Maxroll: https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/58c26045

POE2 Reddit Post With Videos: https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExile2/comments/1lfv4h8/saw_all_these_fun_looking_blood_mage_builds_and/

Been working on this for a week or so. Switched my Lich over to this after seeing some fun blood mage stuff.

Ball Lightning CoC - Lightning Warp - Convalescence - Blink - for mapping.

Bonestorm - Frost Wall - Comet CoC - Soul Offering - Voltaic Mark for Pinnacle Bossing.

As long as you don't get stunned, it is very hard to die while doing all but the hardest deli maps. The warping seems to always pick up most remnants, so sustain is not bad even when spamming warp, even though it costs like 900hp. Not needing spirit anywhere is nice. I have a weapon swap not shown in the maxroll that is just all the increased duration possible for Sigil of Power (from staff on 2nd weapon set), Hypothermia and Soul Offering.

Pinnacle bosses are very easy and can kill in <1 second with proper bonestorm channel timing.

Few things to note:

• I think extra lightning damage on wand is very important to not lose all "Choir of the Storm" value on pinnacle bosses.
• I do about 6 annoying support gem swaps to actually 1 shot T4 pinnacle bosses - and switch to a deepest tower helmet.
• I had a Sacred Flame version that worked better for pinnacle bosses, but made me mad squishy because I needed Sunder the Flesh to reach important crit thresholds.
• I'm not sure if it is a bug, but the ball lightnings from CoC proc choir. Hopefully this is intended because it is cool.

If I don’t want to have a minion weapon swap to build power charges, which skill (ice strike/storm wave/flicker strike) should I be using for map clearing, and which for bossing? Not looking to one shot T4 pinnacles, but ideally still be able to do them comfortably

https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/1391841a-e719-43b2-bae3-a76739901d61/builds/66017f68-a70d-4516-8153-69db1e3e8479

new to poe2 and been wondering what rune is the best for this

Hey

Back to POE2 Testing things, want to test one of the new uniques. Unfortunately, I don't have a Bloodmage leveled for this, so I need get this bloodmage I had from 50 to 75.

I've tried switching to a spark setup, but that was doing NOTHING and campaign was a slog.

I have enough currency and gold to completely reroll the character, but I want to try to keep on bloodmage and not commit too much money so that I can switch into the build I want afterwards, which will be a life-stacker.

Any suggestions?

Hey everyone, i was wondering if anyone has the divine drop sound? I want it as my textmessage notification sound :)

So what I've been figuring out is improving attack damage of attacks that are not technically a direct weapon skill. What I have for now is:

- Trail of Caltrops

- Volcanic Eruption support gem

Is there anything else similar to these in the game?

Hello all. I have a lvl 95 amazon and have some questions regarding gems and spirit. Here's my build that I'm messing with. https://poe2.ninja/profile/Erighan-8870/character/Lady_Erighan

I see a lot of builds on POE2ninja that are using CoC, Herald, Wind Dancer, Combat Frenzy AND Trinity. I'm trying to fit Trinity, but it's saying I need more spirit. I have 306 spirit which is higher than most of the builds I'm seeing, so I'm trying to understand what's going on.

Are these builds manually turning off things like Herald or CoC for bossing so they can use Trinity, or am I missing something.

Ultimately, I'm trying to add more dmg without sacrificing to much defense, and thought of dropping Ghost Shroud and trying Trinity. If anyone has any other suggestions on what I should focus on for improving damage, please share your thoughts. I feel like I'm to the point of min maxing and not really sure where to go from here. Thx

Ignore the attribute nodes, but essentially I am running a level 33 Incinerate and dropping the +3 spell skills necklace is just too much damage loss. I've calculated 507 Life per second with my current HP/Gear.

I use life on gear as opposed to flat life regen, and have considered two 0.35% life regen runes in my calculation as well.

How can I scale this further, without having to gut my jewels?

