Diablo Player Meets Path of Exile 2 (And loses his Mind)

[@Kousano]

Part 2! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGPEkqOZqNmpsMk

[@noxwarlord4909]

Love it but you must have been thru heck to get to that boss rofl

[@toki9595]

Dude upgrade your Health potion still the lv 1 starter one LOL 🤣

[@Nelforr]

He did, after the 24th death :D

[@Oracle2448]

Bro has to spam like half his health pot just got less than 50% of his health back 💀

[@francissosing]

Noticed that. Around 9:55 he finally upgraded it. Kind of impressed to get that far with just a low level pot. lol

[@Zemlja_je_ravna]

If boss wasn't hard it wouldn't be fun

[@DemonsCrest1]

:😆

[@cromeoid1904]

Round of applause. He sticker it out to the end till he got it.

[@BigPerm6999]

yup, when you know your dieing becuase you havnt learnt mechanics yet but it becomes easier and easier as you learn you know its not just a case of being too difficult, anyone with a bit of will power will succeed :D

[@TheGoatLocker]

That's the only way

[@Ghalion666]

I have great respect for gamers who can enjoy the struggle and persevere regardless of if they are good or terrible at the game. I'm not exactly this way with Videogames. But I'm absolute trash at bowling but I love playing it anyway lol.

[@oliverl89]

@@BigPerm6999 The bosses will lose HP faster after dying and trying again. So he didn't really beat the boss at the same difficulty as he started out.

[@cimerea]

Quick few tips for those of you, who still struggle with the guy (or will be struggling in cruel): - anti freeze charm is a must - if you're lacking cold resistance, use artificers orbs to add sockets to your armor and place cold res runes, - don't rely on dodge too much, there's a trap in it you will eventually discover; make sure you are moving rather than dodge-rolling and you don't have to spend every waking second of this fight casting/attacking, sometimes is wiser to just focus on positioning and avoidance - try to have the boss in your sight at all times to anticipate the mechanics, the moment you see him jump up is the time to run for your life, because the bomb dive is coming - you can use your life flask even when frozen - it's wise to focus on "put on the ground over time damage skills" like firewall for this fight, it minimises the amount of time you are slowed by the attacking/casting animation - during the fog phase, the boss will charge after he finishes speaking one sentence and in relatively equal intervals, so pay attention - after a charge always comes the backward sword slash covering 2/3rds of the arena, move away or roll through it

[@Kousano]

great tips!

[@theBlackbriar]

yeah i've definitely noticed the dodge roll, while quite nice for some swinging attacks, most every AOE is better left just running out of. as long as you have like at least 10% movespeed boots, simply running out while not casting is faster than dodge rolling

[@WEIRDxGRIM]

@@Kousano 1 more thing, get movespeed on your boots, at act 3 i still had magic boots with 10% movespeed.

[@tarael86]

I don't think you get your first anti-freeze charm till act 2.

[@douwehuysmans5959]

"is a must" Nah bro just dodge

[@thekakazi]

Man, I love the way you stay so positive. Great attitude. Keep it up. More skills isn't better, find your better skills, spec your tree for a single element and push hard in one direction. If you split your offense you're just going to be bad at two things. I understand it's still a little early for this to be relevant but I'm just looking at your skill bar. Fire wall and your favourite projectile spell are the way to go.

[@Kousano]

Thank you! I'm rocking a build more focused on fire now, doing much better with it!

[@panagiotisgeorgiadis2613]

not entirely true. I specced my ice monk on lightning too and it works perfectly. you just have to not do it at once. You focus on one element at the start and then you slowly add the 2nd one. Works fine...

