Guide for Essence Mob Modifiers and What To Avoid?

There are plenty of Essence crafting guides. What I am looking for is a What Essence Mob Modifiers to Avoid Guide.

Does something like that exist?

I know this table exists

Essence possession effects

https://www.poewiki.net/wiki/Essence

Which gives some clues about what each type of Essence does, but it doesn't help that much with how dangerous it is or how dangerous it is with other mod combinations (AN or map modifiers).

If anything is going to kill me in a map while progressing my Atlas, it is clicking on the wrong Essence.

And often they are so fast or dangerous that I can't even read the mods on them after I've opened them for a 2nd evaluation of how fast and/or how far I should run.



I've chatted with some HC peeps a bit about it and basically gotten.

If you don't have the damage to instantly delete an essence then don't

1. Don't click on any Essence that gains charges (because charges are cracked on monsters)
2. Be extra mindful if you are doubling Shrieking Essences
3. Woe essences are bad.

Which still leaves a lot of unknowns in my mind.

And I'd really like to avoid creating the Final Boss every few maps.


Last edited by cirerrek#0071 on Apr 25, 2023, 6:30:02 PM
Last bumped on Apr 25, 2023, 6:27:47 PM

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