Getting killed too fast in Act 4

So I'm still following that VFoS Berserker guide from last time and got to Act 4 without problems, though now I have a different problem - while my damage is fine, I keep getting killed too fast -- a miniboss took me down before I could even remove its ES.

Any ideas on what the issue could be with my build? Anything I could do to be more resistant to damage? All my elemental resistances are capped.
Last bumped on Jul 24, 2025, 3:19:42 PM
Honestly your dmg seems to be far from fine.

Currently you are dealing about 2.6k dps
If you had the blood reaper axe (1c item on trade), your dmg would go up to 17k.
Thats assuming you´d still be using a 3l instead of a 4l.
If you had a 4l, you´d be dealing 22-23k dps.

So investing 1c into that weapon and getting any 4l would be nearly a 10x dps increase.
Recoloring your chestpiece shouldnt be too hard to get the right colors, assuming you need a random red and green combo.


Other than that your defenses are ok-ish for act4.
Not amazing but also not terrible. I dont think thats your issue.

The low dmg however means you are eating way more dmg than you should be and thats most likely the issue.

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Orbaal#0435 wrote:
Honestly your dmg seems to be far from fine.

Currently you are dealing about 2.6k dps
If you had the blood reaper axe (1c item on trade), your dmg would go up to 17k.
Thats assuming you´d still be using a 3l instead of a 4l.
If you had a 4l, you´d be dealing 22-23k dps.

So investing 1c into that weapon and getting any 4l would be nearly a 10x dps increase.
Recoloring your chestpiece shouldnt be too hard to get the right colors, assuming you need a random red and green combo.


Other than that your defenses are ok-ish for act4.
Not amazing but also not terrible. I dont think thats your issue.

The low dmg however means you are eating way more dmg than you should be and thats most likely the issue.



I would be more than happy to invest 1c into a damage improvement as I farmed quite a bit of chaos while trying (and failing) to get the VFoS gem, however I'm still kinda new to PoE and haven't traded so far -- how is it usually done?
See that "trade" button top right on the forum?
Click that one

Then type the name of the item you want to buy, in case its a unique like I suggested and hit search.

Then whisper someone, wait for some 10sec.
If you dont recieve a party invite, whisper next one.
If you do recieve an invite, accpet.

Click that blue swirly-icon in their character picture top-left corner of the screen to travel to their place.

Wait until you receive a trade request, put the currency into the trade window, wait until the item has been put into the window as well, double check its the correct item by hovering over it, hit accept and its done.


Really simple stuff.
Just make sure to double check, especially if you trade for something valueable.
The odds of getting scammed for a 1c item is practically non-existant but you never know.
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Orbaal#0435 wrote:
See that "trade" button top right on the forum?
Click that one

Then type the name of the item you want to buy, in case its a unique like I suggested and hit search.

Then whisper someone, wait for some 10sec.
If you dont recieve a party invite, whisper next one.
If you do recieve an invite, accpet.

Click that blue swirly-icon in their character picture top-left corner of the screen to travel to their place.

Wait until you receive a trade request, put the currency into the trade window, wait until the item has been put into the window as well, double check its the correct item by hovering over it, hit accept and its done.


Really simple stuff.
Just make sure to double check, especially if you trade for something valueable.
The odds of getting scammed for a 1c item is practically non-existant but you never know.


Ok, thank you. I'll buy the axe and then see how it goes.

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