POE 2 ✧ Lahkesis Queen of Chaos ✧ "Essence Drain " Guide releas (Showcase video include)

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zorminster#0402 wrote:

its sort of laughable that were 16 pages in and OP still hasn't managed to provide even the most basic of input. Clearly lots of people who are interested in and are trying ED/Cont and OP has only managed a couple of carefully selected YT shorts. Honestly feels like bait and i don't expect OP to have solved any of the issues already being discussed.

For what my penny thoughts are worth, starting this build is miserable. I've only gotten to A3 (and managed to brick during a respec) and found much of the gameplay to that point was slower than other class/builds and bosses were absolutely the most painful experience i've had in awhile. It seemed like there was much more access to +elemental skills and damage early and that may provide an easier path through the early game. I'd be curious to know y'alls thoughts on leveling as ED vs leveling as something like a fire sorc and then cutting over at some point- what skills do you think we should lean on for the best leveling experience, and when do you think the sweet spot might be to cut over?

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adavydow#2566 wrote:

Playing on SSF and I found ED/contagion allright (not great, but not bad also), but it starts really slow.

My start was pretty frustraiting, but mostly due my poor understanding of POE2 mechanics and it differences from POE1

Before dark effigy boss damage is miserable, so some other skill is needed.
After dark effigy, damage is ok, but rotation is a bit complex. Before you can afford at least 4 support gems there will be some dance with gem swapping for boss/clear.

I've built for survivability and I am pretty happy about the build. The first ten map tiers were extremely safe even with trash gear.

This is how I built it https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/d20c7f59-361d-4242-b860-f972145bad2f/builds/6298d281-4417-422f-b0bd-9782e7eba4b1 (currently playing a little bit differently, trying to bump slow efficiency to max just to see how it feels, but I like previous build better).

Now I'm optimizing the gear to push for the endgame (I didn't have a lot of time to play during the week), will update how I feel about the build later.

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ZenJelly#0503 wrote:

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adavydow#2566 wrote:

Playing on SSF and I found ED/contagion allright (not great, but not bad also), but it starts really slow.

My start was pretty frustraiting, but mostly due my poor understanding of POE2 mechanics and it differences from POE1

Before dark effigy boss damage is miserable, so some other skill is needed.
After dark effigy, damage is ok, but rotation is a bit complex. Before you can afford at least 4 support gems there will be some dance with gem swapping for boss/clear.

I've built for survivability and I am pretty happy about the build. The first ten map tiers were extremely safe even with trash gear.

This is how I built it https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/d20c7f59-361d-4242-b860-f972145bad2f/builds/6298d281-4417-422f-b0bd-9782e7eba4b1 (currently playing a little bit differently, trying to bump slow efficiency to max just to see how it feels, but I like previous build better).

Now I'm optimizing the gear to push for the endgame (I didn't have a lot of time to play during the week), will update how I feel about the build later.

You don't need to tell people you're SSF. You just need to say you're playing.

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you dont need to tell poeple what poeple should do!

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ZenJelly#0503 wrote:

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adavydow#2566 wrote:

Playing on SSF and I found ED/contagion allright (not great, but not bad also), but it starts really slow.

My start was pretty frustraiting, but mostly due my poor understanding of POE2 mechanics and it differences from POE1

Before dark effigy boss damage is miserable, so some other skill is needed.
After dark effigy, damage is ok, but rotation is a bit complex. Before you can afford at least 4 support gems there will be some dance with gem swapping for boss/clear.

I've built for survivability and I am pretty happy about the build. The first ten map tiers were extremely safe even with trash gear.

This is how I built it https://mobalytics.gg/poe-2/profile/d20c7f59-361d-4242-b860-f972145bad2f/builds/6298d281-4417-422f-b0bd-9782e7eba4b1 (currently playing a little bit differently, trying to bump slow efficiency to max just to see how it feels, but I like previous build better).

Now I'm optimizing the gear to push for the endgame (I didn't have a lot of time to play during the week), will update how I feel about the build later.

You don't need to tell people you're SSF. You just need to say you're playing.