Scaling Damage in Path of Exile v2.0

A comprehensive guide to the basics of calculation and efficient scaling of damage in Path of Exile. This is the second version of this guide, released shortly before the launch of 3.14 Ultimatum league.

0:00 Introduction
2:44 Base Damage
9:52 Damage Source
11:14 Damage Type
12:32 Keywords
13:42 Damage Modifiers
21:20 Damage Conversion
27:16 Increased/Reduced Damage
28:58 Attack/Cast Speed
32:04 Accuracy
33:30 Critical Strikes
40:50 Impale
44:00 Resistance Reduction/Penetration
48:52 Damage Over Time
59:13 Choosing Your Weapon
1:03:27 Totems, Traps, Mines, and Minions
1:05:51 Major Concepts and Examples

[annbushhome]

Very comprehensive video, I'm learning about poe in 2023, hope there are no major changes

[agtihz]

Hands down, the best edjucational Poe damage calculation video I have ever watched. Thank you so much

[JVCity]

Great vid, defense guide will also be appreciated, there are just so many options

[destructiveideation]

By far one of the best PoE mechanical breakdowns I've seen to date.

[magesmages]

Out of all the streamers, the youtubers, and other sir, have made the biggest difference in my gaming experience in PoE. Thank you!

[andson_]

Thank you so much for this class. If it's already difficult to understand for someone who has English as a native language, imagine for people like me, who don't speak English very well. For example, in my language, there is no production of content like the one you made available, so this was a very important job you did.

I think that at GGG there should be people like you, expanding the knowledge about the game, in a simple way for as many players in as many languages ​​as possible. It would be a great way to reach more audiences for this complex but magnificent game.

[MafiaFil]

I was just looking at your old video, found this in the description. Very informative, was always wondering how stuff was calculated.

[kevintrueblood]

Getting into designing my own builds, and this was an invaluable guide, I feel much more equipped to know where to look for options on damage scaling.

[ix]

Thank you, one of the best explanations available!!!

[Aquaricky]

Videos like this are essential to making the POE community better. 2Much ppl trying those meme 50mil DPS YouTube builds and them complain that they suck cuz they didn't know how to analyze if the build was good or not for real world gameplay.

[onehtw]

best video explaining all the damage types and scaling in detail.. !

[andiwolf]

Very nice and clear explanations! Have been playing almost all leages but still learned so much!

[jamesburrelljr.]

Thanks i needed this it makes all the difference knowing these details in damage scaling. Now I don't have to get aggravated when calculations get aggregated.

[Ferd_Turgeson]

Fantastic work here sir. Thank you for your effort. Oh, and awesome cat. 😂

[juliofoolio]

Thank you for this guide. I have always been confused by impale which has kept me from playing hit bases phys builds. I now understand why they call it that but the use of the term “reflected” damage is misleading. It is interesting though. A couple quick questions that you… um may have answered but I failed grok, T/F? Impale damage can not be scaled in any way after it is applied? T/F? There is no inherent limit to the number of impales that can be applied? Thanks again, great video.

[化粧惑星]

Holy this is thicker and deeper than a lecture in Fourier transform.

[braddrew]

Hey man, great vid, I'm surprised YouTube took this long to recommend this to me! I'm interested in if you have a process to walk through an existing build that isn't up to spec damage-wise to see where improvements could be made? At level 100, I converted my 5-way farmer deadeye to a kinetic blast magic find build, and I'm finding the damage is a little shy of where I want it to be. I have a few options with replacing the helmet, gloves, and making changes on the tree/jewels, I'm just interested in how you would attack a problem like that. Cheers, keep up the great work!

[federicocapriotti]

hey @Cowpimp, what about the "added x damage" (not % x added as y), how does that work? Like in the skill "explosive arrow", it says added x fire damage, does it scale with elemental, or fire mods?

[curt]

Thank you for this bro!!! Im having a damn hard time with my TR Occultist

[atmanbtrue]

Thanks for the amazing videos! Any outdated info on this one?