So. i can not defeat Geonor

I should add my 2 cents here since I have played POE since closed beta on and off and have found myself in the same situation as the post creator here, with two characters stuck at this fight, although I know I will get passed this fine and have just had very limited play time I can relate to frustration here.

I think the main problem straight up is the limited mobility, the roll straight up sucks still and still slightly too slow IMO. And I could do this fight fine if it wasn't for being pounced on by a dozen wolves in a confined space. People say its not a dps check but it is a dps check for this phase of the fight and I am not sure what I am missing early game that leaves me basically helpless in this phase other than to have to barrel roll around and hope I don't get stun locked. I thought I was doing well with the witch I rerolled and got a decent setup and decent dps, everything else in act 1 was comfortable but that phase is just not possible to clear or kite at all.

Even with 10% MS boots it just feels so tedious and slow still, the removal of movement skills in this game I just do not get at all, for this dark souls take or whatever, it is basically removing skill from the game and action from arpg.

I am sure with slightly better gear or whatever and a bit more practice this will be fine. Still not convinced at all at the direction GGG has taken though, feels like they have focused too hard in trying to make some things so much more different than the first game only to be removing some of the best aspects of the original game. The game can still be a bit faster and more fluid but with more technical and longer boss fights still, I don't think they have got the balance right.

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ZeroHate#6619 wrote:

And I could do this fight fine if it wasn't for being pounced on by a dozen wolves in a confined space.

Whew, lad, have I got bad news for you. Campaign bosses are gonna do this to you over and over again.

May Jamanra be kind and the Dreadnought merciful.

hit me up and ill help.

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ReggShanks#0071 wrote:

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ZeroHate#6619 wrote:

And I could do this fight fine if it wasn't for being pounced on by a dozen wolves in a confined space.

Whew, lad, have I got bad news for you. Campaign bosses are gonna do this to you over and over again.

May Jamanra be kind and the Dreadnought merciful.

All good whatever, I will either find the time to grind and work it out or just not play and wait for full release, this is still just a beta ofc. Glad I did not have to pay for early access.

Warrior. Third try.
Sorceress. First try.
Ranger. First try.

I am not into clichés but sorry at this stage it is definitely a skill issue.

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yhn_yohan#2057 wrote:

i'm sure it has been mentioned but the one advantage you have is that it is an ARPG so you could spend some more time and get stronger before the fight (altough i can understand that it might be discouraging as well ) the bigger numbers will help for sure.

Ablsolutly right, and already did that one or two times in this playthrough alone. It is not that I am exactly new to the genre in general (started with Diablo 1) and I also spend already sometime in PoE1 (Most played Game of all times). ;)

But thanks for your encouragement, I think it made an impact: The fucker just bit the dust.

It took my first character maybe 30 tries to finally beat him.

My second character, now more confident and aware of his telegraphs - beat him in the first try.

Both HCSSF melee.