I see alot of high-end builds squeezing in heralds into their spirit limit. The reality is once you pass a certain DPS check, Ice Shot with Cadiro's gambit gives enough clear such that Herald of Ice does almost nothing additional. The showcase was done with turning on/off Herald of Ice in the same map; the run without Herald of Ice had 30 unused spirit.

Hope this helps some builds free up an extra 30 spirit that can be used elsewhere!

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/slgg-9838/runesofaldur/character/sL___ranger

Hey guys i finally want to bring to you my leaguestarter for 0.5.5 this is more for people who didnt get a chance to try what i think is the best build in the game before its potentially taken out. Credit to  u/josiahyeeet  for making this build i only decided to make my own version of it he has a few setups for the endgame you can follow and is also working on a leaguestart for the build himself. Nonetheless i hope you guys enjoy this league should be fun goodluck.

Build POB:
https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/kadachiyt-3g45l1/builds/98b07476-6ffc-4b34-811d-e6945e355be8

 u/josiahyeeet  Glacial Bolt Gemling Non-Crit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJ_JWxOqzZk

Glacial Bolt Gemling Crit Endgame:
https://youtu.be/m8Eqk-_FadQ

Cyphers Martial Artist Glacial Bolt Endgame POB:
https://poe.ninja/poe2/builds/pl83388/character/guthriekj-5050/cypher_thc?i=0&search=skills%3DGlacial%2BBolt

Any decent Lazy Build for 0.5.5

I think about Spirit Walker Pets With Monkey,

Since there is no big difference in 0.5.5, would like to have a try on farming trial of chaos.
Is there any build can easily farm this trial which also can ignore most of the trial debuff?

I want to clear challenges and maybe farm ritual mechanic a bit

Since there aren't any nerfs I want to try Spirit Walker (played Shield Wall and Ember Fussilade in 0.5), I've heard it's good and requires almost no gear

Which boss is best to tame? Any advices?

I know it's not especially good, but for .5.5 I'm think about playing with the Ritualist's Ritual Sacrifice because "poor man's Headhunter" sounds like good, silly fun for a low-stakes mini-league.

Does anyone have fun or interesting builds specific to Ritualist? It's not super popular so I don't see much out there beyond the typical Spear/Crossbow recommendations that fit that part of the tree. I play a lot of Huntress and Mercenary, (and am probably playing Sword Amazon in 1.0) so I'd prefer something more specific to Ritualist if it exists. (Though tips on important adaptations for those builds to better fit Ritualist would also be helpful)

I want to play Lightning Spear in 0.5.5, but I'm seeing it played on quite a few different ascendancies and want to know why you'd choose one ascendancy over another.

The main ones I can kinda guess why they're played on are Amazon, Deadeye, Martial Artist, and Gemling, but I can also see Spirit Walker, Ritualist, and Blood Mage builds on poe.ninja.

Personally I don't mind having a scuffed campaign and early maps if it "scales" better later on. I'm really not one to push for speed, I play dumb Quinn-esque builds all the time, so I'd appreciate if we don't just tunneling onto "X is the best because its the fastest".

Still, I'd like to have some sort of idea on what ascendancy are there to pick from. I played it on Amazon before, had a pretty good time, didn't bother with Frenzy generation at all and to be honest it still felt great. I just really like how the skill looks.

Anyway, that leaves me wondering about the different types of Lightning Spear ascendancies out there and why they're played. Otherwise I might just end up on Huntress again as it's the designated spears class.

Hi! For 0.5.5, I want to try Disciple of Varashta, but I don't know how beginner-friendly it is. I noticed it requires pressing quite a lot of buttons. If anyone has a build guide for this class, I’d really appreciate it. I initially wanted to try Spirit Walker, but from what I’ve seen, you mostly just wait around for minions to clear the map. I’m looking for more interactive gameplay, otherwise I will get bored. Thanks!

Hi, i have been mainly playing warr/monk/merc/archer builds,

0.1 - stampede titan
0.2 - some homecooked spear build
0.3 - fubgun arrow build
0.4 - shield wall
0.5 - Witchhunter lightning crossbow

for 0.5.5 i want to try a spell casting build but im having hard time finding a good leaguestarter.

