I chose templar. What weapons should use?

[Itchy_Scrotbag]

I need help please, I don't know what weapons and armour types I should use. Thank you

[Zelph]

Gems matter more then weapon. Choose your skill(s), and go based off of that.

[Dregor]

First you'll need to decide on a build to use. That'll depend a lot on which skill gems you wish to use. After choosing your skills you'll look at the passive tree and decide which keystones you want to get. A lot of that will dictate which sorts of armor you want to use. If you're on the top left of the tree that is mostly energy shield and armor nodes so you'll want to focus on those two types of mitigation primarily. Sites like poeplanner or apps like Path of Building are ways to plan out a build and figure out if you'll be able to do what you want or not.

The weapon is mostly irrelevant unless its specific to the gem you're using. So if you're trying to use bow skills then you're going to have to use a bow, but otherwise you just have to look at the effect types (implicits) of the weapon and at the gems and see if there are any requirements. For example a lot of maces have implicits for elemental damage so if you're planning on doing an elemental build then you may want to use a mace for the elemental damage boost, and since most of the gems you'd be using don't have any weapon type requirements then you'd be free to do that. If you look at some gems like any of the bow gems or many of the melee gems you'll see that there are weapon type requirements. So you can't use a sword with sunder for example because the sunder gem requires a mace, axe, or staff.

By the same token you generally don't want to take any of the weapon specific keystones until very late in a build (if ever). You wouldn't want to have 20 points invested into axes with a sunder build and then find a mace that does 3x as much damage and then be forced to respec all those points. Its normally better to save that stuff until near the end of your build when you know for sure thats what you want to do.

[Rikkore]

Btw new league starts tomorrow so it's a bit wise to hold off on playing till then

[Zelph]

Originally posted by Rikkore:

Btw new league starts tomorrow so it's a bit wise to hold off on playing till then

Still wednesday for some, it starts friday though.

[The_Driver]

Originally posted by zelph:

Originally posted by Rikkore:

Btw new league starts tomorrow so it's a bit wise to hold off on playing till then

Still wednesday for some, it starts friday though.

Come on, if you bring up the time zones, then at least mention that it starts on Saturday for some as well.

[Itchy_Scrotbag]

Originally posted by Rikkore:

Btw new league starts tomorrow so it's a bit wise to hold off on playing till then

What happens I don't wait? I'm new so not really sure. Thanks

[The_Driver]

Originally posted by Itchy_Scrotbag ©:

Originally posted by Rikkore:

Btw new league starts tomorrow so it's a bit wise to hold off on playing till then

What happens I don't wait? I'm new so not really sure. Thanks

Nothing really happens(, it's more about what's not happening). You can continue your character and progress regularly.

You'd miss out on the new league mechanic, fresher economy, challenge rewards and such if you don't play in the Legion league. To play there, you'll need to start a new character, which you can do at any time during the league, so there's no immediate need for action. But yeah, if you haven't progressed too far currently, you might just want to start a new character there at the start and see your first character as testing the waters.

[Itchy_Scrotbag]

Originally posted by The_Driver:

Originally posted by Itchy_Scrotbag ©:

What happens I don't wait? I'm new so not really sure. Thanks

Nothing really happens(, it's more about what's not happening). You can continue your character and progress regularly.

You'd miss out on the new league mechanic, fresher economy, challenge rewards and such if you don't play in the Legion league. To play there, you'll need to start a new character, which you can do at any time during the league, so there's no immediate need for action. But yeah, if you haven't progressed too far currently, you might just want to start a new character there at the start and see your first character as testing the waters.

Does a new character mean starting again? I'll probably do that

[The_Driver]

Originally posted by Itchy_Scrotbag ©:

Originally posted by The_Driver:

Nothing really happens(, it's more about what's not happening). You can continue your character and progress regularly.

You'd miss out on the new league mechanic, fresher economy, challenge rewards and such if you don't play in the Legion league. To play there, you'll need to start a new character, which you can do at any time during the league, so there's no immediate need for action. But yeah, if you haven't progressed too far currently, you might just want to start a new character there at the start and see your first character as testing the waters.

Does a new character mean starting again? I'll probably do that

Yes.

[Itchy_Scrotbag]

Originally posted by The_Driver:

Originally posted by Itchy_Scrotbag ©:

Does a new character mean starting again? I'll probably do that

Yes.

Any tips for a noob like me?

[The_Driver]

Originally posted by Itchy_Scrotbag ©:

Originally posted by The_Driver:

Yes.

Any tips for a noob like me?

There's a good although still incomplete collection of links available at https://grinding.zone/
Other than that: If you are easily frustrated, it might be best to follow a build guide. You might also want to check out https://www.twilightstrand.com/