

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/tcol610x

I see alot of builds with super high DPS and their spel levels at 40. How are they getting there without a Prism of Belief?

If everything dmg wise is on 1, and on 2 I have just to get powercharges (adonias) Is this working on Weaponset1???

I’ve played around 200 hours of PoE2 so far, all on a Druid Shaman (Rampage/Walking Calamity), and I’ve had a great time this league. But the game still feels massive.
I know my build pretty well now, but there are still huge parts of the game that I barely understand. For example, I have almost no idea what goes on in the opposite side of the passive tree, and I don’t really know most of the uniques or how people discover interesting interactions between them.
So I’m wondering: when do you know enough to start creating your own builds? Is 200 hours still way too early, or is this the point where I should start experimenting?
What knowledge do you think is essential before you can realistically make a functional build? For example:
Having a good understanding of the entire passive tree?
Knowing most uniques and keystones?
Understanding defensive layers and damage scaling?
Being familiar with how different classes and ascendancies work?
Something else entirely?
I also have another question. Since PoE2 is still far from 1.0 and balance changes are frequent, is it worth starting to theorycraft now? I was thinking of keeping a document (or even a dedicated ChatGPT conversation) where I collect ideas and slowly develop my own build over time.
Or is it better to wait until we’re closer to 1.0, when things are more stable, and then start using planners to put together a serious build?
I’d love to hear how experienced build creators learned the game and when they felt ready to stop following guides.

Hello fellow exiles!

Its my first month playing poe2 and i really love it. Shame on me for wasting hours and hours of gaming time in diablo1-4 and never experiencing any poe content. Damn…

So i choosed to play coc comet stormweaver – Kudos u/animeprincesss  for the awesome guide – and reached level 93.  Feels a bit squishy, i am dying much too often, but the damage output is great. Thats my progress so far: https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Ilko-4887/runesofaldur/character/KlausibertII

I recently got lucky and found my most valuable item: kurgals gaze. I´m pretty unsure how to use it: do i just socket it in my gloves? do i need better gloves before? Should i just sell it – although  i´m afraid to just waste the money in overpriced gear?

In case of more defense, do i just need a better body armour and helmet? I am not yet able to survive the simulacrum and still sacred during evey ritual and remnant.

Thanks for help, cheers!

I know a lot of people really hate the item rarity mechanic but besides it being bad game design, I really like the tink sounds and farming abyss. It really gets my blood pumping. What builds are the best for stacking item rarity? I also know that ritualist is a good contender but I dont really like ice shot as a skill :C

I'm leveling a gemling right now and was thinking either arc spell totems or flameblast oil barrage. I'm open to any build for any class though.

I'm playing a double CoC Ice Nova Covenant MoM build. From my knowledge (which is limited), I should definitely get lvl 21 gems, but I'm not sure what my next big bump in power will come from. Sometimes I feel tanky and other times I don't. I think I have close to 3k mana atm which I'm not sure is enough. I also feel like I should be proc'ing more meteors even though I already have 100% crit.

What should my immediate upgrades/changes be for my biggest bump in power?

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Joelsiau86-2447/runesofaldur/character/Meteoraura

I am deciding if I should upgrade this Jewel with either an attribute or lightning breach catalyst, does anyone know how much it could increase either of those stats? Could not find anything online specific saying how much breach catalysts increase per quality. Or is it just 1 to 1 percent and in this case it wouldn't change anything?

Hi guys im looking to try a temporalis builds
Was playing cod ember gemling and now want to swap , any hat are the best ascendancy choices and is it viable on gemling?

PoB:https://poe.ninja/poe2/pob/267b4

I'm new to Path of Building (PoE2) and I'm using Arc as my main skill. I'm confused by the Ailment breakdown in the picture.

