Build Help for First Leaguer

As title says this is my first PoE2 league and I'm struggling a bit. I have a couple characters in the 80's but continually run into DPS/survivability issues. Probably because I'm fairly poor and definitely because my knowledge of building in this game is lacking.

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/EndieEm-2037/character/EndieEm

This is my repurposed witch build. Figured I'd try out a low tier CoC blood mage and see how it goes. It's definitely far better than the Contagion/totem spammer by a ton but I'm still struggling with damage and survivability.

Some quick info here.

I have 5 divs I can spend.

Choir Lightning Bolts fed by 100% crit Orb of Storms is most of my DPS.

CoC seems to proc once every 3-4 group of mobs and I don't understand why it's so slow to charge. I see other people's builds and the entire screen is Comets. Also my Spellslinger wand charges probably 3-4 times faster.

What I'm really looking for is a sizable jump in DPS or survivability for 5divs. Both would be amazing.

Any and all help appreciated. I don't have tons of play time so I figured I'd try a stronger type of build to make the time more enjoyable.

As a general rule of thumb if I'm missing something it's because I'm actually just missing how things work. For instance as I'm thinking about it I have no idea if damage added to attacks from rings works with spell skills. I basically don't know shit apparently.

Thanks!

Comments

AlternativeNice39255 months ago2

You need fast metabolism on you amulet if you’re using life to cast

Immediate-Limit95325 months ago1

I can tell you that I know added dmg to "attacks" doesn't affect things with the "spell" tag. It would affect the more physical forms of dmg, i.e. from a bow or mace.

I believe you'd need to find just "increased (element) dmg" on rings. Good rule of thumb is if it can roll on your weapon then it should impact whatever skills you're using for dmg.

WreckitWranche5 months ago1

Damage to attack on your gloves and rings don't scale your spell damage. Also, levels to spell will likely increase your damage a lot, for example in the amulet slot. Look up builds what others do, use the filters to compare similar builds to yours to see what they are doing and how to scale your own damage! Good luck exile, still sane?

F8_zZ5 months ago1

You need to cap your elemental resistances. Non-negotiable. Chaos can slack behind a bit until you have more currency. Replacing Gifts From Above with a Rare ring would be a good start.

Regarding Attacks vs Spells - hold Alt when you're looking at something with Dmg Added to Attacks. Hover over the word "Attacks". It says Spells aren't Attacks right there. :)

Should probably replace Morior Invictus with a fat ES body unless its central to your build. The small chunks of Eva and Armor aren't doing anything for you.

I would replace the Bleed/Poison charms with Stun/Slow charms.

Your Cast on Crit gets more energy the more damage you do, which is why its charging so slowly.

Are you following a guide btw? Idk much about Spark COC builds but your tree seems really inefficient and your supports on Spark don't look very good (Blind II?).

Miso recently made a video on PoB2 that might help you out for optimizing damage:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WpqR3zjync

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