HOW TO TEST DAMAGE OF A COMBO in poe2

In PoE2 , the quickest way to test a combo’s damage is to use the skill panel : open it, expand the skill with the small arrow, and read the damage breakdown there, including average hit, DPS, crit chance, and damage types. A video guide specifically notes that this is the easiest in-game way to inspect your combo or active skill damage, since PoE2 doesn’t show floating numbers for every hit.

How to test it

1. Open the skill menu with G.
2. Pick the combo skill you want to inspect.
3. Click the small arrow beside it to expand the detailed stats.
4. Compare the listed damage values before and after changing support gems, passives, weapons, or buffs.

What to watch for

• Average damage / DPS for the skill.
• Hit types like physical, fire, cold, lightning, or chaos.
• Crit chance and other modifiers that affect the combo.
• Whether the combo requires maintaining hits, since combo count can fall off if you stop attacking or swap weapons.

In-combat checks

PoE2 also gives some on-screen feedback in fights, especially against bosses, where you can observe damage near the boss health bar and watch health-bar movement as a practical test. Community discussion also suggests players want a training dummy for more controlled DPS testing, which implies the current workaround is still mostly skill-panel inspection plus live-combat observation.

Best practical method

For a reliable combo test, do this:

• Test in the skill panel first.
• Use the same target and same weapon setup each time.
• Keep your combo active long enough to see consistent damage.
• Swap only one variable at a time, like a support gem or passive node.

TL;DR

Open G , expand the skill, and use the detailed damage panel as your main combo test. Then validate it in combat, because PoE2’s interface is better for stat checking than for showing every hit number.