[@9kArdos3]

@@Kousano That comment is incorrect. One of the most OP and fun builds is dual element. For example If Herald of Ice and Herald of Lightning are both important/good for your build, chances are good that it's better to not only spec into both element but to invert the support gems wich increase elemental damage, tooltip and intuition will say that makes no sense, and when you see and understand what actually happens you mind goes BOOM and the entire screen of mobs goes up like fireworks. As a consequence of skillpoints being limited, specific synergies and other things, taking the strongest nodes for your build from each element instead of taking both the strongest and some weaker ones for one element can be absolutely superior. Monk for sure probably Mercenary and Sorcerer can all do well functioning elemental builds and dual can be superior depending on what skill you want to use and some other things like items, SSF or no SSF, it's really complicated to write it down in detail. Maybe this: Triggering of ailments, heralds, support gems can feed off of each other more efficiently or even in a way single element can not at all with dual element, wiping the entire screen of mobs passively by activating each other in a chain reaction.

[@JR-PCGaming]

All you need for the fight is 40% cold Resistance it makes that boss fight easy

[@galnor]

This is true for most fights. Keep resistance rings for different ailments and put them on when the boss uses them and it becomes instantly way easier. Fire is a big one...

[@marcindraco5666]

Not ryly you just ned not to get hit by dumb shit 😅 in lost ark legion raids it was far worse 1 mistake and whole party was dead not just you it was straight brutal and people still were able to do it

[@TheTempest73]

You can just nuke Geonor with your highest dps skill by spamming.

[@JohnDoe-l4d9h]

No you just need to not stand in the telegraphed attacks, it’s not hard.

[@jannol1269]

how do you upgrade gear in a game with no drops?

[@angelicambyence]

That Passive Point, just sitting there waiting to be used before the Boss battle started, makes the first deaths HILARIOUS to me XD

[@Kousano]

lol! thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

[@DemonsCrest1]

xD

[@BloodyBuddy2311]

Okay, I have to admit, usually people playing the game "wrong" (i.e. not thinking about what they're NOT doing that they could be) frustrates me enough to stop watching, but there's something about your calmness and tenacity combined with your genuine joy to keep playing the game that made me stay. I legitimately started cheering for you halfway through the video, and that ending had me actually shout like I was watching sports! Hold onto that perseverance for PoE2, you'll need it, but keep going! Just as a heads up though, there are a LOT of mechanics in this game that aren't really obvious even on an in-depth dive, so don't hesitate to read some guides or builds to make things easier on yourself!

[@ER3G]

I completely agree, no matter how well or badly he played, I appreciate his perseverance. Especially when there are a lot of people who immediately cry, how hard it is after :)

[@kirasternenfeuer6198]

sorry but thats veteran talk bull crap from you. He actually tried to analyze his mistakes just fine but refused to change for the first 20 trys or so later on with the changes he made he was able to get to the endphase but still missed essential points that would made the fight a trivial matter. We all went through that in our first runs of real Diablo likes at some point. (can't even tell how often Andariel got me during my early D2 days with her op poison and for some classes it is stil deadly because they are highly equipment based like the barb. PoE also had those fights like the first encounter with the couldron witch doedre which needed high chaos resistances as a spellcaster as you were not able to lifeleech your way through. Diablo in D2 is probably quite similar to this boss just with leess freeze and way more burning and lightning damage on his behalf ^^ The key issues he had were a lack of arena awareness and lacking resistances other than that he did actually quite good. the arena awareness issue lead to the high amounts of times he got frozen or multihit in a row because of panic roles for example. The learning progress is also visible as he stopped cold damage skills in favor for cold effect and fire aoe skills instead which increased his surviveability during the minion phases. As I not buy in on the Early access packages (no need for coins) I had not encountered this boss myself yet and can't speak for the whole expereience I would even try some other strategies in such a case like doing stuff you would normally avoid like going in close combat range to see how his patterns change in that case and if it is more beneficial to do so similar to how the Act 9 millegaro fight in PoE made it way easier to deal with him this way for me even he could technically one shot me with his melee and my low lifepool at that time, but because of a high evasion rate and blinding him in addition to melee range defenses it was way easier than dealing with his long range aoe skills that would hit me If i couldn't move out of them in time. Also because I hate getting frozen in PoE I would have done something again it from the beginning XD

[@frescofrescoo]

I never died 4 times to a boss , and I play cod

[@Spacecoke]

After this i feel like a god after killing this boss first try.

