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Flammability (for Fire Builds) in Path of Exile 2

Flammability is one of the most dangerous curses when you're up against enemies that deal Fire damage, or Path of exile currency if you’re building around Fire damage yourself. This curse specifically increases the amount of Fire damage the target takes, which can drastically amplify the damage of any fire-based attacks or abilities used against you.

For Fire builds, Flammability is both a blessing and a potential problem. While the curse increases the damage you deal (if you’re the one applying it), it can significantly increase the damage you take from enemies using Fire-based attacks. If you’re a Fire-focused character, it’s critical to mitigate this curse to avoid devastating amounts of damage.

What Flammability Does:

Increases Fire Damage Taken: This curse directly increases the amount of Fire damage you take by a percentage. Depending on the enemy, this can make certain fights much harder.

Impact on Fire Builds: If you're playing a Fire Damage-focused build, your enemies will often apply Flammability to increase the damage they deal to you, making it a dangerous curse unless you have the right defense in place.

How to Mitigate Flammability:

1. Increase Your Fire Resistance

Maximize Fire Resistance: The most direct way to counter Flammability is to increase your Fire Resistance. This lowers the Fire damage you take and can make a huge difference, especially when facing enemies with strong Fire-based attacks.

How to do this: Equip gear (rings, amulets, armor) with Fire Resistance. Focus on boosting your Fire Resistance to cap it (75% for maximum resistance).

Flask of Fire Resistance: This flask grants Fire Resistance temporarily, which can help you mitigate Flammability’s effect when it's applied.

Passive Tree: Look for Path of exile currency for sale nodes that grant Fire Resistance or Fire damage reduction.