king of the mist fight mechanic

the mechanic for king of the mist in which he forces you to stand still is completely cooked and needs to be adjusted or removed.

in my difficult +1 fight I had 2 tornados homing in on me and he puts the mechanic on me forcing me to stand still.

my options now are to either:
A: stand still and let the tornados converge on me, meaning death
B: move to try and get away from the tornados and the mechanic stuns me, meaning death.

watching videos on youtube the general methods to avoid the mechanic are to weapon swap blink or sprint away as far as possible (the exact opposite of what the mechanic tells you to do) and let the mechanic force stun you while far away so that you can return with it gone. basically the way to deal with this mechanic is to cheese it.


I would love a GGG staff member to explain the correct counter-play to this when you have the king possible doing 1 shot moves, multiple tornados homing in, and blood waves all at once.

EDIT: just fyi this mechanic in poe 1 was not an issue because you can flame dash or use other movement skills without counting as "moving" and can easily get away to a safer location without actually moving
Last edited by Kilikem#1911 on Jan 3, 2025, 4:09:41 PM
Last bumped on Jan 3, 2025, 4:03:36 PM

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