The Mastermind is the most pointless boss in the game. Killing her completely destroys your Syndicate. She drops loot that may be worth an exalt or two, but a carefully constructed Syndicate can give you more.
Anyway, in case you do want to kill her for the challenge, here's the fight. All damage is physical + fire, use Purity of Fire instead of Herald of Ice. And bring a Ruby flask instead of The Wise Oak (useless since fire will be your highest resist). Use Solaris, not Arakaali - there are invulnerability phases where you take damage over time but can't leech.
First you do a mini-fight where you damage the boss a little and kill several zombies. Then you clear trash to the main event. And do the main fight.
You damage the boss -> she goes inactive and releases one of the Syndicate people -> you kill them -> she goes active and you damage her again -> big green flash happens, the boss becomes invulnerable, you get a pointer under your feet -> go to the corner where it points -> a glowing crystal there explodes after a few sec -> get out of there (damaging ground) -> repeat 4 times. In the 4th phase you don't need to go to the corner, she does it for you.
I thought the challenge required letting her spawn the skeletons and then killing her without letting them catch you. But apparently it's just poorly worded, and you fail it if you destroy or detonate any of her skeletons. If you never spawn the skeletons - you never have a chance to fail it.
The Mastermind is the most pointless boss in the game. Killing her completely destroys your Syndicate. She drops loot that may be worth an exalt or two, but a carefully constructed Syndicate can give you more.
Anyway, in case you do want to kill her for the challenge, here's the fight. All damage is physical + fire, use Purity of Fire instead of Herald of Ice. And bring a Ruby flask instead of The Wise Oak (useless since fire will be your highest resist). Use Solaris, not Arakaali - there are invulnerability phases where you take damage over time but can't leech.
First you do a mini-fight where you damage the boss a little and kill several zombies. Then you clear trash to the main event. And do the main fight.
You damage the boss -> she goes inactive and releases one of the Syndicate people -> you kill them -> she goes active and you damage her again -> big green flash happens, the boss becomes invulnerable, you get a pointer under your feet -> go to the corner where it points -> a glowing crystal there explodes after a few sec -> get out of there (damaging ground) -> repeat 4 times. In the 4th phase you don't need to go to the corner, she does it for you.
I thought the challenge required letting her spawn the skeletons and then killing her without letting them catch you. But apparently it's just poorly worded, and you fail it if you destroy or detonate any of her skeletons. If you never spawn the skeletons - you never have a chance to fail it.
Thanks, no wonder I lost she is invulnerable, & cannot leech & I am supposed to know I need to go to a corner....
Hated boss mechanic in this game. In games like Zelda or dark soul, it makes sense, as you can learn via dying a few times or something & redo until you succeed. In ARPG PoE not only will you lost XP, you can't even retry immediately. Seems like a cheap way to add 'depth'. But okay, I was arrogant & did not think any boss (ourside of the main ones) can kill me, not bother to learn the fight.
Last edited by KiadawP on Apr 15, 2019, 1:50:46 PM
don't have the white socket either on crafting. can someone please explain the method?
When you encounter syndicate, try to have Vorici in Research job (with best possible rank). Then when you get access to research safehouse you'll be able to add white sockets to one (or two if Vorici is the leader) items.
Get 5 blue 1 green, it's good enough to play and not very hard to get (just replace cold penetration with another blue dps gem), then when you get Vorici in research add white sockets and replace this blue gem with cold penetration
4 blue 2 green would not be hard. Did you even try?
Last edited by DamageIncorporated on Apr 15, 2019, 2:44:12 PM
I did Uber Elder twice yesterday and didn't even get one. And when you do it's shit.
PoE in a nut shell...
Not so sure it's worth bothering with after the one time to finish the quest line.
Got 24 exalts selling those 4 chest pieces, it's worth, at my level i don't have anything else to do anyways. Just the jewels are rare and crappy, at least for me
Last edited by lilianmarius on Apr 15, 2019, 2:58:11 PM
Speaking of Uber Elder, can anyone here recommend a good guide for unlocking him? I've read a few and still don't quite understand how to unlock him. I really want to give him a try. Thanks!
Speaking of Uber Elder, can anyone here recommend a good guide for unlocking him? I've read a few and still don't quite understand how to unlock him. I really want to give him a try. Thanks!
Just do T15 maps until Elder influence jumps in the area. Then run all guardians maps , first time for Shaper to extend Elder Influence. After all 4 done do them again with Elder guardians. Then go on Uber Elder:)
