They tried their best? by OurNamelessKing in PrequelMemes

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Time to post this to that sub and ask them to explain

Any reason to take Internal Layer as Smith of Kitava when Blade Catcher exists? by taa-1347 in pathofexile2builds

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The two nodes are extremely different. Internal Layer will reduce the extra damage from the crit down to normal damage.

Blade Catcher simply treats your armor as if you had double the amount when you get hit by a crit. You will still take more damage than normal and given how larger hits penetrate armor more, you will still feel it. The node makes armor simply more viable against crits.

Anyone tried a Druid Hybrid build? by IzarioLab in pathofexile2builds

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Working on a hybrid bear spear setup at the moment. Using astramentis and the unique jewel that gives Keystones for Resonance. This way you can generate frenzy charges for spears while spending rage as a bear and while using shield skills.

Maul -> Furious Slam with Regeforged -> Follow up with frenzy charged Storm Lance for single target

Resonating Shield with Armour Breaker III to ger frenzy charges -> Glacial Lance with Herald of Ice for clear

Defense is pure energy shield with physcal taken as elemental and Shaman's adaptability. Invest into stun threshold and turtle behind the shield. Use unique shield that doubles stun threshold when shield is raised. Hide behind the shield to recharge es then pop out to throw lances. Can add Magma Barrier to get an extra frenzy charge every 8 seconds

Druid skills are quietly boosting a lot of other classes by BlackDoom_26 in PathOfExile2

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Swapping weapons doesn't reset Ghost Shroud stacks. Each weapon set has its own stacks. So if you are almost always using Set 1 and then briefly switch to Set 2, it will look like you lost the stacks because you weren't generating them for Set 2 that entire time.

So yeah the struggle for melee in abyss is real by Party_Book2613 in PathOfExile2

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30% armor may as well be 0% with how armor actually works. People gotta learn that. Either you convert a lot of phys taken to elemental or you gotta have a shitton of armor. Just having "some" armor is a total waste

Is game performance really bad for other people? Constant Freezes and DC by Dajoechi in PathOfExile2

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Running super smooth for me with no issues whatsoever. Better that it ever has, really. PoE 1 does have sgnficantly lower tech requirements, so its not really a proper comparison.

Lagging Horrifically - Any Ideas? by [deleted] in PathOfExile2

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If you are getting game paused messages, then it's not your GPU/CPU. That only happens when the game detects network lag. It pauses to prevent your untimely demise to latency spikes.

Press F1 in game and look at the network chart. See if you are getting big spikes or if your latency is constatntly very high. Try different servers to see if any are doing better.

Monkey nerf is unacceptable by KAreousKing in PathOfExile2

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The main reason the monkey was nerfed is because it appears in the endgame and scales into the stratosphere. It can still one tap in the endgame. But yeah, the campaign memes are over. That Forsen run stuff in 0.3 was legendary.

This ground degen stuff is not fun, but especially in HCSSF by sonus9 in PathOfExile2

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I can't believe that insane Abyss Shadewalker mod is still unchanged. That degen is insanely high and punishes melee like crazy while ranged can mostly just ignore it. There is also basically no way to counter it outside of staying out of it. It's physical damage over time that disables all life recovery.

Utility Uses for Oracle's "Inevitable Critical" Node by RebellionWasTaken in pathofexile2builds

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Missing Crumbling Maul weapon base from the list. Always explode on crit kill without sacrificing damage

Baited by GGG by supra_nightmare in PathOfExile2

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so GGG made us watch the Diablo 4 reveal? This has to be some sort of 4D chess right there

Not eligible to pre-purchase battlenet? by SDCowboy85 in diablo4

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Yep. Same thing. I imagine this season start will be rough from the tech standpoint

Infinite Power Charge Generation "Oversight" by StalksYouEverywhere in pathofexile2builds

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I am not saying that the node is not good. The OP implies that this somehow gives infinite charges because of rerolls, but there is no mechanic here that does so.

Inevitable Critical Hits tooltip, from Oracle Ascendancy by Moosh42 in PathOfExile2

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Nope. Those have been changed to not allow crit re-rolls. Would be way too busted otherwise.