RIP King, you were my favorite
The first guy from 100 to take on the gorilla:
With 1400hp
“that creature. If….” wisdom lost Quote cutting on death is this subtle little thing that makes this game great
This is so funny 😁
Got bonked. Unlucky mate. Probably scariest boss in campaign 😂
Queen of filth is scarier to me. That fucking roll still does a huge amount of damage and the monkeys roll has been nerfed thankfully
Yes I can’t stand her roll because it can start in a split second and boom your pushed into a wall and bonk your dead… nasty bitch
She moves so wierd imo
Nah that viper lady makes me sweat every time
It’s not just because of her attack/purple rain, it’s the thrusts from her subordinate
I’m a super casual player and never died once to the ape. Other mini bosses, hoo boy. That one in the cave that poisons the entire ground? Nightmare. But this one has been super easy every single time.
My first fight against Balbala I died like 5 times before I understood what I must do when he poisoned the whole cave
Took me a dozen tries the first time and then when Cruel came I realized I had forgotten it again. :D
I believe everyone did this. If they say they didn’t, they’re lying.
Molten forge is the only boss my smith has died on. Mainly because I’m an avatar of fire warrior and he’s a ballache at the best of times for melee in my experience.
Mind you cruel silverfist I had about 1900hp and could tank his big smash. Every other boss has been trivial by comparison. Viper, Queen of filth, sun priest guy I could pretty much stand still and smash em.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDLmYZ5HqgM
Dick 🤣🤣
Sorry, I had to 🤣
I heared some streamers talking about the same that sometimes dmg bugs and I guess multihits. I think alkaizer talked about it after his xesht death. I tried a lot of HP and also think some abilities can overlap or hit multiple times somehow. But its very rare for me.
The boss can also crit
It is definetly something like the titan dude multi hit bug that was in the game before they patched it out. I’ve also died to this dude on hc in twink gear where there was no way he should have one shot me.
Tried to replicate after resurrected, the monkey 1 shot. He couldnt one shot me again at full health standing still for like 3 minutes. Was this some crazy lucky crit even though I had blade catcher?
My guess is some sort of bug with overlapping hitboxes? Rotten luck either way.
That’s something I dislike about this game. You don’t get a good feeling of the boss strength levels by the surrounding enemies. You go from punching paper to an entire redwood tree instantly.
You dislike that?? I love how much the bosses stand out from the chaff, makes them feel WAY more significant and like the fight is an event. I don’t want a boss who is 1.1x stronger than the shit I’ve been wading thru. That boss has earned his way up the ranks of ARPG enemies, he turns up on time every time, he gives it his all until he dies, he’s mastered a few special techniques that the trash mobs haven’t, probs employee of the month a few times too. I love the way they deliver bosses in PoE2
They aren’t 1.1x stronger, they’re 200x or more stronger.
In standard league it’s fine, but it’s different in hardcore where you don’t get a chance to test the water. It would help if there were mini bosses that give somewhat of an idea of what you’re going into so you can make strategic decisions on how to proceed.
Standard is where you test the water. Hardcore is where you test YOURSELF 💪
Yes ive long said the campaign should be split into fire, ice, lightning, chaos etc areas where almost all mobs have a certain resistance and damage type and the boss too so the player can gear for specific damage and resistance for an act instead of needing all res and dealing whatever damage type.
Very much feel this.
I am playing LS Amazon, went all the way to t15 and for most maps its straight cruising even with shitty mods, but randomly you take a single small projectile from offscreen that crits you while you happen to be standing on some debuff and its 100% healthpool to zero.
No different really than POE, but honestly not sure how they fix that or if they even can
Or you die from something that ran in off screen with no warning
I just started playing poe2 for the first time ever. Decided to try HC SSF and go in completely blind and your post has me fucking terrified of what I’ve got myself into. I mean I’m definitely excited but also very concerned hahaha
My guy you should be but it absolutely amazing. As salty as I am this is me 1000 hours in…..it’s fking amazing
1000 hours wtf
Probably like 700-800 because alot of afk but yeah that’s what the counter says
On my second HC warrior, both got into the 80s. Both times I skipped monkey until much later act where I have way more HP. No reason to throw away ~8h of gametime for 2 skill points, just come back to it.
That map becomes a stealth mission of sneaking past the monkey to find venom crypts and infested barrens.
the monkey is way overtuned. does >1000 dmg in act3.
usually you come in with like 600hp + 300 ES when twinked lol
I have also lost many characters to this boss, it’s fine when you can roll around behind him consistently but sometimes the hitboxes are wonky and the walls in the arena also can block you from dodging his attacks.
I feel your pain, I really hope they give this dude a small redo for balance, the fact it can one shot with such a wide hitbox as well as move fast and spin around and around making it hard to predict when you’re going to get one shot is kinda frustrating.
Good luck on the next dude.