[@TheRealValdil]

My sanity cried while watching this. +1 tenaciousness though 😂

[@Kousano]

Thank you friend, it took a toll on me for sure lol

[@OLODOOM]

I understand you pain! LOL keep going, the game it's hard, but amazing!!!

[@Kousano]

thank you :) it's been a lot of fun, we are doing much better now

[@LezArtist5]

I'm glad you never quit Perseverance pays off Keep fighting the good fight 🌹

[@DUBC_OG_610]

Man this is how my first playthrough started. It definitely gets easier, but I was so psyched to see you memorize the mechanics and overcome the fight!

[@exciting-burp]

Awesome persistence :). The wolfs phase is actually there to help you recharge your pots, that's something you're going to need to know for later bosses (and miss sorely when it's not there).

[@erikharring7928]

Clearly has the skill needed as a player for the fight, maybe short on some upgrades in gear (health pot for example).

[@Kousano]

thanks man! I think people underestimate how much of a difference proper gear and build makes

[@JohnDoe-l4d9h]

@@Kousanonah, you died from getting hit avoidable moves.

[@abrakadabra7530]

He clearly has not the Skills First Person i see that needs 27 trys

[@mrmatejator]

On one hand I definitely cringed each time you run into freeze death circle, on the other hand i love how you stayed positive all the way through. I would personally go back and farm some levels or better gear if I was in same positon but that's just personal taste. Best of luck out there, hope you enjoy your time ☺️

[@MimiMimi-yj4kl]

Run little rabbit

[@Kousano]

😂

[@IamHowl]

I applaud your patience. I had to take a break on death 10. Was getting so mad. xD also you killing each other was actually pretty epic.

[@h0lyBlaZe]

U can use flame wall and shoot sparks through it, it will empower your spark to do extra fire dmg and ignite mobs.

[@noxwarlord4909]

Same with shards

[@TheBeefPudding]

So cool to see your positivity and not raging. Good job dude i hope you get to endgame !!

[@max_coast]

Yooo, way to stay at it! I DEFINITELY struggled on this guy. I struggled so much I left, got 2 more levels, re-configured my gear entirely, came back... and still had a hard time but comparatively much easier and won. Totally worth it. I'm glad there's a game that takes a modicum of thought and consideration at times. My D4 character? I made a Rogue and literally just lucked into cheesing the whole damn thing well into Torment III before this came out and I quit (I started D4 crazy late).

[@nemamiah7832]

Glad, you've persevered. It's a matter of experience with games with vastly different playstyle from Diablo 3/4. Or even POE1. But it is a fun game. Make sure to keep your gear up to date and try to specialise in some particular war in your skill tree. Normally it's worth it to just go full ham on one Element, for instance. And stack penetration for cases when enemies have Resistance.

[@Ssidistik]

This is what I love about this game. The fight was totally different for you and I because of knowledge. You got to see all the mechanics and fight for every pixel of life. Your fight was so much better than mine because it lasted longer than the dialog. There will be a point where everything starts to click for you and the 200000000 options all start to be easy to pick and stack properly. That is what is so cool about this game, you do not have to be perfect or have all the knowledge up front to kill a boss, YET they let it still be possible by fighting the mechanic with penitence to WIN at your own pace. Good Work, keep it up!

[@MrAntiKnowledge]

Gotta respect the perserverance. After the first 5 deaths I went back to farming to sort out my gear. Cold res and a proper healthflask makes this fight a walk in a park.

[@ShmuPixel]

The same happened to me while playing merc against the final boss of chapter 2... For some reason I couldn't beat him, I created a new character (also a merc) and it went smoothly on the first try! The importance of a good build is key here, it's not always about your skills or knowing their patterns. Each boss has a main resistance and if you invest way too much on that type of damage you're basically making it much harder for yourself. Try to build your characters with more options to switch to, just in case your main damage output is reduced by their resistances.

