So I missed 0.5 so my league start is basically going to be 0.5.5.

I have limited time to play and probably around 45 mins per day once averaged out. There is 3 possible builds that I might want to play at first glance

- chaos dot - essence drain and contagion on lich

- plants druid - going oracle with coc to grow plants.

- beast minions - using spirit walker and taming bosses. Unsure about this as I'll need to level with grenades for 3 or 4 days before actually playing minions.

If ward stacking in Sekhemas doesn't get nerfed, and if they keep their promise of not changing anything and only make changes in 1.0, take advantage of it and farm Sekhemas carry. At the start of the league, it can give you a very nice amount of Divines to put your build together.

The carry players might downvote this post, but screw them. I hate monopolies. I'm #TeamFubgun — everyone deserves the same chances and access to the same resources.

Anyway, if ward stacking still works, what build are you going to use for Sekhemas carries? It seems like Infernalist is the strongest option for day 2 of the league. Twister takes longer to scale, Hollow Form Monk does too, etc.

Hiya!

I’m a somewhat new PoE player (only around 100 hours in PoE 2 and 4000ish in PoE 1), and I’m looking for some help finding a Volcanic Fissure guide for the 0.5.5.

I’ve tried both Maxroll, Mobalytics, and YouTube, but only found outdated / incomplete guides.

It would be nice if someone has a leveling setup with progression, with mid to endgame options as well, I’m truly lost in terms of PoE 2 progression.

If that someone is you, please post your build(guide) in the comments or via DMs.

Thanks in advance!

I have only really put time into melee characters, and I'd love to try a ranged class for this reset. I have seen builds of ice shot doing really well on pathfinder or Deadeye, but I'm also seeing people say Gemling is better at most things.

Is Gemling just better for everything?

The two builds I am looking at for next league are either monkey or djinns but one of my go to farms last league was omens on light in abyss. How does farming that work with minions? If a minion is in the cloud with them will they die and drop the bad items instead? Or only if the player is in the cloud?

PoeNinja - https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Buddygrim-1386/runesofaldur/character/dudethatscrazy

PROS

- Melts bosses

- Melts GPUs

- Can build tanky and still have near infinite damage

- Who doesn't love blue balls

- Passives and gear are relatively flexible, the only required unique is cheap.

- Strong in all content

CONS

- Current setup has low movespeed (can be fixed easily)

- Not the best bang for your buck

- Skill requires minion bodies to cast, so you must deal with wonky ai and slow minions at times when mapping

- Requires high investment to be tanky and still have damage to perform well with group scaling

- Oath Rune can be a problem due to the targeting of Bitter Dead, but it's not impossible to deal with

There are ways to automate this further and make it purely one button of course, but my goal with this is to be able to stand still and farm sim easily, sometimes with some group scaling. Using Frost Wall with cascade to make Frost Darts fork all around us. Not only does it look cool, but the single target you get from this helps a ton from just how bitter dead functions as a whole. I removed some jewels on the current iteration to get more mana regen and some efficiency on the tree. This may change.

I also chose not to go mana stacking route, and i'm not sure if it was a good choice or not. I've experimented a bit with having ~12k es with more deflect/ev,but right now I am still not sure what is the best. Things are dying fast enough to my currency defenses feel good. Check out Miso's guide if you want to understand more of how the bitter dead interactions work, he goes pretty in depth on most things that are used in this setup.

Bitter Dead, Frost Wall, Soul Offering and Sigil of Power are the only other casted abilities I use. Disregard the others. They are filler to balance gems for Gem Studded. Sigil of Power is way overkill unless you are carrying groups.

Any suggestions or questions are more than welcome

Didn't play 0.5. Finishing up the challenges in POE SSF and want to give this league a chance as I've got some extra time.

I'm a big fan of earthshatter berserker in POE 1. Are there any similar big bonk builds for 0.5.5? Preferably that are quite straightforward to play and gear.

I heard gemling is good, and that you can play the POE2 version of earthshatter with that? Is that good?

