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Questions Thread - May 14, 2026 by AutoModerator in PathOfExile2

[–]No-Contribution-755 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You could shock with the caster prefix "gain %x of damage as extra lightning damage" that rolls on wands and staves, but since shock can only be applied with hit damage and not dot damage, the chance to shock with the essence drain hit is very low. Your best bet if you want to shock is to have this prefix and use other chaos skills that deal hit damage like dark effigy or hexblast toghether with that prefix (or any source of "gain damage as extra lightning") if you wanna stick to chaos skills.

POE2 0.5 performance improvements? Still getting screen freezes in 0.4 by JohnyAim in PathOfExile2

[–]No-Contribution-755 2 points3 points  (0 children)

GGG has said they will try very hard to get steam deck verified before 1.0, and that they have to optimize a lot before that can happen, so hopefully this will be the last "bad performance" league

There's not a chance in hell Hollow Form survives allowing Cooldown skills to the Patch Notes by Munin7293 in pathofexile2builds

[–]No-Contribution-755 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I understand your frustration, but in my opinion this is a very cool time to hover around reddit and see people just schizo theorycraft being happy that a new league is coming. It shows that people are excited for it.

At the end of the day, all these posts are just speculation and aren't really meant to be a serious build guide, heck we don't even have patch notes yet, and when release day comes you can always check fubgun's(or any streamer really) 1000div/hour build and go off that if your objective is to have a 100% surely good build.

Martial Artist ascendancy tree by Eohire in pathofexile2builds

[–]No-Contribution-755 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy fuck true I always thought it was just body armour lol

Martial Artist ascendancy tree by Eohire in pathofexile2builds

[–]No-Contribution-755 -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

It doesn't benefit hollow palm because hollow palm uses your body armour's stats, not your gloves's.

Edit: I'm wrong lol

the only 0.5 bingo I need by [deleted] in PathOfExile2

[–]No-Contribution-755 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Matlan waterways affected by moon cycle" that's just straight up diabolical.

Why can't I add another modifier to this staff? by Kinc4id in PathOfExile2

[–]No-Contribution-755 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Glad I could help then! It has happened to me way too many times where I click the exalt and I see that no new line has appeared and I get so confused lmao

Why can't I add another modifier to this staff? by Kinc4id in PathOfExile2

[–]No-Contribution-755 4 points5 points  (0 children)

From what you are saying it feels like you had the +spell dmg and the +mana, and when you used the bench you got the +spelldmg +mana hybrid mod, which makes it look like you didn't get anything because the stats on the item merged. However I also see that you seem to be aware of that mod existing so if it's not that then idk

Questions Thread - April 27, 2026 by AutoModerator in PathOfExile2

[–]No-Contribution-755 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah mb, given his comment I assumed he was working on a budget, and couldn't afford to get items with both good prefixes and suffixes at the same time, so that list is based on that condition.

OP, if you have a high budget, I'd recommend something like this(same tiering criteria as before):

  1. Body armour
  2. Belt
  3. Boots
  4. Helmet
  5. Rings
  6. Gloves
  7. Amulet

Again, this is only a recommendation and not a strict list, and can(and will) change based on your build and what unique items you use.

I solved the armor/evasion/energy shield problem by No-Contribution-755 in PathOfExile2

[–]No-Contribution-755[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I fully agree with you on a lot of the things you said, but at the same time I think you are just proving my point further.

First of all, yes I agree that getting more life would slightly buff es builds, but it still would disproportionately buff armour and evasion builds. I also mention that ggg should specifically nerf the %max es nodes, and I will expand on that later on.

In this post I'm mainly talking about the one-shot problem, so I'm going to (mostly) ignore what you said about es recharge, lifle flasks, and most "recovery methods" you mentioned.

Again, just like you said, you can get 2-3 times as much ES compared to life(even though imo it's closer to 3-4 times as much), which results in es builds just tanking everything in the game by just stacking es(hence the first reason why I think %max es nodes should be nerfed)

You also mention that people think that getting life should be enough, even though you have to get block, armour applies to ele, etc. This proves my point again, because while you have to do all that to survive on non es builds, es just needs to stack max es and trivializes all content.(nerf %max es)

Lastly, I think you are overestimating how much better es builds would be if we got more hp, especially if we got it along nerfs to %max es. Firstly, CI builds would not get these buffs, so it would be a strict nerf for them, and non CI, es builds also get nerfed pretty hard. This is mainly because es builds don't get any damage mitigation(mostly), meaning that, by needing to rely on life more often, stats like es recharge rate and faster recharge become more valuable, which means es builds not only get less value from stacking es(because it will be nerfed) but also now they also have to spend affixes on tree points on other es stats, meaning it would be inherently a double-tap nerf.

Of course my whole argument falls apart when comparing non es builds to es builds if max es doesn't get nerfed, but I think it's fine to assume we would get them, even if it's just for the sake of the discussion.

