Okay, so I was messing around with Path of Exile the other day, and I got this idea stuck in my head about making a really cool-looking smoke cloud effect. I’ve seen some awesome builds with crazy visuals, and I wanted to try my hand at creating something myself.
I started by thinking, “What skills even make smoke?” I knew there were a few, but I couldn’t remember them all off the top of my head. So, I did some digging. I spent a good hour just testing out different skill gems and support gems to see what combinations produced the kind of visual I was going for.
I messed around a lot. It was trial and error at this point. I would equip a skill, pop into a zone, try it out, and be like, “Nope, that’s not it.” Or, “Hmm, that’s kind of close, but not quite what I want.”
I realized the key was getting a good balance between the actual smoke effect and the, you know, impact of the skill. I didn’t want something that just looked pretty but did no damage. It had to be at least somewhat functional, even if my main goal was just to create a visual spectacle.
Experimenting
- First I tried to create smoke with a spell gem.
- I failed using a skill gem at first.
- I tried diffrent gems to see visuals.
I ended up spending way more time on this than I originally planned. I kept getting distracted by new ideas, like, “Oh, what if I added this support gem? What would that look like?” It was a rabbit hole, but a fun one.
Finally, I found the * made a massive, billowing cloud of smoke. I was so stoked! It looked awesome.I won’t bore you with all the tiny details of every single gem I tried. It’s more about the journey of figuring it out, right? It was just super satisfying to finally see it all come together.
So, yeah, that’s my little story about making smoke clouds in PoE. It might not be the most efficient build, or the most powerful, but it was a blast to create, and it looks freaking cool. That’s what matters, I think. Having fun with the game.