My Bonestorm/Reap Blood Mage starter for PoE 2 - THE JOURNEY PAID OFF

Just posting here to thank you for sharing your build and journey.

I've been using this as a reference in building out my own tree since switching out from Ed/cont after struggling against A2 titan boss (now on A3c and absolutely melting with using bonestorm for bossing and DD for clear).

At the time this was posted there was a lot of talk on how Bloodmage was fucked due to the first notable (3% max life ascendancy lol) but this guide really enables the best of the ascendancy from the ground up.

I would also like to ask on the rationale behind pathing to all the max power charges nodes - thought Combat Frenzy would only give 1 charge every few seconds so it doesnt sound like one would cap even with Profusion - am I missing something? Thanks again.

Tested out soul offering with Skeleton reavers, looks like it's currently bugged where even if your offering minion dies you still keep the buff. So with 2 minions you basically get 40% more damage with 100% uptime.

Thinking about using a sacrifice setup with detonate dead in an offhand, basically have a crit tree for clearing, and a swap with minion life with something like hourglass and exploit weakness.

I got a lot of Inspiration from your build. Not sure if I overlooked it but why don‘t you use Blood Magic Passive? I don’t have to care about mana anymore.

So I actually just now finally ascended lol. It was part being wary of the HP costs for spells, but also I was trying to figure out how to make bonestorm work.

Anyway, I went straight to 4 Blood Mage points. NGL it's slapping pretty hard right now. The leech is great. I'm considering going Vaal Pact for that instant leech.

Hey Drug, love the guide. I started as an Infernalist Summoner and got bored quickly. Finding this guide and trying out Bloodmage instead has been a blast so far. What do you think about my final build variation below? Of note, it improves on the bleed you already take from the top-left and adds in the ascendancy node for 15% bleed chance on crit to break even more armor with Stylebender. I also pick up more cast speed on the way to Blood Magic to stack and utilize the Bonestorm debuff faster.

https://imgur.com/a/Itj8zJu

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Blughuh#2894 wrote:

I also pick up more cast speed on the way to Blood Magic to stack and utilize the Bonestorm debuff faster.

https://imgur.com/a/Itj8zJu

Only Attacks (Not Spells) trigger the Bonestorm debuff, so Bonestorm cannot trigger itself. Minions or a Party is the easiest way to do so.

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Long story short, bind left and right click to bonerstorm

Hold Left Click down
Tap Right Click
Move as needed
Release Left click

and it will do it every time.

Don’t get too attached to it, it’s 100% a bug and will be fixed eventually


I’m just finished A1 cruel on this build, it’s a blast
How a couple questions for you folks:

Have any one have a proof that Momentum is working on us? Coz I don’t see any change in tooltip while I moving while channeling… The same is about Inevitable Critical, are we sure it works for all projectiles and not just for first few until one of them crits? “Sustained” tag on Bonestorm suggests that it calculates crit independently for each projectile

Also what defense layers are you using on maps? Anyone tested recoup investment or Atziris Acuity?

If they nerf the cast thing (which is most definitely a bug) this build will feel so bad and weak , the whole thing in endgame is that mobs hit really hard and if you can cast walk then they cant catch up to you and you can dodge everything.

For anyone struggiling with charges, try Redflare.

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luckeyluc#4341 wrote:

What is a good way to get some mana regen for this build?

Hello Exile!

Been trying to use Ether Flow and it kinda slaps tho. Maybe you can try it too.

GLHF Exile!