Perpetus in City of Sarn

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RogueMage wrote:

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TheAnuhart wrote:

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RogueMage wrote:

Not sure if I've fallen into this trap. Where does Perpetus hang out in Sarn?

I'm gonna take a wild guess at...
...the right among the houses.

If you haven't noticed, there are buildings all over Sarn, up until the battlefront...

If you haven't noticed the tread title 'Perpetus in City of Sarn'.

CoS is a zone.

Did you know!?!? Bear traps actually fly at you through the air, slow enough that you can see them coming and -here's the big part- move out of the way.

Lightning Warp makes it a lot easier to survive the bear traps. So does immortal call. Also, just stay away from him if you don't feel chunky enough.

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Troponin wrote:

I think this guys needs reassessed and perhaps the damage scaled back, or, at the least, make him a solo encounter. Even alone, his damage is unmanageable.

He tickles with 5 endurance charges.

@RogueMage: City of Sarn is the first zone in Act III, just after you get out of the Vaal Pyramid.

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TheKleen wrote:

Did you know!?!? Bear traps actually fly at you through the air, slow enough that you can see them coming and -here's the big part- move out of the way.

Did you know!?!? Desync!

'Moving out of the way' is not a reliable strategy against anything in Path of Exile.

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dudiobugtron wrote:

@RogueMage: City of Sarn is the first zone in Act III, just after you get out of the Vaal Pyramid.

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TheKleen wrote:

Did you know!?!? Bear traps actually fly at you through the air, slow enough that you can see them coming and -here's the big part- move out of the way.

Did you know!?!? Desync!

'Moving out of the way' is not a reliable strategy against anything in Path of Exile.

Beat me to it.

Also, this guy is REALLY fast. He moves at about 20% speed, and has very fast casting. He can dive bomb you and be at your feet in a split second, and have a trap laid at your feet within the same second. Also, if you get caught in one, it's over. He will just keep throwing them until you're dead and you can't move. At least, that's what happens to me. Get caught once, you're done.

Between Desynch and latency, there is no way I can avoid this.

He is an optional gear check to check your level of HP/ES and Arm/endurance charge/spellblock/phase acro.

If its too low, he owns you.

With my char he tickles due to end charges + armour + blind (for his occasional physical, is more for other bosses really).

Good boss = one which some builds find easy, some find impossible. Means that your build is weak to his type of boss

I think he is named Perpetus for a reason.

Perpetus = A Perpetual Slayer of Exiles.

You either fight fire with fire and try to trap him, or you kite and keep your distance.
If you glance at Global Chat, don't get too mad when you get trapped and then 1 shot KO'd with Ethereal Knives. If you aren't paying attention when near the center of City of Sarn, don't be too mad if...same thing.

Real_Wolf has a good point. Certain builds are just naturally weak against monsters like Perpetus who deal high physical damage through spells. You can't evade EK (you can dodge though with Spell Dodging, rarely) and, if you are Evasion based, you likely don't have enough Armor to mitigate the damage of a nice EK blast. If it critical strikes, there is no hope really.

I play very defensive when near Perpetus with my Lvl 79 Ranger. #1 Rule: Don't Get Hit.

Tip: Movement skills allow you to escape bear trap

(Leap Slam, Lightning Warp, etc.)

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TheAnuhart wrote:

If you haven't noticed the tread title 'Perpetus in City of Sarn'.

CoS is a zone.

Yeah, thanks, that did skip my notice.

Found Perpetus in Cruel Sarn with my lvl-51 melee Duelist, 900 HP. Multistrike Dual Strike took him down in 8-10 blows, 1300 dps.

Then I tracked him down in Merciless with my lvl-64 melee Marauder, 2000 HP, 75% Block Chance. This time it took about a dozen blows: MS Viper Strike and Infernal Blow, backed up by Enfeeble and Cold Snap.

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Real_Wolf wrote:

He is an optional gear check to check your level of HP/ES and Arm/endurance charge/spellblock/phase acro.

Hmm, my HP's pretty minimal and I don't have any of the rest, though the Duelist does have 50% projectile block.