Poisoned stack limite restriction (POE2)

I have built a Poison Bow character. I think this build is pretty awesome, except for one thing: the Poisoned stack limite restriction. This makes the Poison element too weak compared to other elemental ailments. I feel like it’s not right. What do you guys think about this?

Balancing Poison Mechanics (My personal suggestion)
* Unlimited or High Stack Caps: This allows poison users to focus on rapidly applying poison and achieving massive sustained damage.
* Scaling Mechanics: Some games introduce modifiers (e.g., "poison damage increases by 10% per stack") to reward dedicated poison builds.
Last edited by HarveyQuang#7468 on Dec 15, 2024, 8:16:18 PM
Last bumped on Dec 16, 2024, 3:39:20 AM
I have a Toxic Ranger also and have found plenty of Passives that increase magnitude of poison damage, add +1 stack of posion, increase duration of poison, increase shape of poison.

I took the tree with Crippling Toxins in it, just up from the +Projectile dmg path. I also selected the path with Stacking Toxins and Lasting Toxins. Even at low level my poisons do quite a lot of dmg. Using Basic Shot (Envenom, Pin), Poisonburst Arrow (Comorbity, Corrosion), Vine Arrow (Scattershot, Encumbrance), Toxic Growth (Concentrate Effect, Fast Forward). I use Escape Shot as my movement skill and Plague Bearer as my Spirit skill.

They are only level 24 but it's been a pretty solid build so far.
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Last edited by Elcardil#2413 on Dec 15, 2024, 9:29:15 PM
As a general premise, poison is built more on better poisons instead of more poisons.
They even scale with the damage of the hit that applies them, making you still want to hit harder instead of just apply more.

That said, currently I'm allowed to stack 10 poisons on an enemy.

The initial 1, 2 nodes on the passive tree that allow +1 for 3, the support gem adding 1 on the supported skill for 4, a pair of unique gloves with a +1 for 5, and the pathfinder ascendency that doubles it for 10.

It is difficult to maintain that stack of 10.

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