Survability Issues

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rmassiat wrote:

Hey guys im currently a lvl51 2h marauder on merciless, and having some serious survability issues, especially ranged mobs with enchanted arrwows...fire\poison or light just melt me.

My stats currently are something like 400 str, 2.2k armor, 1.2k hp & 75 resists all.

My passive tree looks something like this http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAQEAANTk5gHOOIsFkiF6B2uU1Qe-sDIKZdlOD0i74hIhjyMV42mdFxUX1ikZ4xMrzcdDMZNJ9zSoAXk3xCN_PSQAtUddgsJRYZ0tVHnnAGgNYZlyn1bUdZ0axHhNAbp631gQfduJLs2xIFfRND3Xy9UXz9M_8HvUi8Srojeodqh2tD3Pg9165pCkcPFt-6bVjIP08G7nL7Tqh1v3y3AZ26HH6dS5wCDNEqyOqC96ieMraEWJg5Mkt6LQarnWRGH8pTUUygGufYQJ_inWKw-42NnGr-o7bj8=

Far from perfect probably, completly new to POE and i just kinda winged it lol

So any advices on incresing survability? Kinda hard to lvl like this, every death is like 2 or 4 bars of xp and dying a lot >_<

Thanks in advance for any help

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Vandal2k wrote:

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rmassiat wrote:

Hey guys im currently a lvl51 2h marauder on merciless, and having some serious survability issues, especially ranged mobs with enchanted arrwows...fire\poison or light just melt me.

My stats currently are something like 400 str, 2.2k armor, 1.2k hp & 75 resists all.

My passive tree looks something like this http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAQEAANTk5gHOOIsFkiF6B2uU1Qe-sDIKZdlOD0i74hIhjyMV42mdFxUX1ikZ4xMrzcdDMZNJ9zSoAXk3xCN_PSQAtUddgsJRYZ0tVHnnAGgNYZlyn1bUdZ0axHhNAbp631gQfduJLs2xIFfRND3Xy9UXz9M_8HvUi8Srojeodqh2tD3Pg9165pCkcPFt-6bVjIP08G7nL7Tqh1v3y3AZ26HH6dS5wCDNEqyOqC96ieMraEWJg5Mkt6LQarnWRGH8pTUUygGufYQJ_inWKw-42NnGr-o7bj8=

Far from perfect probably, completly new to POE and i just kinda winged it lol

So any advices on incresing survability? Kinda hard to lvl like this, every death is like 2 or 4 bars of xp and dying a lot >_<

Thanks in advance for any help

*Spec out of Blood Magic & unwavering stance.
*Take the life nodes available with the points freed up
*Get more life on your gear. 1.2K is way too low with that many life nodes, you should be around 1,800 or so.
*Pick up that endurance charge node, and roll enduring cry. (it's not hard to hit "w" once every 10 seconds, and it's a huge bonus to survivability)

Just a quick note on Enduring Cry: As long as there is 1 monster within range, you will 1. Refresh your Charge, 2. Gain 1 charge (if possible). You can keep it maxed against a boss with no trouble, it's a good skill to link with blood magic and increased range.

In my mind, Enduring Cry (and endurance charges in general) are completely overpowered and essential, the only reason this isn't obvious is how easy the game is until level 55+.

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Vandal2k wrote:

That's the other reason to dump blood magic:

I use Hatred (+25% physical damage as frost), determination (+20% armor) and Grace (+1200 evasion). All of these auras require mana.

It's not the life loss from blood magic that is a problem, it's the loss of the ability to use the best auras. Feel free to support gem your abilties into Blood Magic.

And once you use grace, you'll see why unwavering stance is untenable, it's a huge survivability increase.

Link your gear?

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rmassiat wrote:

Hmm all buffs " require " mana i believe, but with blood magic instead of getting reserved mana u get reserved health, my anger at lvl10 or so reserves 85 hp. The main reason i have blood magic is because support gemed skills just take way to much mana, i was finding myself having to go back to B to refill the flasks sometimes, and not being able to spam ground slam :\ was running 2 hp flasks with 3 mana and wasn't enought many times lol :\

As for my gear, i dunno how to link :P lol

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murpdizzle wrote:

1. Why in the god damn world is there a "survivability issue" topic in the marauder forums?

2. For the first time in the history of my life on a video game related thread i learned a new word, "untenable." pretty cool word too :o