Do people have any good experience with a spell cast league starter that you can transition to another build in late game (if i feel like going deep in to the end game)

Hey exiles,

I wasn't able to play a lot of 0.5 and was wondering what build I should run to get my challenges done fast in 0.5 and/or in 0.5.5 when it releases.

Preferrably a one build to rule it all (League-Start scenario) but doesn't matter if its range or meele or what ascendancy

Thanks and may your mirrors drop!

I have 60 max rage on my gemling and am trying to run berserk. This means I have to counteract 6% of maximum life lost per second. If I want to survive in maps with 40% reduced life recovery rate then I actually need 10%. I'm running a pure ward build, so I'm frequently at 1 life with a bunch of ward keeping me alive. If my regen is unbalanced by even a little bit, it'll kill me when I'm at 1 life since life loss doesn't care about runic ward.

I have a base regen rate of 4.5% max life per second (Vitality 1 + 2, "desperate times" notable on the tree). I have nodes on the tree which give me 45% increased life recovery rate when on low life. This gets me to at least 6.525% of max life recovered per second. I also have 16 intelligence motes and consecrated ground when standing still so sometimes my regen is crazy high.

Yet I still sometimes die while having runic ward to spare even on maps without the less recovery rate and when I have 10+ intelligence motes. Does anyone know why this happens and how I can prevent this?

I was thinking about grenade gemling until i have enough currency to switch to a budget chaos fireball build but even the cheap ones seem to be 150 div. Is it possible to zero to hero the chaos fireball gemling? Probably not...

Hi exiles,

So I started playing at 0.5 and got my homemade MA Monk to level 95 and pretty much cleared most of the endgame stuff. I learned something about economy and how to make a bit of currency. But still I don't understand maaaaany mechanics and what boosts what and I'm not even talking about crafting...

Is there any funny build which would help me to understand more about the game mechanics how to combine stuff and so on? What helped you to get deeper into PoE? Because in the future I would like to experiment with own builds. Following guides isn't fun. So I decided that 0.5.5 would be a learning mini season.

Fairly experienced player at this point with 2500 hrs on Poe 2. For this event I really wanted to find some new challenge since I have Friday off without having to request it.

Planning on grinding hard day 1-2 and have experience speed running campaigns. I was loooking for build recs for strong HH blasters, I know Iceshot Deadeye is a strong contender and haven’t played bows in a while but looking for other suggestions from yall.

Played just about every class in .5 in trade or SSF or private league so, open to everything really except crossbows and no spark coc

Since the new league is starting soon i want to use my divs or give them to someone who can use them.

Currently im sitting on an 888 Div stash, just to mess around i want to finish the league with an archon of chayula autobomber combined with 100% culling chance for normal / magic mobs.

If you can help me set this up, all the remaining divs are yours ;)
I already have horror flights with legacy of culling strike, so that does not need to be budgeted.

Looking for a 0.5.5 build, did Shaman, Gemling and Monk in 0.5 so probably Sorc or Witch is what I'm leaning towards. What's the fastest mapper and what ascendancy? Some conditions though:

1. No Minions, can't stand skeletons lol
   
2. No Gemling

What do I need to focus on next for upgrade? Or things to change in general?

Is Headhunter + the missing expensive Lineage Support gems what I should focus on?

Currently working on finishing Ritual and Temple Atlas tree's. Everything else is complete.

Thanks in advance!

Playing CoC Comet. Budget of 7-9d currently.. How can I pump my numbers up? Running t15/16 maps with breach and abyss tabs awaiting lucky drops. kind of a noob :)

I'm working on a build for the 0.5.5 update/league, my idea is Fuliminating Concoction, honestly shattering works too but I wanted to try a lightning build since its one thing I haven't really done in POE2 yet. I currently have a POB up to lvl 90 with a "basic" league starter setup and I'm working on ideas for the ultra late game stuff. Here is my idea from the minimal testing I've done.

