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PoE 2's endgame has a funny way of making you feel strong one minute and completely useless the next, usually the moment a rare shows up with chunky elemental resists. If you're on Oracle and you've got your eye on a crit-focused lightning setup, you'll quickly see why people chase the Choir of the Storm. It turns "my damage got resisted" into "why is everything still dying," especially once you can afford key pieces like a Fate of the Vaal SC Exalted Orb to push upgrades faster before the build truly clicks. Why Choir Of The Storm Feels Different The core trick isn't just that it fires a lightning bolt on crit. It's that the triggered bolt ignores lightning resistance, which is basically cheating against the stuff that normally drags your DPS into the mud. Bosses, tanky rares, nasty map mods—doesn't matter as much, because that extra hit keeps landing like they never stacked resist in the first place. It also smooths out the fight pa...

Farming the Mythic Prankster Nightmare Sigil can feel like you're chasing a rumor that nobody's actually seen, so I treat it like a setup problem, not a luck problem. Before I even queue anything, I check my stash and make sure I've got a real Living Steel pile—around 200 is the comfy number—because the whole loop collapses if you're constantly running back to Helltides. If you're short and don't want the detour, it helps to keep your gearing plan tight and know what you're aiming for, the same way you'd plan around D4 items for sale instead of buying random stuff you won't use mid-grind. Essences And The Setup Get your essences sorted early, because this part quietly decides whether your sigils are worth looking at. You want a Level 5 Essence of Sin and a Level 5 Essence of Hellfire. When you're heading into the outdoor boss event (the Asmodan one south of Zorbins), put Sin into the Purified slot and Hellfire into the Corrupted slot. People ...