Spin to win, until you don't.

So against all odds, I made a slayer cyclone build as my league starter. I thought "everyone is playing spells, so melee gear is cheap right?" and I was right, got most of my gear with mere chaos or indeed solo-self-found. Good. Then I thought the new precise technique stone looks really strong, it's like having free berserker without a downside. And it worked great.

Until it didn't.

Don't get me wrong, map clear is absolutely buttery smooth even in T16 maps with corrupted 8 mods, couldn't care less, can do it all, except no leech, we don't talk about no leech.

Where I hit a brick wall was at the so called pinnacle bosses. Now eater of worlds is a breeze walk of cakes, I don't know what the type of damage he does, but I can just stand and spin on him till he dies and not care at all. Good.

Any other boss on the other hand though.

It's pain, just mostly pain. I got mostly 79% all ress and 100% spell suppress, armor out the butt, yet I just instantly die to some mechanics that are clearly physical or elemental or spells and im just left there scratching my head "why?"

So the conclusion I have with all of this is: Cyclone slayer, good. New keystone: Not enough.

It's just frustating that despite all this new power added to the game, going critical and multiplying that is and always will be the #1 answer to everything.

you could unhide your character and people could probably point out ways to not be instant dead.


and yes, a dps keystone isnt going to help you stay alive. this isnt news.

How do I unhide my character? Sorry, never posted in poe forums before because im a steam user and it's a hassle to log in.

click your account name at the very top of the page. edit privacy settings. uncheck 'hide characters'

Okay, done that, should be visible now?

yes, they are visible.


you have 4k life. at level 95. this is... incredibly low, even with the defenses you have. you *will* die to burst damage with this life total.

and you have 4 chaos resist. there are some things (betrayal, al hezmin, Toxic Archnems) that do substantial chaos damage now.

Yeah, im submiting to the more damage mentality with my build lately, I can't really up my chaos res without some really heavy investments.

Map mods are fine, even betrayal and toxic archnems, it's just t h e BOSSES that kill me.

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Tugg wrote:

Map mods are fine, even betrayal and toxic archnems, it's just t h e BOSSES that kill me.

This is *exactly* how Chris Wilson wants it.
He does NOT want plebs to get that high, only streamers and nolifers. The fact you got so far means the mechanics are going to be ever more heavily stacked against you.
Regardless of your defenses, if you're in close you ARE going to get one-shot by mechanics you can barely see even when they're telegraphed.

That's why the most popular builds are always ranged - bows, spells, and minions. It gives a bit of breathing room to avoid those Wilson Hits.

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BlaqWolf wrote:

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Tugg wrote:

Map mods are fine, even betrayal and toxic archnems, it's just t h e BOSSES that kill me.

This is *exactly* how Chris Wilson wants it.
He does NOT want plebs to get that high, only streamers and nolifers. The fact you got so far means the mechanics are going to be ever more heavily stacked against you.
Regardless of your defenses, if you're in close you ARE going to get one-shot by mechanics you can barely see even when they're telegraphed.

That's why the most popular builds are always ranged - bows, spells, and minions. It gives a bit of breathing room to avoid those Wilson Hits.

Oh this is such nonsense. We are not even weeks into the league and he has beaten the game already with holes in the defensive concept as big as the moon. And aside from that: there are mechanics you are SUPPOSED to dodge, this has nothing to do with nolifing. The game is based on fast-pasted boss fights, but it's not at all impossible to learn those. Back then I was at least an advocat to make sirus easier, as it was so timr consuming to go to him. Now u can simply buy the fragments as well.
There is nothing holding people back than learning the game and boss mechanics, and trust me, as someone who has played REALLY demanding games, PoE is quite doable.

I have no idea how the new league is since i don't have a lot of free time but... i will be SHOCKED TO MY CORE!!!! If the new encounters aren't build around an arena that is getting filled with aoe shit while the boss casts huge aoe attacks which 1 shot ppl. These are the only mechanics that the devs use and it has been a problem for me personally. So this isn't an issue with you not having enough hp or resistance or some other crap! This is an issue that the bosses are simply made to f you over in no time and there are very few builds out there that are tanky and dps enough at the same time to the point where you can survive easily.