Path Of Exile

[Imon Yourside]

Haven't had a chance to play much lately, lvl 31 and kind of stuck on the act 3 chick that throws lightning balls...Can't do enough damage fast enough to kill her.

[Setsuna]

Originally Posted by KILLER_CLOWN

Haven't had a chance to play much lately, lvl 31 and kind of stuck on the act 3 chick that throws lightning balls...Can't do enough damage fast enough to kill her.

All about dat lightning resist. The items are around I'm sure. Just grind till you get some? Or reset skill points to elemental resist. I'm going to invest pretty heavily in those for all my characters. I don't like getting raped before I get a chance to swing my weapon on an enemy.

[Imon Yourside]

Originally Posted by Sandusksuna

All about dat lightning resist. The items are around I'm sure. Just grind till you get some? Or reset skill points to elemental resist. I'm going to invest pretty heavily in those for all my characters. I don't like getting raped before I get a chance to swing my weapon on an enemy.

Ya i'm just leveling up but at lvl 32 in a lvl 28 area it's slow going. May need to open the game up to help to keep going.

[Setsuna]

It all depends on the dungeon shards you acquire in end game. If you are fire based, lightning based, etc and there is a boss with 50% fire, lightning, etc resist you just can't go. Unless you have more than 2 people in your group. I feel like all endgame shards will have some kind of elemental debuff. Might as well spend points in as many resist talents as you can. That's what I'm doing.

[Fishpicker]

is there still a cap on resist percentages?

the real killers are the chilled/frozen, burning, and shocked states. stunned is a problem too

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by Fishpicker

is there still a cap on resist percentages?

the real killers are the chilled/frozen, burning, and shocked states. stunned is a problem too

gotta have a unfreeze pot all the time once you get to higher levels

[Imon Yourside]

Originally Posted by Fishpicker

is there still a cap on resist percentages?

the real killers are the chilled/frozen, burning, and shocked states. stunned is a problem too

Stunned is my biggest pitfall, you can't do anything for like 3 seconds...or at least I can't.

[Fishpicker]

Originally Posted by KILLER_CLOWN

Stunned is my biggest pitfall, you can't do anything for like 3 seconds...or at least I can't.

yeah it's a bitch. if you make your way down to the bottom left of the skill tree you can pick up unwavering stance. that's a long way to go for characters other than marauders and duelists. I know there's some gear than can reduce stun duration % if you get the right magic enchantment on it. i think it might be a mask but i cant remember.

[Bump]

Originally Posted by Fishpicker

yeah it's a bitch. if you make your way down to the bottom left of the skill tree you can pick up unwavering stance. that's a long way to go for characters other than marauders and duelists. I know there's some gear than can reduce stun duration % if you get the right magic enchantment on it. i think it might be a mask but i cant remember.

ya, unwavering stance is awesome. Along with blood magic and resolute technique.

Right now I'm working my way up, going for more life and amplify. Im just going for a ground slam slammer, so amplify will increase radius and add damage to it. Now I just need at least a 5 linked piece.

[Bump]

Originally Posted by Fishpicker

is there still a cap on resist percentages?

the real killers are the chilled/frozen, burning, and shocked states. stunned is a problem too

80 resis is the cap I believe.

[Imon Yourside]

Originally Posted by Bump

80 resis is the cap I believe.

So I take it you are really enjoying the game now eh? Good to see, I think it's so different than any other Action RPG that it should have staying power.

[Bump]

Originally Posted by KILLER_CLOWN

So I take it you are really enjoying the game now eh? Good to see, I think it's so different than any other Action RPG that it should have staying power.

ya, it's a very nice game! love it

[Mr. Laz]

as for bosses and resists, use rings to supplement your protection.

sometimes you will find white rings with decent base resist(above the little blue line)

you can use the Orb of Alchemy to upgrade it from white to yellow but it still keeps the inherent/base number. So your white ring with 25% lightning resist will turn in to an yellow ring with 25% lightning resist + 3 or 4 other magical benefits.

Orb of Alchemy is your best friend ...

1. change number of sockets you want (Jeweller's Orb)
2. change links to make sure they are all attached(orb of fusing)
3. change color of sockets to fit your skills (Chromatic Orb)
if those work ...
4. boom, Orb of Alchemy to convert the plain white item to rare yellow but keep all the links/sockets

life blood of building a character imo


fyi - much easier to just find the item with number of sockets than use jeweller's orb ... at least for higher number sockets.

I listed them in the order you should probably do them in ... it just works better. Sockets > Links > Color > upgrade item.

btw if you find an item with proper sockets etc you can use Orb of Scouring to remove unwanted properties. Sockets/Links are usually more valuable.

[Setsuna]

Linked sockets? I iz confused.

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by Sandusksuna

Linked sockets? I iz confused.

check out your armor

various things to note:

number of sockets
color of sockets (have to match skill gem color)
also tiny little connections between sockets


what those connections(links) do is allow a support gem in one socket to effect a gem in another linked socket.

ex: Green skill gem Poison Arrow in one socket linked to Multiple Projectile support gem in another socket.

result: when you shoot a 3 Poison Arrows come out instead of 1


Multiple support gems can effect a single skill gem IF they are all connected with links.

ex: Poison Arrow + Multiple Project + Increase AOE + Increased Duration

Result: 3 Poison arrow with 30% increase cloud that last 30% longer


You can really make skills more effective by using support gems.