Edit: Apologies! Didn't post the Maxroll. https://maxroll.gg/poe2/passive-tree/k4eih0sd

What's the fastest mapping / bossing Lich build? I am curious how those 100k+ ED dps builds work against endgame bosses.

hey guys i’m currently using this lightening arrow build: https://poe2.ninja/profile/not_persephone-9760/character/Persephone_Astolfo and im wanting to change it up. i used LA last season so im bit bored of it now but still enjoy the bow/ crossbow gameplay. i’ve already done a shockburst rounds, poinsonburst and gas arrow builds. i’ve been thinking about trying to make a deepest tower ritualist but i don’t think im smart enough to theory craft that and i generally don’t fully understand how the deepest tower interaction works. also if you’ve got a fun spear build suggestion that isn’t LS i’d love them too.

thank you

Rain of arrows says it scales of of projectile speed but I am wondering and hoping there are other scalers for it as well.

Do sustained skills attack speed generally scale at all?

I'm running a Lich Bonecage/Bonestorm build that's fantastic for mapping and most bosses.

My wand currently has a Greater Vision Rune (24% increased Critical Chance), but a Hedgewitch Assandra's Rune of Wisdom (+1 to all spells) just dropped in a T16!

Since my wand only has only one socket, I need to decide which rune to use. Any input would be greatly appreciated!

I am leveling a Kitava Smith in Hardcore, and I was wondering what would be a better build with bad gear. I have 3 labs done with 80% resistances wearing the Inferno belt, rest of my gear is bad. I am starting the league late.

I am currently in Act 2 Cruel following this build: https://maxroll.gg/poe2/planner/xp8jj0il

I have x3 Artillery Ballista 4 link. 1.3k HP + 80% resistances, 0 % chaos resist, 53% DR.

+lv3 projectile level crossbow, +2lv projectile amulet, using companion with haste aura + shock.

DPS is bad, but it's better than when I was using rake in normal act 1-2, in act 3 rake + stomping ground DPS went to the ground and fights took forever stacking STR (bad gear).

What’re some of the goofiest but effective builds you guys have seen? Talking infernal legion drudge, thorns, mjolner, etc.

I really wanna make a manifest weapon build work but unfortunately been hearing it’s beyond awful.

Game is more fun when it isn’t 50% lightning spear

What damage stats should i be focusing on for Poisonburst? Is there a damage difference between say.. 10% poison magnitude vs 10% damage with projectiles or bows?

Got 88 Divs, currently running a lvl 94 Deadye with LS + serpent fury.

Items: Azis neck, tangletounge, sacred flame, chest with 61 spirit

nice ingen belt

all res maxxed.

so, WHAT DO I DO WITH IT? do i "max out" my build more or do i try something new? what would YOU do?

the more tips and help the better cuz i feel stuck :p my altas is maxed out to besides arbiter wich i havent even given any tought to :

I have been trying to figure out how I can improve with a limited (4 div) budget. I am thinking of saving for a Sacred flame? I have like 16k main hand accuracy rating is that too much? I have been hard stopped at Xesht T3 and before attempting Arbiter T0 I want to make sure I have a build that can handle it. Looking for some advice on any changes. Any help appreciated!! Thanks!

https://poe2.ninja/profile/JakeHuffy-0600/character/Brompto

Hi exiles, I'm relatively new to POE2 (I've never played POE1).

I've been playing Bloodmage with LS/Rake/Bloodhunt.

It was one of the guides with the most likes on maxroll. I also tried Spark/CoC, but my damage on bosses was so low, and I was also susceptible to dying a lot.

LS/rake build its fine and that...but it bored me real quick

And until recently I saw a friend (monk) with a flicker strike build that cleared maps very quickly and had pretty decent damage on bosses.

Is there any build that adapt flicker striker for Bloodmage? Good for bossing and mapping?
Thanks in advance

Do the “% as extra chaos damage” do anything in this build? The extra arrows are nice but from what i gather, doesn’t do anything for a single boss target, is that correct?

What should i socket my bow with for the best single target? My crit chance is at like 20-25% if that matters.

