One-shotted, Cursed Crypt with Curses, please improve visibility.

Hello !

I play a lot to PoE, and i always find out why i'm dead, and improve, most of the time, it's my fault (this one was too, but lack of information didn't help).

Have a look :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_XlVl_7sV0

I have 5k200 hp, 2400 molten shell shield, 90% phys reduc, all res at 75 including chaos, no reflect map or strong mods that i usually run without problem, just insta died without a possibility to evade anything.

Have you any clue how i could have survived here ?

Here is the second one-shot (killed him with poison after that), i don't even know what's killing me on this one (visual glitch, nova not displayed):

https://youtu.be/NECVP806WRQ

Thanks for your help !

Answer :

Edit : My bad ! Just read that you take more damage if you apply curse on him. That's the reason behind this damage and one-shots, as i double curse it. I should have known that and switched off curse and golden rule to kill it. Will try that too.

It explains a lot, but it should be displayed somewhere.

i mean you shouldn't facetank that boss's skill at all no matter what kind of defense you have.

in this case, they're even possessed by ghosts, and even if you can survive the first one the second one will kill you anyway.

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Ozxell wrote:

i mean you shouldn't facetank that boss's skill at all no matter what kind of defense you have.

in this case, they're even possessed by ghosts, and even if you can survive the first one the second one will kill you anyway.

Yep i saw that on my first video, but how do i die on the second one ?

On the first i take the skill, wich should have one-shotted me no matter what, but on the second, i see nothing (i was prudent on the second, killed the first boss alone without problem).

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Sephiloss wrote:

Yep i saw that on my first video, but how do i die on the second one ?

visual bug, the boss raises its hand and cast the nova skill.

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Ozxell wrote:

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Sephiloss wrote:

Yep i saw that on my first video, but how do i die on the second one ?

visual bug, the boss raises its hand and cast the nova skill.

Yep, i see him raising hand after i died,.

Visuals are really difficult on this fight, as i do melee range damage (at least time to apply poisons stack), i guess it's best to avoid this boss or at least not possess him.

I was not aware of its mechanics. This fight is crap, there is nothing you can do i guess as a melee range, will try it with more hp pool later on.

(He raised hand before too while i'm running, ok)

Thanks !

Edit : My bad ! Just read that you take more damage if you apply curse on him, it triggers nova too. That's the reason behind this damage and one-shots, as i double curse it. I should have known that and switched off curse and golden rule to kill it. Will try that too.

It explains a lot, but it should be displayed somewhere.

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Just read that you take more damage if you apply curse on him, it triggers nova too. ... It explains a lot, but it should be displayed somewhere.

A core design philosophy is that it should be extremely difficult to get to 100, especially on HC. To "beat" the design philosophy, you need both excellent skills and an encyclopedic knowledge of little details like this. And then you need to remember all these little details when it matters!

The game gives you a lot of opportunities to screw up, and counts on you doing it with some regularity! The speed meta especially supports the design philosophy, and it's also one reason there is so much value placed on OP builds.

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GreyLensman wrote:

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Just read that you take more damage if you apply curse on him, it triggers nova too. ... It explains a lot, but it should be displayed somewhere.

A core design philosophy is that it should be extremely difficult to get to 100, especially on HC. To "beat" the design philosophy, you need both excellent skills and an encyclopedic knowledge of little details like this. And then you need to remember all these little details when it matters!

The game gives you a lot of opportunities to screw up, and counts on you doing it with some regularity! The speed meta especially supports the design philosophy, and it's also one reason there is so much value placed on OP builds.

Thanks for your message ! Yes i'm considering trying myself on race and HC after only 1500 hours, and i'm still learning. I know it will be a pain at start, but that's the fun it gives. Having this kind of details is good to me, but i would love to be able to find them somewhere before dying on it, with dialogue, map information, or whatever, even if i will not make this mistake again.

For map bosses, you can check here:
https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Map_bosses

It's a bit hit or miss. Some pages have more info than others.

Engineering Eternity also has his video series on the acts, which includes all those bosses. Since they are mostly the basis for map bosses, that can be another good source of info.