Your opinion and all opinions are valid. What is your take on the defacto must play build for this league? (And why, of course)
Could be damage output, mechanic interactions, ease of play, fun - you name it.
CoC comet Oracle
You need a solid GPU, but rend and flame breath Smith of kitava. Cast fire spell on hit casts off of flame breath and it covers the screen in fireballs and explosions. It's glorious
Gonna throw out Frostbolt Demon Form Infernalist, been one of my favorite builds I've done in PoE 2 so far, couldn't recommend it higher.
Recoup as recovery is so so smooth, can throw up my PoB or Poe ninja if any are interested.
I personally play chaos monk for rhe damage with the ring that turns all your damage in chaos and instability because you're immune to it you can max it out plus with the purple flame it's a great deal for damage, not am s tier but I managed to make it into A tier I guess, you should try it
zero duration coc hexblast titan - it has the same playstyle as the popular EW coc comet but with some notable advantages and disadvantages
disadvantages:
not bm so base crit is low (this is literally so impactful that sometimes i think of how i can get this build to work on bm)
advantages:
not leech so you can spam away even if there are no mobs
palm of the dreamer is instant anti-lag tech
cheaper
literally immune to small hits/ailments even when standing still
less consistent, hexblast will sometimes, albeit rarely, refuse to cooperate and will not explode a few times in a row
ignore all map mods, i literally dont know what im slamming
CoC entangle oracle. Really highlights the strength of the oracle ascendancy, though ofc it ends up being generic "CoC comet" under the hood. Could also use bone storm in the CoC and lean into the physical spells.
Wolfpack Lich was fun. Actual wolves from the Pounce skill are much stronger than Wolfpack but both are fun and a different "minion" type build. I cleared all content with this one, no issue.
My favorite so far has been Spark CoC double Arc. Emperor Palpatine simulator.
Twister deadeye is a blast.
Reverse chill anything
Ease of play, disciple sorceress.
Staff + focus and 60% of ES as armor are the huge take aways from the ascendancy
Stack any caster build on top of it from there and you're face tanking t3 pinnacle hits pretty easy.
The Oracle Death Star is fully operational- only took 30 days of playtime. GGGs https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/L0L-breh-1628/character/ShapesofWrath
If you’re running a CI build or a no-ES build (armor or EB/MoM), this perfect essence modifier may do more for your build than the hybrid modifier on your chest. 15% physical taken as chaos is an enormous reduction to physical damage when you have good chaos mitigation. For me, I am a Chayula with 90% chaos resist thanks to ATD.
[Based off this concept of using invulnerable Unearth minions.](https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofexile2builds/comments/1nquubx/chaos_walking_simulator/) Since Blackflame turns Incinerate's Ignite into a Chaos DoT and Contagion-afflicted minions can proliferate all Chaos DoTs (not just ED), in theory the Compounding ignite stacking people are doing with Oil Grenade should work here too. This could be one of the fastest builds in the game, especially with how many instances of damage we should be getting. The new minion support from passives and gems make them faster, and they are already invulnerable with Brutus' Brain (which does not block their Contagion-touch from dealing damage). The issue will be solving single target (since we won't have Contagion'd minions during solo fights or fights with long downtime), which may be as simple as just running a Crossbow on Set 2. Class and gear options are pretty open. Lich, Oracle, PF and Varashta may be good immediate picks. If someone tests this before I get the chance, I'd like to know how it goes.
I have an oracle already leveled up, and at least 4k divs to spend. Which have you found to be the better/smoother wyvern build?
Whirling Assaults recoil is dog shit and typically players dodge roll out of it to not be vulnerable. Both Frozen Locus and Wave of Frost can be used at any point as a “dodge” out of whirl, so once you’re wrapping up the spin you can cancel out of the Whirling Assault animation and stack some damage/utility on top of it. Frozen Locus is good for AoE chill but has a difficult time freezing monsters in temple. It also can be socketed to impale cold damage as of physical, allowing you to stack some extra damage on your next attack. It has a huge attack damage multiplier and can really help clean up harder to kill enemies. The angle of Wave of Frost is narrow but it does freeze much more reliably, turning on Bhatair’s easily. With a t2 attack speed mod on weapon and rapid strikes 2 the animation is fairly fluid and fast. It takes some calibrating and getting used to, but once you’ve got it down, it will feel smooth as butter. Bonus points because it combos well into staggering palm off the rip, you look straight up like Jackie Chan using these three in tandem. Staggering Palm is insane. You may have seen my posts about Ancestral Cry as an ability, adding a \~500% attack damage slam to your steps (which activates many times while whirling). Getting ignite on an enemy amplifies Staggering Palm significantly. Staggering Palm will give you a buff that fires projectiles when you stun a target. At lvl 30 this is about \~400% attack damage. Socketing it with Fan the Flames II will add another \~300% attack damage hit that all of your projectiles will proc when they hit a burning enemy. As you can see, there are some niche interactions that turn a basic whirling assault into a damage shitfest that rivals comet. It is not unusual for me to run into a temple room and it be cleaned out in 5 seconds, especially if I’ve been doing good keeping my buffs up. Forgive me for coming to my Ted Talk.
Hello all! Im working on one of those reverse chill builds on a storm weaver (similar to ds lily's) I think I understand the build but having a hard time figuring out why im still being chilled sometimes? Sometimes the reverse chill effect works then sometimes it just stops and I'm chilled causing my death lol. Poeninja link: https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Rumple-8723/character/SparkgoBRRRRRRT Note: I do know my rings suck and bow sucks but grinding another character to get the funds to replace lol Thank you exiles!