Getting insta killed a lot

I'm at end game and am able to run T16 maps mostly no problem but there are still a lot of situations were I simply get 1 shot. Notably against bosses. With auras up I have 76% damage reduction 66% evasion 2759 HP 452 life regen over capped on all resists except Chaos which is at -26%. I'm at a loss. Do I need more defenses or am I dying more likely due to bad mechanics?

2759 hp is incredibly low. You want at least 2-3 times that amount. My guess is your "damage reduction" is the number showing in game. That number assumes an incredibly small hit against you. Your actual reduction is much lower than that.

If you are only running maps, the chaos res tho bad is not likely causing the problem.


Side note: Is there a reason you are using those 2 Pacifism jewels? They are generally for when using items where you benefit from being at Max Frenzy Charges and 0 Frenzy Charges at the same time, which you don't seem to be using. In all other cases, they are a penalty where you give up a jewel socket and don't get anything positive back in return.

Ok that's a good start. I know I have been needing to get health rolls on all of my rares but your statement cements it.

I'm running those pacifism gems to get 100% up time on Onslaught. Onslaught also has 85% increased effect. It's a lateral build decision until I get better items.

Understand though you would be MUCH better served if you had Min Frenzy Charge crafted on both rings and the amulet if that's the case (you get your 2 sockets back AND you have 2 more charges).

Is it possible to craft a ring with cast Vulnerability on hit and increased minimum Frenzy charges?

This is my first league and I'm only about a week into the game at this point so there's a lot about the crafting system I'm unaware of.

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aSleepingPanda wrote:

Is it possible to craft a ring with cast Vulnerability on hit and increased minimum Frenzy charges?

Sort of. If you have a ring with 'Vulnerability' on hit and an open suffix you can use the crafting bench to add '+1 Minimum Frenzy charges'. You need to have unveiled that mod on some other item for it to be craftable though.

To add a bit of info - some general guidelines about Life pools.

In softcore, ~5k is about normal, 6k is also common. Anything above 7k for a normal build is pretty uncommon (though not a bad thing of course - it's just that people tend to optimise for more damage instead of more life).

4k life is regarded as quite squishy, and 3k is getting into the realm of ultra-squishy glass cannons. Having less than 3k life in T16s is practically a death wish :p

Hope you are having a good time starting to play PoE :)