[@morbid1.]

reistances are important in PoE... I struggled but then I saw how little resists I had and literally changed yellow ring for blue with resists and it was a game changer.

[@kaly8329]

Or you can play it not like the typical arpg style. He even mentions it like darksouls/elden ring. You play patiently.

[@DemonsCrest1]

yea. one of the lightning bosses kept killing me. then i boosted my lightning resistance to like 60, and i was basically taking no lightning damage

[@Elrynill]

How can this dude stay so calm, my keyboard keys would be flying all around the room xD

[@Ncastl]

The elitists in the comments make me cringe so hard. I'm glad you enjoyed the fight. I hope you'll enjoy the rest of the game as well.

[@araen11]

yeah me too, the worse part of the community, unfortunately

[@trazyntheinfinite9895]

They do have a point though in saying that he is a terrible player. No switch to another damage type, no upgrades to gear and pots, greedy playstyle.

[@Ncastl]

@@trazyntheinfinite9895 It was his choice to go to the boss with the gear/tree he has and defeating it by learning its mechanics little by little and I respect it. It's not like he didn't know that he could have gotten better resistances and farm to get other spells and respecc to melt the boss, he just chose not to and got through.

[@araen11]

@@trazyntheinfinite9895 yeah but a terrible player can learn and be taught and stop being terrible a player with unhealthy mindset will refuse to improve and be forever stuck

[@Kousano]

thank you! it's all good though these types of comments are funny

[@ArtaEva]

Didn't know people struggled against this boss, but i played living Bomb (from staff) and Ember Fusilide with Unleash, with dropping some ice bombs for making boss slower/frozen.

[@LegendaryNuggets]

I saw someone in chat complaining about the tutorial boss

[@captainfeish6028]

@@LegendaryNuggets The tutorial boss on monk can be difficult because he requires spacing.

[@9kArdos3]

@@captainfeish6028 Monk is the boss killer in my book. I died a few times at the same bosses(this Gregor, lava tunnel and one more) with all the classes except Monk and Warrior. Warrior because it's the only one I haven't played, and Monk deletes any boss or one phase of it in literally 3-10 seconds. I never once died to a boss with my Invoker or took more than seconds to be done with it, but for example towards the end of act3 one of the ziggurat outdoor maps killed me literal 20-30 times to explore, being one hit for any mob makes some of the tricky ones a real pain.

[@rageburst]

I love Path of Exile. It forces you to make tweaks to your build, to experiment, and also to level up your pattern recognition skills for boss-fighting.

[@KenshinImpact-y2m]

You need to get your eyes checked for walking into that frost sword more than 10 times.

[@captnclutch5768]

Nicely done man. That's a hard but awesome fight. Just a tip for the future not sure if you knew, but that phase where you kept running out of potions where he goes into the fog and sends more little wolves at you, that part is actually to help you top up your potions. Potions refill from killing monsters and boss ads count. In situations like that you want to kill as many ads as you can to top up your potions in between boss phases. Just use lots of area of effect spells during that part.

[@mirquas22]

I am glad I got to watch the clip, it made me appreciate the game more, you for your tenacity and calmness as well as the fact that this was a reminder to slow down and just enjoy the game. To be honest I got wayy too infouenced with the clips about one shotting bosses that I forgot the reason why I actually bought the game , to enjoy it.

[@Kousano]

Glad you enjoyed the video homie, Games are supposed to be fun after all :)

[@elroiy2139]

You have earned this subscribe. (Had a rough time with him myself, i want ti see a titan video in act 2)

[@danw3735]

heh good on you for sticking with it. A few more clears of the previous floor to get some better gear and pots would've helped massively.

[@YoshiEaterX]

You have to equip the amulet that blocks Freeze effects . You get it through equips leading to the boss.