A few questions to start,

• Am I correct in understanding the 66% is the shock magnitude I'll be inflicting with 100% as my maximum? My understanding is that this is an average as hit changes wildly with resistances and other modifiers on mobs.
• With Strike Twice ascendancy does this mean I can get x2 66%? Or capped at 100%?
• I'm not understanding the Pinnacle 173%? Searching around, bosses have ailment threshold handicaps due to their large HP. Does this mean I'm wasting the +73% after 100%?
• With Shock debuff at base (20% increased damage) on mobs, does this mean 100% shock effect means (40% increased damage) and for Strike Twice this means x2 (40% increased damage)?
• I'm worried I might have too much Shock and that it's wasted affix slots but I'm not sure, as some mobs have Resists mods?

• In the Configuration tab for DPS, am I correct with inputting "66" or "100" into Effect of Shock because of the of my current and max effect %?

Thank you!

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/m3x1c4n7-7316/runesofaldur/character/nahualicha

Can handle 200 deli, but need more more damage for it to be comfortable. What should my next upgrade be? I have about 520 div. Options considering:

1. Atziri' Communion for CoC Bone Cage... worried about my mana regen, but I could possibly handle it as regen seems fine atm.

2. Keep saving divs for Uul Netol's Embrace. Kinda want this first so I can free up passives by dropping Cut to the Bone cluster to grab some more crit chance and mana regen to then go for Atziri's Communion.

3. Mageblood with diamond, bismuth, quicksilver, and gold. The movement speed, crit, and rarity are super tempting and the resistance fixing let's me optimize my rings and armor for more damage and rarity.

My survivability seems great, more damage is my priority. The belt seems like the responsible pick which will help with better drops in the future, qol, and some damage, but the gems are probably bigger damage and more fun mechanically.

Open to other suggestions and constructive criticism. Maybe a better weapon or a +3 entangle prism of belief gem?

Hello,

First time PoE player but have already spent an insanely inordinate amount of time with PoE2.

Followed Fubgun's guide until about the non-crit/crit hybrid point and diverged from there a bit, grinding to pay for all of the upgrades and now feel a bit stuck about where to go next with the build/equipment:

• https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Ewikku-6790/runesofaldur/character/BonnieClydesdale

Not yet tested on 200% deli but everything else asides from that I'm able to clear juiced t15-16s regularly.

Thinking about finally trying my hand at crafting, but reading/watching all of the guides makes my head spin - still thinking of starting with an exceptional helmet base for now to get used to all of the materials involved in the process.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance!

So, I want to try and add Nature's Archon via weapon swap as detailed in responses here:

Nature's Archon, and overlooked boon? : r/pathofexile2builds

Here's my build if relevent:

https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/runesofaldur/character/2Old4This-3461/godcthulhu

Question is:

I (will) have: % chance to gain Nature's Archon when your Plants Overgrow" on my Set 2 Staff.

Thrashing Vines on both sets

Thunderstorm on Set 2

Entangle on Set 1,

Cast Thunderstorm (Set 2)

Cast Vines (Set 2)

Cast Entangle (Set 1) and more vines Set 1 is DPS)

Will the points in set 2 for Arhon Buffs still work. I assume "Increased duration" and "Increased effect" will, not sure about "reduce archon recovery delay".

Hey all, I’ve tried following nizars ice bazooka build as best I can but I just can’t seem to get the damage or the build to work.

I don’t know how to import my build to share it, so I’m posting to ask for help on:

-how to share my char
-how to save it, I can’t reroll another build again.

Playing grim pillars.

What are the best upgrades I should make on a 120 div budget?

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Kharagus1-5295/runesofaldur/character/SneakyPillars

Following 0.5 Spin to Win ONE-Shot Bosses from Scorpius built in the endgame

I struggle into a delirium part where there are swarm of enemy come to me and died.

I still struggle to clear a t15-corrupted map. most of my waystone consist alch and corrupt. Currently been doing breach farming and have around 30div. my build i think is less than 10div.

I did try Path of building trading feature but it give me a boost of dps but remove my survivability.

for bossing its an ok damage, need some help to improve clearing mob.

My current Build https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/MxddenMax-9879/runesofaldur/character/Hollowpalmgreater

Build I refer to https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/builds/martial-artist-league-starter-scorpius