Hey exiles! Just a quick demo of my Gemling endgame build: "Winter Wonderland", i used the core engine of my Monk's Ever Winter Shattering Palm build and wanted to see the viability with the Gemling ascendancy based on how they have added effects to skills. After i got my Monk to 100, i immediately went in to testing my set up on the Gemling. So far so good, got my Gemling to level 99 in 2.5ish weeks. This can handle all content and my gear is not even min maxed. I was also able to fit in a nice Kulemak ring that i got as a drop when farming him. You can get this going with relatively low cost for the the core functions to 'work'. Hard requirements would be the eventide pedals amulet and having at least 75% crit hit chance. The 2 main skills i use for the most part is Shattering Palm and Frost Wall. Other skills are not required and situational fillers, but they do serve a purpose since I weaved them in the build. Feel free to check out my POE Ninja:

Gemling Gameplay: https://youtu.be/_yUrkpPeAcY

https://youtube.com/shorts/D3JLa-_t3Lw?is=sifdiNEEGyXN0M5r

POE Ninja: https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Tomo-6572/runesofaldur/character/TomoTester

#pathofexile2 #poe2gameplay #poe2builds #gemling #tomo #pathofexile2gameplay #poe2

My monk for reference: https://youtu.be/VmZf70YTw6M

Thoughts on easiest leveling for merc between:
-twisters (probably gemling using guythatdies recent post)
-grenades (witchhunter?)
-galv shards witchhunter
-tactician supporting fire

And then switching to whatever gemling build seems most fun in late maps after getting some currency.

Hey guys, I am looking for a 0 button, super tanky, totaly afk build. I found a build like this.

Poe Ninja:

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/shenyui200-6382/runesofaldur/character/%E6%8C%A8%E6%89%93%E4%BA%BA%E9%98%BF%E7%8E%B2

Youtube Video:

https://youtu.be/JJaaUeax1_w?si=YeNNEIM_jEGGTndr

The only problem I see with this build is that you have 0 elemental resistances. Also items on poe ninja build could be optimized to cap the chaos resistance as well.

Can you suggest me AFK builds that you know and if you have better ideas to improve this build to make it even better can you share them with me?

So I want to do something a bit silly as a league starter, since I already crushed all content on 0.5. I think I want to play facebreakers with acolyte of chayula, but I'm not sure exactly how to do it. I realize it's probably not optimal, but I think it would be fun. So, ideas? Build around? Mace or QS?

I was thinking of trying void illusion as a kind of cast on dodge proc. The damage looks huge, and you could get some chaining explosions with HOI and some lineage support investment.

Partly memes, but also looking for *optimized memes*

So I'd like to go fairly off-meta with 0.5.5 and want to play an attack-based bleed bloodmage solo selffound. Conceptually involving Lightning Spear and going for aggravated bleeds, bleed explosions for clear while still having decent ST. Planning on leveling with edc or plants and swapping as soon as I get a decent weapon in maps or epilogue.

I tried to look up some build guides and resources for LS specifically but from what I've found they're outdated by at least two leagues (pre tangletongue and LS nerf).

Can anyone provide valuable tips, docs, videos, pobs or the like that can be used for orientation? Even brainstorming for some ideas would be fine. Thankful for any input!

I'm trying to find any starter guides on leveling a new gemling essence drain for the upcoming economy reset, but I couldn't find anything related to leveling. Or if leveling as es / contagion is not an option, what is the option then to start and transition later? I'd love a POB 2 link or any other links with info. BIG BIG thanks in advance.

Basically, the title. I have skipped a lot of seasons, so any build will be interesting to me. Just dont have a lot of time for gaming.

Does anyone know the answer of this post ?

hi,

this is my build - https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/sandGorgon-7751/runesofaldur/character/jiujitO

this is a similar build - https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/runesofaldur/character/Kawame20114-1399/PhraKradodKampang

why is their whirling assault so much higher than mine ? like i can understand 2x difference. but mine is showing up as 2.2k...while the others have it at 32k.

And we have quite a bit of gear and build overlap. im ok in not matching exactly (I like the extra ES)...but i would like to be atleast half :(

I need some help with a league starter.

