As the title says, do generic sources of reduced damage (Bloodletting, Silent Steps, etc) stack additively or multiplicatively with additional physical damage reduction. It’s just a tense issue between reduce and reduction, but they are worded differently enough I’m not sure. PoE Tool Compilation - https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2703056 Scamware! Protect Yourself From the Dark Side - https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/2763480 | Posted by on Jan 31, 2020, 6:22:15 PM |
additional physical damage reduction stacks with reduction from armour formula -> phys damage mitigation reduced damage taken comes in next step, after mitigation Last edited by Ludvator on Jan 31, 2020, 6:39:15 PM | Posted by on Jan 31, 2020, 6:38:26 PM |
Hi everyone, after the patch my level 87 melee character has a harder time with non-physical damage. For an example I tried to beat Megaera in the Crematorium map with 30% spell block and 76 fire res. Got instantly killed although panically pressing all buttons for my flasks (no ruby). 5300 life melted down within a second. So let's talk about elemental damage reduction for melee. It would be possible to level up purity of ice/fire and switch for something else but I don't have enough intelligence to use purity of lightning. (I'm using Hatred, Herald of Fire and Tempest Shield.) What do you do to stay alive? Or what tactics do you use in such situations? Is it enough to use a purity aura and the flask for the element or will I then get killed in two seconds instead of one? And please just answer if you really manage to stay alive as melee against this high elemantal damage. | Posted by Gorgarnar on Dec 17, 2014, 6:53:19 AM |
This is the reality mate and even GGG can't (won't?) help you with that. | Posted by Sywin on Dec 17, 2014, 10:23:33 AM |
In POE Megaera beats you, this is a 'hardcore ARPG' not meant to be playable. Well, you should have taken ruby flask and purity of fire aura, that way you would have died in 5 seconds. Spell block together with ruby and PoF was a reliable way not to die. Perhaps you can still try to equip Saffel's just for this fight if your block is sufficiently high. | Posted by mammoth_hunter on Dec 17, 2014, 11:17:02 AM |
Self cast vaal immortal call and dps her down. Should give you enough time to kill her. Or switch to pof+ruby, no other way. [2.2] The Vampire - Tanky 2H Axe Slayer Duelist - /view-thread/1611662 Last edited by Mannoth on Dec 17, 2014, 12:32:23 PM | Posted by Mannoth on Dec 17, 2014, 12:29:35 PM |
I wonder where you got the idea that you should be able to kill every map boss with one build. Just like you can't kill Atziri with every build. Want to know how fun it is to take Chaos damage as non CI build? Not nice. But TBH, there are very few (if any) fights that are easier if you are melee. Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance. Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge. https://joeduncan123.imgur.com https://joeduncan1234.imgur.com | Posted by Perq on Dec 17, 2014, 12:46:12 PM |
' Frankly I skip her with my melee character. I can kill her, but it's not usually worth the risk or setup time. You could use Purity of Fire and a Ruby Flask. Maybe stack life and life regen? Use things that allow you to kill her quicker, such as Vaal Haste and Atziri's Promise? Dreamfeather Elemental Cleave Ranger: http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1087616 | Posted by Tempada on Dec 17, 2014, 1:55:43 PM |
After the block nerf, there are only 2 or 3 options available (and viable) anymore: 1. Saffels (+max) 2. Purity of Fire/Light/Cold (+max, but you need Aura nodes then) 3. Phase Acro + Atziris Step (Cant go for armour) optional 4. Against Fire Damge Arctic Armour 5. Pots, they provide you a flat 40% reduction ------- to 1) This means, you are 1H and you loosing shield slot -> need grace(or grace+ir) to 2) This means, you cannot have Grace/Hatred without massiv investment into Aura nodes to 3) This means, if you are melee, you have nothing against reflect, because evasion is not viable against your accu/RT to 4) after dozen of nerf hammers to mana regen, this isn't doable without EB or a VERY serious investment into passives. ------- All in all: Skip all bosses that do high ele dmg. GGG reduced all our defenses now against spell damage (after block nerf), thus, we getting destroyed by it. Simple. Welcome to the greatest of arenas, Duelist. God is watching you. | Posted by on Dec 18, 2014, 12:43:15 PM |
always use a fire flask for meagara and even purity of fire if necesarry, it makes her veery easy, i facetank her and i dont even have spellblock(2h char) I carve and sell real animal skulls, check out my work here: https://www.instagram.com/victorskullart/ https://www.facebook.com/victorskullart/ World first Uber Atziri as 2h and 2h RT build: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1058950 Highest level char in Closed Beta, Wytchfindergeneral Last edited by VictorDoom on Dec 18, 2014, 2:33:51 PM | Posted by VictorDoom on Dec 18, 2014, 1:22:38 PM |