Huntress single target damage does not exist (Generating charges on bosses need rework)

In order to do damage as Huntress you need parrying or generating frenzy charges. It's all great when you're fighting multiple mobs or those that have attacks that can be parried.

Until...

Until you encounter boss mage or slam boss - you cannot parry those, and freezing them takes forever. You can't get parried status or frenzy charges.

There is Sniper's Mark but that is not efficient and not sustainable against those outliers.

There is almost nothing that can be done in that scenario, except using regular attack.

Huntress is fun mechanically in my opinion, parrying feels pretty good, but game has to be adjusted to work with her kit:

- Generating charges on bosses need rework.

- Bosses/Enemies that cannot be parried at all - need rework.

/Edit - this is about campaign, as I'm already at the endgame with CRIT build, generating charges is alright, but before that, playing skills that need frenzy charges against bosses is painful and there could be more options to generate them.
Last edited by Niszczyciel#1619 on Apr 12, 2025, 2:12:14 PM
Last bumped on Apr 12, 2025, 3:10:46 PM
Or act bosses, I dont do enough dmg. to the 2nd act boss. I could manage to kill him if I would spend 20 min. or so, but not gonna do it. Without the frenzy charge my lightning spear is missing out on 50% dmg, thats ridiculous. The whole mechanic is ****.
Last edited by Crusher152#2587 on Apr 12, 2025, 4:40:06 AM
100% agreed with this. I'm suffering the same problem and i had to change my skills to do them because you can't rely on frenzy charges on some bosses. Here's a few examples:

Act 1:

The Grelwood boss - Gerung, the Brambleghast
Ogham Manor - Count Geonor (second form)

Act 2:

The bone Pits - Iktab, the Deathlord & Ekbab Ancient Steed (very suffering fight with no frenzy charges)
Titan Grotto - Zalmarath, the Colossus
The Spires of Deshar - Tor Gul, the Defiler
Dreadnough vanguard - Jamanra, the Abomination


Act 3
Chimeral Wetlands - Xyclucian, the Chimera
Jiquani's Sanctum - Zicoatl, Warden of the Core
Im doing boss fights with SPEAR STAB (Auto attack)... its actually more dps than any other magical attack. LOL
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Sulik7#2502 wrote:
100% agreed with this. I'm suffering the same problem and i had to change my skills to do them because you can't rely on frenzy charges on some bosses. Here's a few examples:

Act 1:

The Grelwood boss - Gerung, the Brambleghast
Ogham Manor - Count Geonor (second form)

Act 2:

The bone Pits - Iktab, the Deathlord & Ekbab Ancient Steed (very suffering fight with no frenzy charges)
Titan Grotto - Zalmarath, the Colossus
The Spires of Deshar - Tor Gul, the Defiler
Dreadnough vanguard - Jamanra, the Abomination


Act 3
Chimeral Wetlands - Xyclucian, the Chimera
Jiquani's Sanctum - Zicoatl, Warden of the Core


Act 3
VIPER IS A NIGHTMARE
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In order to do damage as Huntress you need parrying or generating frenzy charges. It's all great when you're fighting multiple mobs or those that have attacks that can be parried.

Until...

Until you encounter boss mage or slam boss - you cannot parry those, and freezing them takes forever. You can't get parried status or frenzy charges.

There is Sniper's Mark but that is not efficient and not sustainable against those outliers.

There is almost nothing that can be done in that scenario, except using regular attack.

Huntress is fun mechanically in my opinion, parrying feels pretty good, but game has to be adjusted to work with her kit:

- Generating charges on bosses need rework.

- Bosses/Enemies that cannot be parried at all - need rework.

/Edit - this is about campaign, as I'm already at the endgame with CRIT build, generating charges is alright, but before that, playing skills that need frenzy charges against bosses is painful and there could be more options to generate them.


The moment when the old monks problem became apparent to all the players)
Content Update 0.2.0 -- Path of Exile 2: Dawn of the Nerfs

"Fixed a bug where existing items and skills did damage."
Sniper's Mark is about the only way to do it.

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