Rufous

{
  "post": {
    "title": "Are There Full Suites of Element Skill Gems per Weapon Type?",
    "selftext": "Since weapon based skills are no longer universal and are instead specific per weapon type, the choice of weapon determines what attack skill gems you will be using. Say I picked a particular weapon type: would there be a complete suite of fire, cold, lightning, chaos, and physical spear skill gems for me to select from and make a build around? Or would some elements be unaccounted for depending on the weapon type?\n\nFor example, we have seen some spear skill gems of varying elements, but I don't think we've seen any associated with chaos. If the answer to this question is yes, then we'd expect there to be at least one chaos spear skill gem that has not been revealed yet.",
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/PathOfExile2/comments/18rdpqe/are_there_full_suites_of_element_skill_gems_per/"
  },
  "comments": [
    {
      "body": "We intend to have skills for multiple elements for each weapon type, but maybe not always every element.\n\nFor example, the Quarterstaves with the Monk. We have a well developed Lightning, Cold and Physical (wind themed) set, but don't have a developed Fire set.\n\nWhile this is not always respected, Fire is loosely aligned with Strength as an attribute, and it's the exact opposite in terms of attribute alignment with Monk (Being Dex/Int).\n\nI still try to add a bit of synergy just for kicks though. We have skills that interact with elemental ailments, and we make sure to include a Burning interaction just in case someone wants to try and make a build with it.",
      "replies": [
        {
          "body": "Somebody might try to make a frenzied fire monk character. Please don't let it remain just in their imagination.",
          "replies": [
            {
              "body": "Fire bender?",
              "replies": [
                {
                  "body": "Good idea.",
                  "replies": [
                    {
                      "body": "I always wished to recreate some league of legends builds in poe.",
                      "replies": [
                        {
                          "body": "Dont mention that cursed name here"
                        }
                      ]
                    }
                  ]
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "body": "Will there be more or less liberal availability of conversion since converted damage now forgets their original type? This seems to a major piece of the puzzle for damage type flexibility."
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "body": "If think we know very little of the skills so I hope we get all damage types for all weapons"
    },
    {
      "body": "Maybe they'll change their design guidelines with a fresh start, but chaos damage has always been treated as special that it's rarer and there's no guarantee there will be an even balance in damage types and weapons. I noticed for example the Mercenary demo didn't have any lightning skills and Monk demo didn't have any fire skills, which aligns the  attribute-element association for those classes. \n\nI expect we'll see more chaos hit spells due to Occultist/Witch losing emphasis on elemental damage. Pathfinder is likely also going have chaos themes with existing chaos bow skills as reference. \n\nMismatched skill type with damage type has never been a barrier in PoE so I expect PoE2 to offer similar flexibility. A chaos spear skill would be nice for conversion, but if you can get enough flat added damage with a mechanically good skill you should still be set. After all the most popular skill for chaos damage builds for a long time was Molten Strike.",
      "replies": [
        {
          "body": "Weapons are also going to have different types for their base damage, instead of primarily dealing physical damage. We have already seen things like a pure cold flail and a pure fire axe, so the weapon you use is also going to have a much greater impact on the damage type you deal."
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}