[@tomimanty4609]

right side under the enemy heath bar is icon that tells you its resistances. red for weak, no icon normal, silver for slightly resistance and golden for very resistance.

[@cvdeiana]

Some suggestions from a not so casual gamer: -Check your cold and physical resistance (change equipment where necessary, remember you have charms) -Also check your energy shield, use equipment and passive nodes to multiply your shield as much as possible then you won't be squishy. -Improve your movement speed (to help you avoid attacks) -understand that you're using cold attacks vs a boss with cold resistance (shown under the bosses health bar) -consider how slow your attack speed is considering how fast the boss moves.. -instead of rolling away from the wolves you can use ice nova to push them away, or better yet use bone cage since they have cold resistance. -there's also so much more you can be doing as a caster offensively, such as chaos debuff, shock for increased damage, ignite for more damage over time. -upgrade your health flask

[@TheGameCinema]

This is a great example of the new player experience, welcome to POE!

[@Master10k2]

10:11 I literally burst out laughing when I saw him enter that Phase at 1% HP 🤣 And what about the boss loot at the end? 🤣🤣🤣

[@DemonsCrest1]

xD. yea. that just bad luck ^_^

[@Tchurusbigus]

​@@DemonsCrest1 No Man. He could have sent any spell there.

[@Tchurusbigus]

​@@DemonsCrest111:40 this was

[@DemonsCrest1]

@@Tchurusbigus nah. he couldn't cast any spell there. i was doing the same boss on an essence drain build today. one he starts walking backwards he is unbillable. I cast like 7 essence drains on him and he didn't die at 0%. then i had to wait through the whole phase of him jumping from the fog. and then when it stopped, he didn't die until i cast a new essence drain on him.

[@JB-zu5gb]

I was expecting this boss to be insane to beat, but after I got a few pieces of key gear before hand, I kind of breezed through it and beat it first go. I was honestly shocked as I was waiting to get 1 shot during it. I had the rampart unique crossbow, a good rare chest, helm and ring at lvl 17.

[@mimibeans]

the first boss was a skill check for spell casters and warriors, you are getting pretty weak skills for that lvl which deal no dmg and your gear wont get alot of dmg increase, but he learned the fight mechanics and did very good, very good player!

[@mathiaseriksen6600]

Warriors have Perfect Strike at that level, that skill will slap the shit out of bosses

[@DeadByDeath]

That last phase hurts so bad when you're struggling for most of the fight to just dodge all the stuff leading up to it, and then the frozen blood pillars are added to every attack. It's honestly such a great learning curve progression in a boss fight

[@thomasgrimm1664]

Looks a lot like my experience. Felt really good to get him down in the end!

[@chriswellz]

Crazy how I'm just not getting the reference when he said "No noose this time. I'll remove your head myself!"... Because during the character selection screen, Count Geonor was there speaking to everyone on the gallows. He recognized who you were, the one that got away.

[@ThcBanaman]

The PoE2 hype will bring much needed Intelligence to the D4 smooth brain crowd. They're getting back to school basically 😂❤

[@xxxkabalxxx]

Best comment since EA launch

[@j.d.4697]

Or dumb down PoE2, like Blizzard's games have been doing for decades with their armies of players that other companies want a slice of, making them dumb their games down too to attract them.

[@Saeros20]

I Play both and i dont have any problems with Poe2. Game is still easy. Maybe you have to go to school? Or your saying Game will be hard for New Players in Poe2?😊

[@burazfly]

Yea we all got too soft with all assists in everything we do

[@fragilefilter]

@@Saeros20I think he’s saying it’s going to be hard for newcomers to Path of Exile 2.

[@Rehd66]

In the fog phase, one second after he says a voice line, dodge

[@TheTheologyProfessor]

Great work. I'm not going to lie. I probably would have thrown my controller through my TV. I have had to over level in order to take on most of the bosses. Props to you for your determination!