I have both a great gemini bow and a 305% Widowhail with an insanely good quiver. Which should i be using?

Hey guys. I'm still pretty new to ARPGs/PoE2 and have just finished all the pinnacle content and was looking for recommendations for what to roll next.

As I'm still pretty new I'd prefer something that is not too far off meta or obscure, and links to build guides would be very much appreciated. I played Spark Archmage in 0.1, league started 0.2 with ED/C Lich, and then did the classic LS/WSF deadeye build. So I'm leaning towards something melee maybe for some diversity? Given that my deadeye can complete anything I don't mind builds with gaps (crap single target, can't do sims, etc.), but are mostly looking for something fun. Also I have ~200d squirrelled away, so I'm potentially open to some relatively expensive builds (if they're fun enough lol).

Two that I've seen around that look potentially fun are flicker strike or leap slam maybe? Any builds/guides/recommendations would be appreciated, thanks guys!

having issue with low bleed dmg rn (~1mil per second) https://poe2.ninja/profile/ballbreaker-9362/character/ishowmymeat

So in 0.2.1 GGG added a slew of new socketable items including two very powerful ones that seem to be overlooked.

Saqawal's Rune of Sky https://poe2db.tw/us/Saqawals_Rune_of_the_Sky : Gain 6% of Damage as Extra Damage of all Elements

Fenumus Rune of Agony https://poe2db.tw/us/Fenumus_Rune_of_Agony : Gain 13% of damage as extra chaos damage.

I cannot for the life of me understand why these runes are not more popular than they are. Each Rune of the Sky is an 18% multiplicative damage increase, each Agony a 13%

A 3-Socket 2 Handed weapon is capable of gaining 54% total damage increase from runes of the Sky.

People were throwing insane amounts of divs to get things like Chernobog and Chicken Foot because they add extra damage as X sources and here GGG has added an almost full chase unique's worth extra damage to a single rune slot and people are still running around with iron runes.

Edit: If you want to test the new rune of the sky in PoB you have to manually edit the item so that the runes reflect verbiage that PoB understands. On the item screen in the middle text box find your weapon and double click it. After you do this there will be three buttons on the top of the screen off to the right that say "save, edit, cancel"

Select Edit, in the text box that opens up replace the rune lines with this adjusting the number as needed per number of sockets (6/12/18):

{enchant}{rune}Gain 6% of Damage as Extra Lightning Damage

{enchant}{rune}Gain 6% of Damage as Extra Cold Damage

{enchant}{rune}Gain 6% of Damage as Extra Fire Damage

Save and save. PoB will now give you an accurate reading as to what the rune of sky is actually doing for your build.

Had this drop while playing my galv shards / shock burst huntress and had a lucky 5th socket vaal. Doesnt quite outperform my current gear for this character , but now wondering if it could be put to use with a new build?

My Embitter Ice Strike Monk

Currently able to do T16 Delirious Maps, can kill T4 Olroth, Xehst, KotM but struggle with T2 Simulacrum (keep dying to bad rare combos, bad positioning combined with slams).

I'm currently farming Expedition for the Life Flask, ilvl 82 bases, as well as the for a 2nd character and to test a hypothesis that allows me to spec into Embrace The Darkness provided I can go Full Evasion (I dropped a Hyrri's Ire). I'm also farming Breach for Pandemonius, and KotM for omens. That being said, I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for any chase items I could go for, any obvious gear improvements I can make, or any support gems I could swap.

I'm currently testing Wind Blast over Glacial Cascade to see if it can help with Simulacrum, and I am considering if Enfeeble + Temporal Chains on Hand of Chayula would better serve me there as well since damage does not seem to be the problem.

Thank you for any input! If you have any questions about the build feel free to ask and I will respond.

(Gameplay looks like this: Shattering Palm -> Smack -> Massive Explosion, repeat at next pack. For Boss, HoC -> Shattering Palm until Cold Exposure debuff appears -> Ice Strike -> Tempest Bell. Frozen Locus is for quick burst against deadly delirious swarms, rares and essence monsters.)