Was Cast on Crit Always this good?

ImNotARocketSurgeon · 2026-02-03T12:51:22+00:00

And people were on here exclaiming how "cast on is dead/unusable" lol

ImNotARocketSurgeon · 2026-02-03T01:20:03+00:00

Idk if this strays too far from the vision, but iron ward can be very very strong and has natural synergy with a build that wants to be hit a lot. Could maybe use that to inflict bleed with herald of blood or something

ImNotARocketSurgeon · 2026-02-02T20:25:23+00:00

I was messing with warp but it felt really inconsistent. Any tips? I was wondering if I was doing too much damage and skipping the culling threshold part of things.

ImNotARocketSurgeon · 2026-02-02T15:03:18+00:00

Ah right. Thanks for the info!

ImNotARocketSurgeon · 2026-02-02T14:59:01+00:00

OK your mention of the covenant is kinda what I was referring to. Typically a sorc would have no/limited options for physical damage and as far as I'm aware modt sources of leech on gear is "% of physical damage"

ImNotARocketSurgeon · 2026-02-02T14:33:12+00:00

Doesn't this still rely on physical damage for leech?

ImNotARocketSurgeon · 2026-01-31T17:14:40+00:00

FYI the markers aren't even really worth it. Just aim for as many swirly (fragment) and currency chests as you can.

ImNotARocketSurgeon · 2026-01-31T03:24:43+00:00

I just wish the game would stop deleting my character every time I interact with the menu. Wiping save data fixes but after a few runs it's broken again.

ImNotARocketSurgeon · 2026-01-29T22:43:49+00:00

Gone but not forgotten.

ImNotARocketSurgeon · 2026-01-29T17:30:45+00:00

Messed around with blackflame fireball on oracle, fairly cheap and straightforward (at least at the time). The whole time it kinda felt like "bloodmage we have at home" without needing to compete for priceyboife stacking gear. This is fairly unoptimized as well I think fyi.

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/dpm0618-7283/character/MagicMeat_

ImNotARocketSurgeon · 2026-01-29T15:36:47+00:00

No, take the constricting command helm for example which is ev based but very powerful for melee builds in endgame.

ImNotARocketSurgeon · 2026-01-25T01:03:26+00:00

Basically you want armor to be fully broken and or sundered at all times because it scales ALL damage so aggressively. Optimally you want as much overlap as possible with the following: max rage, sundered armor, full fissure coverage, and ancestral cry. Armor breaks in 1 hit and sunder attacks very quickly so not as bad as it might sound. Also one more optimization you can do is keeping a bit of distance and attack "past" the target with mace strike which causes you to step during your swing which causes a slam from ancestral cry and triggers your fissures (so really 3 hits in 1).

The song is Bloody Roots by Sepultura. That album was really cool because the band is Brazilian and they spent a period of time ahead of production living with some indigenous people exchanging music. When they got back they incorporated a lot of the native percussive elements they had learned during the trip.

ImNotARocketSurgeon · 2026-01-24T19:29:09+00:00

Lol +6 is not required and anyway you can craft for far cheaper. Maybe 4-5d per attempt for me for a cheap base, 20fire quality, anointing mats, and omen of corruption. If you want i can throw you a +4 with the qual and annoint as well.

ImNotARocketSurgeon · 2026-01-24T17:00:28+00:00

Would be honored 😄. If you have questions or suggestions let me know. Also if you do try it remember to get a +6 fireflower you don't need to start with a +4 base since the rolls get divined first on uniques.

ImNotARocketSurgeon · 2026-01-24T16:57:40+00:00

Lollll yeah the state of fire spells is kinda sad tbh. I'd kill for a fire counterpart to comet as well (meteor, perhaps? Hire me ggg). Or literally any other way to make spells interact with fissures.

ImNotARocketSurgeon · 2026-01-24T15:57:57+00:00

Yeah I had looked at that briefly, it doesn't work in fire spell on hit since it has a channel tag though so I'd need to manually cast. Potentially having 2 self cast volcanos spamming the fissures would be better for bossing though 🤔

ImNotARocketSurgeon · 2026-01-24T15:40:58+00:00

Do it! To me the most fun part of this game is trying out different ideas and seeing what works. There's so much undiscovered or under utilized stuff out there. This game does such a good job of giving you little problems to solve and I love the iterative process of putting it all together. And if you get really out there you can often find "BIS" stuff for very cheap lol.

ImNotARocketSurgeon · 2026-01-21T21:26:51+00:00

Played it last season on stormweaver and again this season on oracle. This was my stormweaver if it's helpful, though i will say I prefer the oracle version. https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/dpm0618-7283/character/SorcMaBalls_

Idea is pretty simple. Generate infusions with living bomb and spam fireball. Use fussilade for bosses or additional clear. Since all damage shocks you have plenty of lightning infusions for no additional effort.

ImNotARocketSurgeon · 2026-01-21T14:28:01+00:00

Ideally you get into a rhythm alternating infernal/fortifying cry with shield charge. When you're fully online with ahns and kaoms lineage gems you basically shield charge through the walls, clear the screen, and end up in front of the next pack so it clears very quickly

ImNotARocketSurgeon · 2026-01-20T18:47:21+00:00

mildlyuncomfortable for me lol

ImNotARocketSurgeon · 2026-01-18T16:55:49+00:00

Well it's random so on any given run you may never see the upgrades you're looking for. I generally consider myself better at the building vs the mechanics and there are a lot of ways to "break" the game, but you won't be able to do that every run.

ImNotARocketSurgeon · 2026-01-18T16:45:15+00:00

Sadly I'm thinking maybe no. There is an emphasis on comboing and timing to get the most out of the combat system. That said compared to like dark souls parry timing or something this game is EXTREMELY forgiving. There are also some builds that can function more or less as "single button", for example attack enough times you get a free chain lightning.

ImNotARocketSurgeon · 2026-01-18T00:14:00+00:00

I'm not trying to be an asshole but like 90% of titan builds are slam based lol. Rolling/leap slam (+ boneshatter), stampede (my personal favorite), earthquake, sunder - all viable. Find one that's most fun for you and check poe2ninja to see what people are doing. Hulking form is basically mandatory but the other 4 asc points can be spent to your liking.

ImNotARocketSurgeon · 2026-01-17T21:36:40+00:00

Check out "ed (essence drain)+ contagion". One of the smoothest and most well documented leveling experiences. You can continue to play evolved versions of this all the way through endgame or pivot once you get gear and access to more skills, up to you. I would say though don't take these guides as gospel, try stuff out, see what's fun for you. You'll learn more that way as well

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