Got some currency farming atziri and decided to make my own build. Its dogshit and I need help

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/3lfvh0l5

I have zero idea what im doing and dont know how people even make builds.

Here's my honest attempt at a build, I put it together with flimsy tape and a dream in about an hour immediately after finishing campaign. I leeched a temple thats why I got to 90 so fast and decided to make a build then and there. Most of the gear (rings, gloves, boots and herald of thunder) are still remnants of campaign progression.

My idea was stacking gem levels of shattering concoction and crit chance+crit bonus but my damage is absolutely horrid (Cant kill t10 bosses losing all mana flask charges). I thought about adding frostwall and destroying it for extra damage. However, I dont even do enough damage to destroy a basic frost wall with no supports.

Any and all help appreciated. I just saw the Herald of Ice tech with armour explode and thought I could apply it.

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C_Fixx5 months ago2

„hey google! please search a shattering concoction build for poe2!“

maybe start there (there are some existing ones you might get inspiration from) and wrapping your head around it will be the best method to get into the game and it’s mechanics (which i assume is what you want because you already wanted to setup your own build)

agent82615 months ago1

.....dont know how people even make builds.

I'm not an expert, but I'll share my general approach to creating builds. Hopefully that helps. I treat content as obstacles that my build needs to overcome. The more of the obstacles the build can overcome, the better the build.

Obstacle 1: Farm t15 maps with 3 mods without dying (no matter the combination of mods)

Obstacles 2

Kill all pinnacle bosses at their lowest difficulty. Complete the atlas tree

Obstacle 3

Farm t15 6 mods without dying (no matter the combination of mods) Kill all pinnacle bosses at their highest difficulty.

The process is basically trying to determine what about my current build does not let me overcome the obstacle. Finding a solution and adjusting the build around that solution. Creating a build is a lot of experimenting and trying out things.

My idea was stacking gem levels of shattering concoction and crit chance+crit bonus but my damage is absolutely horrid (Cant kill t10 bosses losing all mana flask charges)

You've identified two problems: How do you generate enough flask charges to constantly use shattering concoction(SC)? How can you scale SC to deal enough damage? I'll focus on the first one.

Charges generation Looking at your passive tree, you haven't put any points into charge generation. Combat Alchemy, Cautious Concoctions, Warding Potions and Savouring all seem worthwhile to try.

Next I would look at gear: Emeralds have "(5-10)% increased Flask Charges gained" and "(10-20)% increased Mana Flask Charges gained" I would make sure every jewel slot has both of those affixes.

With unquies you have Keelhaul, Glowswarm, Shavronne's Satchel, and Birthright Buckle. Some combination of those might help.

To be candid: I don't think there is enough charge generation in the game to use Shattering Concoction as a main skill. I also don't think it deals enough base damage or has enough base utility to justify it's secondary use. However I haven't tested it. Maybe after you try it, you'll see things differently.

DeelonOSRS5 months ago1

I tried this same thing with explosive concoction and it was also horrible. If you want a little tip; that unique belt + mana pot it each slot + chaos inoculation will give you infinite flask charges

EDIT: to elaborate on infinite flask charges i mean no investment to charge gain or anything. You have to take CI because you dont have access to a life flask. You can also replace the unique belt with any other belt you want and its probably a bug but the belt in the life flask slot cant be used and it wont deplete in flask charges and you can infinitely throw concoctions. The shitty part is the flasks are way undertuned even with gem levels, along with barely any aoe

JaimeRojas3325 months ago1

I think a good approach is to look for already existing builds and grab things from them, Say Woolie has a build of a run n gun Witch Hunter, from that one I would grab the defense layers he is using, the unique body armour and the ascendency for example and then say you want to use spears or bows instead of Xbows, and you can do similar things for all kinds of combinations, that way you lavarage the knowledge from someone with way more experience and still create something unique in the process, and trying to understand why things work will give knowledge you can use in the future to create things completely different from whatever is popular that particular league.

ammenz5 months ago1

Concoctions were kinda good few leagues back, but then GGG decided to nerf them to the ground for no apparent reason.

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