Getting Wrecked, about to Rage Quit

wtf did I do wrong

I was blazing along through Act4
Act 5 I started having trouble with bosses
Now in Act 6, I'm having a feckin awful time

I'm about to rage quit as its just turned to utter frustration, Im getting wrecked by mini boss dudes in normal maps, on the incursion temple I didn't even have enough DPS to get passed the first entrance, mobs were regening faster than I could damage them

I read a post somewhere that said I should have 5k dps by level 50, wtf, Im not even close

If anyone can shed any light on how I messed up my build I would really appreciate it as up til now I was having an epic time.

My character

https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/spine_iv/characters

thanks

(noticed this was just about the same place I stopped playing a year ago on my first character. I really don't want to stop playing)

edit, oops, profile now set to public

Can you please set your profile to non-private so I can view your character.

Your profile is private.

Go to your account, click on privacy settings underneath your name and avatar, and uncheck the box that says make profile private. It should be the top option

Your character tab is set to hidden. Make it public so we can see your character. No way to help otherwise.

I can't see your characters, but I will point out, that after killing Kitava in act 5, your resistance get reduced by 30%. Also, act 6 is heavy in elemental damage.

(pretends this is a really echoey canyon) Yeah, if you unhide your characters, we can give targeted advice (though a lot of people give advice harshly... try not to get offended if people call your gear trash, just read on for their explanation of why they are calling it trash)

(more echoes) - Purity of Elements can be a good temporary solution to a lack of resistances in Act 6 after Kitava inflicts -30% on you

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spine_iv wrote:

I read a post somewhere that said I should have 5k dps by level 50, wtf, Im not even close

If it makes you feel any better, many skills still have inaccurate or misleading tooltips - for example Blade Flurry shows average damage per use before any stage buildups, so real DPS will be a lot higher than tooltip DPS

The most likely issue with dying in act 6 is low fire res. Those scorching ray totems are absolutely brutal if your fire res is low. The good news is once you get past the karui fortress, they’re gone and you can manage with much lower resists.

As for incursions, you need good clear speed and decent single target to pull them off. If your build hasn’t really come together yet, don’t worry too much about failing them. You can even skip them if it bothers you. The low level loot most likely won’t be that great anyway.

1) Your fire and cold resistances are a bit low (even with purity aura).
Bismuth flask might help but you need to keep it active all the time.

2) You have taken Mind over Matter keystone that reduces incoming damage but 30% of damage is taken from mana before life so you should have unreserved mana.

Keep only purity aura and maybe clarity active but don´t use discipline aura.

3) Your passive tree is not bad. Are you following any guide?

On the other hand your gear is pretty bad. Are you going to stick with SSF?

Well anyway try to get 4 link item and put arc gem there.
You can check NPC in act 5 or 6 or try to farm smth. Even white item would work. 4th link will boost your DPS.

I suggest to farm area you can clear without much trouble. I usually farm The Torched Courts in act 5 if need some better gear or levels but any area in act 5 or 6 is fine.

Do you have hideout and some masters there? If yes you can craft useful mods on your equip.

You would craft life on your belt.
You should pick up 4 link white items (inteligence based) and use orb of alchemy or resistance essence on it (it´s a bit of gamble but will be probably better anyway)

Or you can trade for better gear (unless you want to stick with SSF mode).

You should aim for 300+ life per act and 75 all elemental resistances (without purity aura if possible).
Bcos of Mind over Matter passive dont reserve much mana. You should have at least 1/3 of your maximum life as unreserved mana (f.e: 1200 life 400 unreserved mana, 1500/500 ….)

@Rakiii

ty for the advice

so if Im right the passive tree is ok'ish (not following a guide, but will from here out) but the biggest problem is my gear

So I should go farm in act 5 somewhere and try for better gear especially 4 link or better. Ill figure out the colours along the way as I feel im too heavy on all blue.

I guess I was just assuming you could play through all 10 acts in one go like some rpg's, not having to stop and farm like mmo's

hoping a few other people could also chime in with some critisism

thanks

Or, instead of a 4l, get a 3L wand/sceptre with +1 level to lightning gems. Added Gem levels are probably the largest boost any spell can get.