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When you increase the quality of a weapon it increases physical damage, how can i increase elemental damage instead of physical damage?.

Currently level 59 on merciless.
 

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When you increase the quality of a weapon it increases physical damage, how can i increase elemental damage instead of physical damage?.

Currently level 59 on merciless.

not sure u know much about the item roll mechanics judging by that, but if u do dont take this wrong way as me bing a smart ass lol as most on here would.

Basically u cant, an item can roll 3 prefixes and 3 suffixes ( not 4 of one and 2 of the other). so the only way to increase that element damage would be to roll an item with weapon element damage+% along with a high added spell damage, 50% + 17/20 spell damage on weapon already is high end for ur current items but keep in mind there both prefixes and so is added fire damage so ur gonna have to be lucky or trade for one. hope that help a bit lol

looking at ur skill tree ur using enduring cry with molten shield ;) as ur main DPS. have u tried using fireball with LMP and fork or chain. spell totem with either summon skeles as a added defense or flame totem could also help u out
 

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not sure u know much about the item roll mechanics judging by that, but if u do dont take this wrong way as me bing a smart ass lol as most on here would.

Basically u cant, an item can roll 3 prefixes and 3 suffixes ( not 4 of one and 2 of the other). so the only way to increase that element damage would be to roll an item with weapon element damage+% along with a high added spell damage, 50% + 17/20 spell damage on weapon already is high end for ur current items but keep in mind there both prefixes and so is added fire damage so ur gonna have to be lucky or trade for one. hope that help a bit lol

looking at ur skill tree ur using enduring cry with molten shield ;) as ur main DPS. have u tried using fireball with LMP and fork or chain. spell totem with either summon skeles as a added defense or flame totem could also help u out

Started my build of focused around MS but as i got higher am wishing i never bothered tbh.

Currently using Fireball > LMP > Iron Will and faster casting which gives me 1.3k dps

My secondary skill is Fire Trap > concentrated effect and faster casting which gives me 3.7k dps, not many fire witches use fire trap but i think it's insanely good, especially if you have burning done on your skill tree.

molten shell is at 5.6k dps but i kinder stopped using it since merciless.

Problem am having at the moment is MP, fireball is eating it up, any suggestions how i can improve here?.

Might start ranger soon, dieing to do a speed + crit build with one.
 

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if u need the mp and seeing how u have gone hp as well, u might want to go for eldrict battery, top of tree as it will convert all ur ES to mana, with that and a few extra hp nodes u should be ok. Do u have a upto date skill tree i can look at :)
 

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http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgMAAnEC4wSzBVsHpRRNFVAWbxoyGjgdFB8CKU8snDbFNt g26TrYPV9Eq0bXSRtJsk3YT31RYFJTVa5VxlcrXcZgbWaeeuZ9 U4BWghCCm4M4h2WLjI9Gj6aQVZwtnYCiAKcIp4Spla-3tobAGs9l0NDUfNgk2t3d89-w4XPjaudq7DjsVe0g8Wz60ox28B-XhSqNiBvvhQ==


This is me at ledge few days ago, see from this my mana being drained, but il try what you said thanks. Going to give a ranger ago for a few days, see what it's like
[video=youtube;iViMmR1M-UI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iViMmR1M-UI[/video]
 

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Atm im a level 33 Templar :)
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Yeah, only game I really log in to nearly every day currently. Played closed beta ages ago recently started playing open.
Currently focusing mainly on a lv.41 Maru, consistent physical 2h dmg and survivability build. Survived HC 'til 28 then played stoned and did a stupid lure -.- . Got a Ranger in his early 30's as well but the build's a bit ****ed, might start again when I fancy bowing again, got a good couple good bow builds planned for when I do.

Account name: Adam1902 - Hit me up if you wanna play and send us a PM on here too or I'll probably decline :P. Probably going to be playing less soon due to uni work, but I smashed through entire Act 1Cruel on my Maru y.day in 1 session :).
 

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kind of burnt out on PoE atm lol got bored of scrubcore so been playing hardcore but like doobie said not a good idea to play stoned lost 3 lvl 40s and a 62 now lol.

currently lvling a crit freeze pulse witch on SC to plan a nice working build for hc. build atm is http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-...jna6kkacIsji4k8BRwcXN-s9l0NDfsOOE5CLsOPId_Ks=

and i am i aiming for something like this http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-...fsOOE5CLnUuw47w7wH_Id8i_yzvZI9zL3pvfX-0X8qw==

as u can see i dont take much hp nodes till around 40 is which is when i have found i really need to grab some.

with the right gear i can get around 6.5k hp with 3k ES. but need a 6 link unique staff(Maelstrom staff) thats the deal breaker with this build the staff.

let me know what u think of the build idea
 

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kind of burnt out on PoE atm lol got bored of scrubcore so been playing hardcore but like doobie said not a good idea to play stoned lost 3 lvl 40s and a 62 now lol.

currently lvling a crit freeze pulse witch on SC to plan a nice working build for hc. build atm is http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-...jna6kkacIsji4k8BRwcXN-s9l0NDfsOOE5CLsOPId_Ks=

and i am i aiming for something like this http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-...fsOOE5CLnUuw47w7wH_Id8i_yzvZI9zL3pvfX-0X8qw==

as u can see i dont take much hp nodes till around 40 is which is when i have found i really need to grab some.

with the right gear i can get around 6.5k hp with 3k ES. but need a 6 link unique staff(Maelstrom staff) thats the deal breaker with this build the staff.

let me know what u think of the build idea
Yeah lol, think once I've got a good char (or two?) I like playing on SC, my next chars will be on HC and I'll only play em when I'm having a proper session at it. Got a few very good low lvl items stashed there to get back in fast.

To be fair I can't really comment, I've only recently properly got in to it and I've only been experimenting with Maru builds and bow Rangers and Duelists.

I reckon though, that for non-elemental overall defense it's best to get HP passives early on, and armor increase ones later when your char has higher overall armor (gear etc) because of the way armor scales. Can see what I mean here: http://en.pathofexilewiki.com/wiki/Armour