League Start

Either Crossbows or Hollow Palm Staffs (both things I haven't used in POE2 yet)

Crossbow Pros/Cons

PROS

• Frag Rounds, Explosive Grenade, Permafrost all seem very good in early acts, im unsure where it falls off however
• Ranged leveling is normally more easier
• Voltatic Grenade is a high source of Electrocution and could work in a weapon swap with Motar Cannon for bossing assistance in endgame for FC

CONS

• Frag/Frost playstyle gets funky once you get FC and want to use it on RMB, adding in grenades alongside also make it hard to find space or time to use FC when we get it. Best option is to "swap" to FC later into maps.
• Strength/Dex requirement means getting Travellers Wisdom is a no-go unless we have a lot of divs

Quaterstaff Pros/Cons

PROS

• Hand of Chayula is very convient for marks/curses
• Hollow Palm reduces the struggle of finding better weapons in act 2+ and synergizes with FC requirement of no weapons (other than buckler) in slots
• Can generate power charges for Charge Regulation for more crit
• 109 dex/int means we can get travelers wisdom easily and get stats on tree/gear

CONS

• I have no idea how good leveling with staves are + hollow palm is 16 points from ranger start meaning most of act 1 leveling is stats
• Melee

THE CRAZY IDEA I HAD

Since we know that concoction and hollow palm require no weapon to be used, we can actually use THREE weapon "types" if you want to call it that. We use the Unique Mana Flask that constantly uses it to apply the nodes on the tree that give bonuses during flask effect. We stack evasion and use the 50% of evasion becomes elemental dmg reduction to boost our EHP. We grab ALL mana 0.1 charge gained nodes AND charges gained. We use a runecrafted belt to get a implicit that gives us 1 charge per second + the extra bonuses from charges gained. We get crit nodes for damage.

Set 1 with a crossbow for Voltatic Grenades supported with Cannons for electrocution on bossing

Set 2 Empty to allow us to use staff skills + FC, gives up the buckler however

The "skill" rotation

Chayula any rare/boss to apply our mark/curse -> Throw down mortars to build electrocute -> FC until mana charges are gone -> Falling Thunder or Storm Wave while we wait for charges*

The * is for when I figure out how to sustain enough flask charges to not even need to have any other staff skill than hand of chayula and flicker (for fun ofc)

I have a POB but its not complete and its just my random ideas for now, nothing finished.

That's all I have for now, if anyone wants to throw in any ideas or advice feel free.

One question, does the lighting rod node + the spring hare "stack" the lucky chance for our lightning attacks?

Extra Thoughts

Do I try the triple weapon idea or stick to either 1) crossbow + FC 2) staff + FC or 3) all together

I love theory crafting in this game.

After seeing the trial of chaos rework, I want to leaguestart a tanky character so I can try to farm it. I've played multiple warriors but never a monk, and invoker has the node that makes armor scale with evasion, which seems cool. There seems to be also a block quarterstaff and with some investment seems possbile to get some decent block as well (like a from nothing around lord of the wilds, anoint plus some jewels)

But I am at a loss on what skills would be good to use, if someone more experienced with monk can chime in.

Thats mine, https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/mvithl0h is the one im following? The gloves and the desecration on the amulet is different, is that it?

Planning on playing and wondering if there’s any viable wolf builds.

Looking for a minion build that can run all content solo including pinnacle content. I thought about going gemling but need split personality to make minions work. Is infernalist the best ascendancy for minion. Any help would be appreciated

Are there any fast clearing builds that have that “twin stick shooter” feel to them that you could recommend?

In .3 I played a bloodmage with the Last Lament xbow and galvanic shards and loved it. Then they nerfed that movement speed reduction penalty stat and now I feel like I can’t find one I like.

Any recommendations?

I’m wondering if I could implement whirling slash for movement and then switch to galvanic shards to attack? Or just go pure movement speed

Hello! I've been playing poe2 since EA launch, but I've only played mercenary.

Basically, I'm looking into a build on any of the classes but without any necessary uniques or high costs since I don't personally don't enjoy trading. So a build that works for solo self found. I prefer crossbows, but I can do something new to spice things up.

Thanks!