Build that didnt work at all - Dark Effigy Spell Totem
Lately you might have seen or read about some overpowered skills and builds in POE2. Well while some skills are overpowered, some feeld underpowered the same way :)
I wanted to try a sort of spell totem build. The only available skill is Dark Effigy.
I had pretty decent plan. I wanted to use Threaded Light Woven Focus, which gives 12% spell damage per 10 spirit. Max out my spirit and use spirit to create totems. At the same time benefit from spell damage.
I started with Witch and did first 40 levels. Then I tried to change it to Dark Effigy, mass poison/debuff my enemies and let totems do the work. But I didn't feel like stuff is right. My spirit was high, spell damage and casting speed over the roof, totems were shooting, but little damage was done.
I dig deeper and find out table with skill damage:
I mean... like really??? 34-64 base damage at level 20? While other skills has hundreds or even thousands... Well at least I didnt waste too much time on it, but it made me quite sad.
Leson learned: Always check the skill table before making a build around it :)