Suggestions for melee templar survivability?

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Hannuman77 wrote:

Hi,
I started PoE just a couple of weeks ago and my Templar is my first char. I love the game so far! I am currently in the middle of Act 3 Merciless and in some maps I simply die too fast. I am not sure what kills me, butt I guess it is chaos damage because my chaos res is in the negative.
I am writing here with the hope, that somebody can advise me on a good defensive skill gem.
My primary attack is Static Strike. I have Fortify support on it which helps a lot with the melee dmg mitigation (I also have 2 dmg supports but dmg is not the problem here).
I also use Chaos golem and Molten shell. I don't think the Chaos Golem helps much so I would change that for any other good defensive skill.
I am lvl 68. Unbuffed I have 39% physica dmg reduction, 380 energy shield, 35, 58, 75, -39 % resistances (F, C, L, Chaos). Are these stats adequate for my level? What should I concentrate on?

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beritraz wrote:

Goal is 75 resists on fire cold lightning. Also suggest adding defense set up: cast when damage taken + immortal call combo (can leave them at level 1).

Drop the fortify support in favor for more damage. Instead use fortify on movement skill like whirling blades or shield charge.