Thanks bud, I think i underestimate the hit box normally being directly on top of him
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tbh it looked like you desyned twice right before he came on screen, not to take away from the fact that gorilla is op and defenses need a massive overhall
Jfc now that you mention it i see it
Oh his attack hitbox is def BS. I’ve had many times where I was not in front and got hit, and other times thought I was dead, and nothing.
lowkey flex fiance XD
Jokes aside, I play HCSSF too and I have died a lot to this monkey also. That’s why I always avoid him until I get more health and can one-shot him
Bruh I died to this comment 🤣🤣🤣
Do you have much phys mitigation?
That guy one shot me with 900hp+1050ES or thereabouts.
ACT2 boss is lightning damage so you probably had lightning resistance for face tanking. Phys damage intended to one shot you probably always will unless you have focused mitigation like tons of armour, or conversions.
Not sure how he couldn’t do it again though.
Max res and 70% armor SOK. Again it’s HCSSF so my armor is not 80% but close.
Happened to me earlier today. 83% EVA and 1,200+ ES. Completely one shotted just like in the video, but I was behind the tree and it still registered..
The fun part is that he completely missed. This hit wasnt even close.
There’s something about the warrior class that just doesn’t feel good. Too clunky and slow.
My guy try leap slam it’s stupid fun. I leveled everything to 90 0.1 and got warrior to 85. It was trash, leap slam though is super fun
I have leap,roll, bone shatter. It just feels clunky
I get it…clunky compared to PoE. But PoE2 this is the meta they want. Combo meaningful combat they want
Unfortunate hit. Kind of scummy.
So this is how people die to him lol, he’s telographed quite easily. Quite a satisfying fight, though.
The roll comes out of nowhere. They’ve at least tuned it down I guess 🤷♂️
Exactly thats why I was talking ish the day before, so telegraphed
Give it to you for trying I always come back later.
Try again though Smith ramps so hard and is so strong late its worth.
Eh, I’m underwhelmed with it, lv88 and still weak as hell even following a supposedly good build. Capped res at 90, 75% block etc. Warriors are just weak, and armor is still bad; I started a huntress instead. Damn shame.
94 here strong AF and having a blast. Its not LS one shot whole screen but I don’t think every build has to be that
It’s so close to being that, but I can’t get over the hump of having a weapon powerful enough to break armor AND prime for stun in only a few hits, so I wind up standing in the middle of a pack beating my shield as I get swarmed under, to say nothing of the rares or bosses. Breaches are rough too.
Rolling slam / Boneshatter is the way bro. Smooth af been using it since like 50. If you look at my setup you can skip the last two gems on the rolling slam and you should be priming fine.
https://poe2.ninja/builds/dawnhcssf/character/BtheG-0208/BijTheG?i=97
That looks like an absolutely boring play style
Meaningful combat. Tbh i enjoy it
One hitter quitter.
warrior has felt so dang invincible going up to endgame. just started maps this week and not much can even move my health let alone kill me
How much armour?
There was a popular japanese streamer that got slammed by the same thing.. Was doing very well, close to finishing it off, one slam and game over
Why does the console inventory screen look so much better than on PC
I want my character next to my inventory too lol
That boss is broken AF has to be put in an arena also
I believe for melee attacks that shoot out a projectile, standing near the melee portion will shotgun you since you get by both the projectile and melee component.
Literally one shot me with 7.1k ES two days ago. Idk what kind of damage he dishes out but goddamn I hate this guy so much…. This guy and viper (thank god i havent seen her yet) if I ever see them on a map in endgame I’m bricking the waystone no kidding… Im not gonna bother with them
He did you what you were doing to them. Deserved!
Don’t nerf the monkey. I like a RipHit
Killed me a ton of times big damn ape
This game can humble you quick.
As a Giants Blood/Leap Slam player this time around, I can say that monkey boi humbled me hard. Oh, but I’m about to fight him second time around……. oh boy, you don’t even know what’s coming dude
Try Lich Contagion shes very tanky. I got to level 85 on HCSSF. Died to one shot mechanic😂
That exact thing happened to me today in cruel! And I haven’t died to monkey since they patched him, and I feel like I should not have died, as I’ve tanked it before with the same stats
There’s just something about white primate bosses that the game industry ain’t telling us..
Lol I actually never died to him yet until the beginning of the season when I was telling my friend how easy he is and wonder how people can’t dodge him.
I ended up dodging to soon and slap.
if you stand still, this boss often doesn’t one shot with a direct slam.
however, if you’re right up to him like that, it does WAYYYYY more damage for some reason. literally more punishing to be melee lol
Anyone who plays hardcore in a game designed like this needs to be taken somewhere and put to better use because they don’t value what little time they have on the planet
Is this even gameplay.
I will seriously never play this game again if our characters continue to be this slow and dead in one hit. I already haven’t played in almost a month.