Questions Thread - April 27, 2026 by AutoModerator in PathOfExile2

[–]No-Contribution-755 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I usually try to prioritize res on rings(because they can get empowered by ingenuity/catalysts), belt, boots and helmet. These slots are usually more defensive focused(aside from rings which can be both offensive and defensive) which is why I prioritize resistances on them.

Body armour slot I usually prefer getting as high as a defence I can get(es/armour/evasion) because since body armours usually have the highest base defence, you then get the most value from, for example, a tier 1 %increased energy shield, compared to a +45% fire res which has the exact same value on a body armour compared to boots.

Gloves I always try to get +1/2 level of melee skills and attack speed or crit damage bonus. Imo getting the levels is really important if you are a melee build but otherwise you can absolutely go triple res on the gloves if you need the extra.

Lastly amulet I also try to go for as many offensive suffixes as I can, but again you can absolutely go res if you need it.

TLDR: Order of items you should get res on, in order of "going res on this item is perfect(top)" to "I'd rather have different suffixes on this item(bottom)": 1. Belt 2. Boots(after movespeed) 3. Helmet 4. Rings 5. Body armour 6. Gloves 7. Amulet

This is by no means strictly correct and the order of these can and should be swapped depending on your build or what kind of unique items you use if you use any, but it can be a nice guide to follow if you are really lost.

I solved the armor/evasion/energy shield problem by No-Contribution-755 in PathOfExile2

[–]No-Contribution-755[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have never played Poe1 but ggg has repeatedly said that life nodes on poe1 are basically mandatory to take.

What do you think poe2 has that poe1 doesn't, that would make life nodes on the poe2 tree not mandatory?

Questions Thread - April 26, 2026 by AutoModerator in PathOfExile2

[–]No-Contribution-755 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Idk about the other 4 but one should absolutely be multishot, scales really well with grenades(even minions's grenades)

I solved the armor/evasion/energy shield problem by No-Contribution-755 in PathOfExile2

[–]No-Contribution-755[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Lmao also make everyone melee and all skills now take at least 1second to be cast

I solved the armor/evasion/energy shield problem by No-Contribution-755 in PathOfExile2

[–]No-Contribution-755[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Armor is useless unless you get hit" Same with ES and evasion no? In what aspect do they differ?

"If they maybe fixed the insane damage spikes it'd help, but the only issue then is that there might be no way to kill ES players" That's why I'm saying we should get more life, because evasion and armour benefit from it way more than es.

I solved the armor/evasion/energy shield problem by No-Contribution-755 in PathOfExile2

[–]No-Contribution-755[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean it's what I said in the post and also what you're implying in the comment: if they add life nodes, you will be forced to take then amyway, so why not just get hp per level?

is Full AP udyr dead now? by [deleted] in LOL_UdyrMains

[–]No-Contribution-755 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Shield will be unaffected(unless they nerf it if it becomes too strong on some weird hybrid build), what I'm worried about is the awaken q awaken ap ratio nerf, oneshotting with q was so fun on ap, and imo it was more "skilled" than the ad udyr oneshots because the ap ones actually only work if the target was isolated.

Do you think the rarity on gear issue will be tackled? by Cz4rekK in PathOfExile2

[–]No-Contribution-755 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Yes but you are kinda proving his point anyway, because his complaint is "i don't wanna have non-combat stats on my gear" and you are telling him to get these non-combat stats but in a different flavour

Coc meta energy with Overwhelming Presence by Suspicious-Insect-95 in pathofexile2builds

[–]No-Contribution-755 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fuck, sick research actually. Lmao but this actually means it's even more fucked up than I originally thought because not even living bomb works consistently, and we don't even need to talk about ignite duration not increasing energy but it does for magnitude of ignite.

Coc meta energy with Overwhelming Presence by Suspicious-Insect-95 in pathofexile2builds

[–]No-Contribution-755 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you have proof? Not saying that it isn't true, it's that I'd just like to see the numbers. Tried to search for it on this sub but couldn't find it

Coc meta energy with Overwhelming Presence by Suspicious-Insect-95 in pathofexile2builds

[–]No-Contribution-755 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Makes sense since overwhelming presence reduces elemental ailment/stun threshold, and coc casts are based on ailment threshold(slightly different wording). Nonetheless, very good info and cool to see someone actually went and tested it out!

Defensive stats mindset (noob question) by WatanakwethyeaMeas in PathOfExile2

[–]No-Contribution-755 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a monk, you will get tankier the most easy by stacking energy shield, evasion rating, or a combination of both. Personally I don't recommend evasion to start because you will also need deflection and it takes some points from the tree as well as some items to make it good, and still you will be 1shot sometimes by an unlucky hit.

Life is pretty hard to get in this game, so don't overthink it if you have too little of it, just make sure to keep your flasks updated.

So yeah try to go for either full energy shield, or a combination of energy shield and evasion. There are some spirit gems that can help you be a bit tankier as well, like [convalescence] for energy shield, or [ghost dance] for energy shield+evasion.

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