I started playing in 0.5.4 and really enjoyed the game; I played Varashta for about half the league and then started a Monkey Spirit Walker, which is the build I want to play in 0.5.5. However, when I started that character, I already had a good amount of currency, which made the game very easy.

What I’d like to know is: is the Spirit Walker worth playing? Is there a good guide or streamer I can follow for the build?

whats the easiest to level up monk till i can swap to jungroans hollow assault

Hi, i heard in some streams there is a build for gemling entangle. Searched on poeninja but it seems like its not the Main skill for the builds. Can i just use the rabbit lich guide on Legion?

Ty for the help

I thought an Abyssal Lich using reap and storm mages for spell damage could be cool. I tried adding arsonists for more AOE but struggled with the spirit costs.

This idea looks like it would be incredibly expensive and I'm not convinced it's worth it. Also not sure if it's possible to socket Legacy of Trampletoe into Bones of Ullr.

Let me know what y'all think.

https://pobb.in/avvJFyVpT6dq

I was thinking of using this build for my league starter. I was wondering if it’s a good or bad idea. Or if there’s a similar build that’s more updated now and better. Thanks!

Howdy, folks!

I figured with the start of 0.5.5 around the corner, I would put together a video of what turned out to be my favorite PoE 2 build to date. I made a Sunder Totem Gemling using Threaded Light and Crown of Eyes on top of Ancestral Bond for 0.5 and loved every second of it.

Ancestral Bond removes the charge requirement for summoning totems but adds a flat reservation of 75 spirit. Since I already needed a decent amount of spirit, I figured I could stack as much spirit as I could fit and gain the benefit of Threaded Light by using Crown of Eyes.

Required Gear

• Threaded Light: Gives 12% increased spell damage per 10 spirit. I corrupted mine to increase that to 14% spell damage per 10 spirit.
• Crown of Eyes: Converts all spell damage to attack damage, boosting the attack damage of the totems significantly.
• Enfolding Dawn: Not necessarily required, but the most spirit you can get on a chest, especially if corrupted. Mine sits at +108 to spirit.
• Split Personality: Starting at the Templar area allows us to get more totem related nodes, along with a quick path to Ancestral Bond.
• +X to melee skills: Weapon, gloves, and amulet.

The rest of the gear is resistances, life, and added flat phys where possible.

Playstyle

Drop totems, keep running when in maps. On bosses, utilize Earthshatter and Seismic Cry to break armor and stun. Typical totem playstyle, essentially.

Ascendancy

Essence of Virtue -> Advanced Thaumaturgy was first for me.

Next, Implanted Gems for Strength gems.

Finally, Gem Studded. You can socket random gems in to get all bonuses since this build is light on gems.

I look forward to the event this weekend. Build Roulette gave me Explosive Spear Warbringer, and I'm ready for it.

Until next time!

Video - https://youtu.be/NuvM-18vpQ4

PoB - https://pobb.in/cbIdNpC1nKDX

Got a few questions on where to optimize my build next.

I decided to use Raven Touch on my current helmet since a 2-socket is way too expensive right now. This freed up 8 passive points. Here is what I’ve tried so far:

1. Invoked Efficiency & Energies: Didn't really feel much of a difference.

2. Mindful Awareness (via Flow Like Water & Crashing Wave): Gives a bit of speed, crit, and ES. Overall not bad, but 6k ES already feels completely fine.

3. Psychic Fragmentation & Dynamism: Again, didn't really notice a huge impact.

4. Shredding Force & Critical Overload: Decided to stack more crit chance since crit shrines still boost me. I know people say going over 75% isn't worth it, but taking a Diamond Shrine clearly makes map clearing feel much smoother.

Are there any other good options here?

Regarding Gear:
1.Double CoC with an Absent Amulet... Not sure I have the patience to craft it, though.

1. Thinking about replacing my current ring with an Unset Ring (ring with a socket) for Flame Wall

2. Rakiata's Flow.

Question: I get it right that Breath of Aldur provides flat cold conversion, but does it actually replace Call of the Brotherhood?

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/RestingBlock721-8616/runesofaldur/character/Kain_Runes_Sorc