The 3 amulets in act 2.

I find I always need the extra point. I'm always lacking health on my character. Although it would obviously work to side with Oak - Oak seems like a short term option to me. I'd rather get closer to a +8% health node as a Shadow or Witch, than receive a flat health bonus.

+8% to all resists seems kind of silly to me because with 2 resistance rings I already am immune to Cold damage practically. Elemental Weakness is slightly annoying, but it's trivial to get gear that adds another +30% cold resist.

Lightning/Fire are not serious threats yet, though the case for +8% resists for PVP is something to consider I guess.

I always take the skill point. During the CB you have got plenty times of respecing all your points and the more points you have, the more interesting builds you can try.

Res is not that important in POE as that in D2, maybe because the dev have not released deep acts and we do lack monster area which wield multi ele damage at the same time.And for the both boss fights, just pick up +cold res ring for marveil and +lightning res for the act2 guy.

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perderabo wrote:

was oak the one with the big hammer doing those damn leaps? because he was an utter bastard. took me like 6 tries to finally beat him and had to wait 15 min after each try ,out of the zone ,so he reset. eventually beat him by running away from him, around the tent ,like a little girl for most the fight

While you can reset him the way other said (CTRL+Click the waypoint), why would you want him to reset? Once his minion are killed and you die, just go back, talk to him and click on kill. He will be full life, but the minion you killed stay dead.

Or thats how it was when I leveled my marauder a few weeks ago.