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3k resistance 100gb 51ca and still getting one shotted in that dumb ass formosus fight. im done even worse then PoE

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PoE has had a pretty lengthy development history with a pretty sizeable team so I completely agree with you.
Although it’s a pretty good game already; just like you, I hope one day Last Epoch will rival it!

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How are you getting 1 shot in Formosus with 3k resist? What build are you using?

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I gotta say the resistances in this game feel non-existent to begin with so i definitely feel the frustration here.

I’ve taken a pretty solid break from the game while i impatiently wait for rogue to come out(which jebaited me into buying the beta access thinking it was already out seeing as the class had a description etc.)

I do believe this team will certainly get things figured out and balanced out but like you I was getting frustrated while forgetting that this is still in beta hence why i took a step back.

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In addition to @KissingAiur’s question, what modifiers did the monolith have? You only have 51% crit avoidance so you could have been crit, or it could have been a dot (which hit hard due to glancing blow not working on them).

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I can understand frustration, but would you mind sharing some more details? What exactly causes you to die fast or get “1-shot”. I think the only mechanics that really “1-shots” you is the earthquake from the add.

Another thing:

Less than 100% CA is no CA, as i would say. It does not reduce the dmg you get from crits, it reduces the chance you get critted, so you still can recieve crits.

Just give us some more details what causes you so much trouble at that fight?

I think it is still one of the easier and especially more fair fights. Maybe you misjudge or didn’t understand a specific mechanic.

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I’m pretty certain this is the case as (though I could be wrong) but I feel like the beam is a Necrotic & Cold DoT…and those whirlpools may even have a DoT or just hit extremely fast.

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I am playing a maelstrom tornado lightning totem build. I have maelstrom on autocast so those stacks are always up . Totem is not on autocast because of character stops moving so i have to always time it between boss attacks. My frustation is with the fact that in boss fights im running 95%of the time because even with my defenses i still get one shotted. Doing damage is a joke because the boss gets more tanky when you hit them. Then boom you get one shotted. Then you get set back 4 echoes so now you have to pick even more crappy modifiers wich makes the next boss attempt even harder.

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I understand your frustration, this is a annoying boss for melee builds or builds that require some form of setup, like totems.

But i ask again

What’s the “boom” exactly, because there are no mechanics that out of a sudden 1-shot you in that fight. There are alot of nasty DoT’s, which don’t “1-shot” you and there are the Melee Adds with their Jump/Earthquake which can be very lethal if you don’t move all the time.

Have you watched other people doing that boss? As i said in my previous post, maybe there is a mechanic that you din’t spotted yet that kills you all the time and it just “feels like” out of nowhere.

EDIT: In case you are interested, i made a video a while ago, because alot of people asked about certain boss mechanics, nothing fancy or entertaining, just pure educational content.
Timestamps are in the describtion

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Be careful how many damage modifiers you put on your monolith affixes (this is part of preparing for boss fights). Don’t stand in the vortexs or the beam. That’s it.

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its that wide beam that one shotted me. after killing that wengari 2 times it respawned again. so i had to focus on him, focus on the white whirling things focus on formosus himself trying to avoid the frozen ground. So much stuff happening in those boss fights that eventually i had to run over the frozen ground to not get hit by other stuff and that is when he cast the beam again. 10min of running , dodging and attackking down the drain. and then here you go set back 4 echoes. good luck with the new modifiers. And i always look at that clip when i get a new boss.

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its not like you have much options. im always avoiding enrage more defense from life% i try to avoid more damage but not always an option. And your damage being reduced over time isnt helping either. i had formosus on 30ish% life left after many tries. just frustrating having to run echoes and another 10min boss fight

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What is your build?

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the lightning totem build that is on the primalist
forums

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Thanks, I can’t watch the video on my work pc, what’s your gear like (pics on imgur.com would be best, especially if you could show the affix tiers)? But I accept that this might be a bit of an ask.

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i looked at my gear its mostly all tier 12-15 on avg. with set dodge set ele resis and set gb on tier 5. here and there attunement and health - health%. the weapon has t5 spell and t5 light dam. orians eye for amulet

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Hey Zwiebel!
I absolutely get your point. It’s really nice that all the people here jump in to help you with giving advices an analyse what to do to get you through this fight. I hope you guys are able to do this.

I hope EHG can find a way to keep bossfights hard and challanging but to erase the frustration potential.

I have high hopes that with implementation of multiplayer we dont have to talk about this anymore. If somebody gets stuck on hard content there will be people helping out by grouping up and playing toghether. This may result in every noob being able to beat every kind of content even with no skill and crappy gear, if he has friends that help him. And that’s fine! This is what I am looking forward to.

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I fought this boss with melee a lot, biggest problem I have ever had is when he teleports off your screen and you don’t dodge the beam fast enough. When he teleports you have to get back in range of him quickly or you can be comboed by everything else in the fight. You just have to have good movement speed and stay in melee range of the boss.

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Hm ok, i just skipped over the build you posted, that you are using.

If the Beam kills you most of the time, maybe try swapping out any non-mandatory skill with Fury Leap(not specialised, just the basic version), even if you lose some dps or utility, having a movement skill on demand is pretty much the easier and saver option, just spare the leap for the beam. (He always teleports away before using the beam and it has a small windup)

If you don’t want to swap skills, what is your movementspeed? Playing a build without any active movement skill can be really punishing, esepcially for newer/unexperienced players.
I would suggest having at least 40 or 50% movement speed at all times(without temporary buffs that don’t have 100% uptime) if you really want to go without anymovement skill.

Another tip i can give you. if the boss teleports away and prepare the beam, do not try to close the gap to the boss as soon as possible, but instead strafe left or right from the boss, to get out of the beams area, before then trying to go closer to the boss. (After the initial windup and cast the beam is stationary, so it is vital to FIRST go out of the area and THEN close the gap)

All in all this boss can be pretty annoying because the damage windows are very short and you have to run around alot in this fight, especially as melee.

The beam does DoT damage, so GB or CA does not matter much for the “near-instant deaths”. Try to focus on protections and max health(necrotic protection for the beam), that’s the only way to deal with incoming DoT’s.

Also if you stay on the move and let your totem do alot of the damage you can probably ignore the adds and just keep moving to avoid damage. If you place the Totem smart it will probably kill the adds over time anyway.

Also keep in mind that you might want to swap out a few items for bosses/encounters were you have big troubles. (If you are using Orians Eye in the amulet slot, that has a good implicit, but all of the affixes are useless for that fight. Maybe try a rare oracles amulet or a ruby amulet, what ever you get with good affixes, that serve you well for that particular fight)

As frustrating as some fights might be for some people, don’t give up and the excitement when finally beating the boss is even more worth the troubles!

In case you still have troubles feel free to share you specific build/items and we might spot some non optimal affixes.

Just feel free to update us! We belive in you :mechanical_arm: