Requesting Act 3 Boss Strategies (Contains Spoilers)
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So I just got to act 3 last night. I played default league in the closed beta so I knew how to get through act 1 and 2 no problem. However, I promised myself I'd play hardcore from open beta and onward. Therefore, I'm currently running act 3 hardcore blind, which is intimidating, to say the least. I barely survived my encounter with Perpetus, that guy who throws the bear traps in the first zone of act 3, so I now realize that I could very well end up dead just because I don't know what to expect. I can't find any videos of any act 3 bosses other then the final boss Piety. Playing on default, its okay to charge headfirst into a boss-fight without knowing what your doing because the penalty for death is practically nonexistent. On hardcore though, that's obviously not the case.
Can anyone tell me the locations of the bosses in act 3 so I can know when I am walking into a bossfight, and can anyone tell me what the basic strategies are for dealing with them? |
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I can tell you the strategy I used for General Gravicious...
When you walk up to his group of homies (soldiers), immediately unload whatever AOE you have before getting close enough for his intro speech. For me, this was spamming Explosive Arrow with LMP. That took all the homies out and left the General alone. Once I walked up and he spoke, I was then able to fight him. He is a pretty easy soldier mob really. Just shuck and jive while hitting him as you can. I just shot him with Poison Arrow until he was down. He grants some aura to his allies so taking them down before he gets involved is key. |
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so when I run into this General Gravicious fella, kill his minions from off screen before charging in? Awesome. What is the name of the zone that he's in? And what elemental resistance should I have when I fight him?
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" He is in Barracks, and he uses Fire. Avoid his Firestorms. Alexis
*smiles* =@[.]@= boggled =~[.]^= naughty wink |
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I was having big trouble soloing him as a shadow.
If you happen to have viper strike, lay those dots on him, and run away! It's chaos damage, so it bypasses his big shield. TP when out of charges. That's how I got him. |
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" Most areas have a unique monster that spawns in them that you'll want to watch out for. http://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Unique_Monsters#Act_3 Perpetus hurts with his beartrap/EK Kole is brutus on steroids Caliga is a nasty lightning trapper. Gravicious as mentioned. Fleshrends zombies hit pretty hard. Most of the others arent too bad to deal with. Last edited by indczn#2602 on Nov 7, 2013, 3:15:45 PM
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Perpetus (City Of Sarn)
one word: BEAR TRAPS. DO NOT get Bear-Trapped. he also has a habit of spamming Ethereal Knives, so be careful. a much harder challenge than you might expect in the 1st area of Act 3. approach with caution, or skip altogether.
Captain (Slums) and Captain (Battlefront)
isolate him from minions, then take out. hits hard so be careful.
Piety (Crematorium)
Lightning Resistance. tons of lightning resistance. lure her minions away and kill them first - especially the witches who like casting Lightning Thorns - then focus on her. do your best to dodge the lightning ball. it's her strongest attack and hurts a lot. face-tanking her is a good strategy, especially when she casts that storm, but be careful of that sphere-of-pain.
Marceus Lioneye the defaced (Marketplace)
a bit tricky, especially because of that Tempest Shield. as always, take out minions and go for him.
Seals and Ribbons (Solaris)
Seals = separate from minions, and attack. bring fire and lightning resistance. unique Ribbons = take them out one by one, separately. fighting all 3 with stacked auras is a lot more difficult.
Goddess Of Purity (Solaris)
don't get frozen. ignore minions and go for her, because she keeps summoning them.
General Gravicius (Barracks)
big boss. tons of Energy Shield. bring as much fire resistance as you can. lure out and take out his witches first, unless you want to be cursed with Flammability. he will spam Molten Shell. wait for it to wear-off before attacking in melee. watch out of his Firestorm.
Kole (Lunaris)
same strategy as for Brutus (act 1 Prison Warden). he's faster though, and he has those pesky mages around him. take them out first. you can skip him if he's too tough.
Piety (Lunaris)
big boss. final boss in Open Beta, so be ready for a fight. the portals can and should be destroyed before she reaches them. blue first - because Ice Form is a killer. hide behind the pillars and corpse piles if she goes Ice Form. run away or face-tank (if you can) when she goes Fire Form. minions are there not as a threat, but to refill flasks.
big ugly worm (Hedge Maze)
hits like a ton of bricks. kite with caution. run around to evade.
Caliga (Scepter Of God)
arguably the no1 threat before Dominus. lure out any minions, then lure her out to a large open area, to maneuver around those traps easier. tons of lightning resistance needed.
BIG BOSS DOMINUS (Scepter Of God)
Alva: I'm sweating like a hog in heat Shadow: That was fun Last edited by johnKeys#6083 on Nov 7, 2013, 3:31:44 PM
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