[@deice3]

This fight is incredible, really got me hooked to the game. Its always cool to see people beat it with skill instead of outgearing it, well played!

[@talentedpen465]

I played D2 and D4, I never played PoE1 but fell in love with this franchise when I found PoE2. Yes, the beta may have some bug issues, but by far, this is the best game out right now. It is extremely fun but challenging. GGG has a good vision for this game, IMHO.

[@buttergolem8584]

This Boss made me look into upgrading my skills, put support gems in and upgrade my items a bit. It's a nice wall to get players invested in the whole upgrade system.

[@DemonsCrest1]

yea. if you using a level 8 spell but could be using a level 9 spells, it makes a pretty big difference

[@ExtremeTeddy]

Kudos for keep doing 🎉 I’ve beaten the count with a ranger and wltch in the first try. However had difficulty with other bosses. For any boss in PEO2 movement and more so positioning is important. Sure stats and equipment is important too, but evading the attack for the last frames and continuing to attack immediately after an evasion roll will greatly improve the success chances. Most of my fights it’s either roll, run, roll, attack, or attacking while walking backwards and rolling in between. 🙈

[@comedy711]

This is actually peak poe2 content. The struggle of the learning curve is so real.

[@ticograndpa66]

Oh dear goodness!!! I'm sorry for what I going to say but I enjoy SO MUCH watch you die so many times and I want to give you my thanks, my subscribe and the bell for the honesty of your gameplay. I thought that I was bad playing it and even think about how regret I was for bought it. You are The Man. Keep it coming!!!

[@Kousano]

I appreciate the support! Glad you enjoyed :)

[@easykill_4522]

Yeah after switching myself, they ain’t no difficulty option in Poe 2, you gotta deal with it, but I love that. Feels more rewarding when you beat the bosses

[@norXmal]

You've got the persistence, which is an immensely good trait to have. Sometimes, if you feel you are running out of flask charges, it can help to use a different flask. If the boss has a lot of adds, it can be good with a recharge on kill flask, if there are none, charge over time. Resistances can also drastically help to resist certain attacks that gets you killed. Charms can save you from being frozen, bleeding, etc.

[@michaeljaspherbunayog5338]

This guy must've trained himself in Shongshan mountain range! Kept himself calm and composed despite dozens of deaths and really close victories that most of us would definitely lose our sh**!

[@futonrevolution7671]

If it helps your ego any, my first build was a Merc, using perma-frost/frag/high-velocity (and stubbornly sticking with click-to-move instead of WASD), and the minions kept swarming me during the long delay between ammo types. It took a half-dozen deaths, before I realized those phases are on a timer, so I didn't actually need to stop rolling long enough to attack them. But, yeah, you need to upgrade that health pot, move sideways instead of backwards, and not roll INTO anything that even vaguely resembles a circle (such as that black circle that showed how far the sword can reach).

[@LoneWolf10-12]

I was in the same situation. Merc with grenade/ explosive shot build is not the way to go. Specially playing it on a controller and I have no control of where my grenades are going. I’m thinking of going full electric and hope for the best. I beat this boss on my third try by learning its pattern and keeping my distance. Took a while but man I was ready to give up.

[@futonrevolution7671]

@@LoneWolf10-12 After the hyena boss, I decided to stop brute forcing with controls that didn't work with my build and am now brute forcing with Shockwave Totems. I don't care, if everyone says that the ancestral spirits Warbringer passive is the worst, because having the screen be filled with gigantic leatherback turtles has me able to leap slam away from any and all threats. The only thing that's made me panic so far with this build was two flying uniques in a row with mana drain auras and poison, since every monster is Usain Bolt.

[@balanceofjudgement4282]

Glad to see you didnt give up on it. Poe is the type of game that can humble you at times but its also very satisfying to get that kill. Enjoy the rest of the game, ser.

[@Kousano]

thanks homie

[@MatthiasCorvinu]

Buddy, my cousin and I struggled with this fight the first time too. Every fight with him since has gone way smoother.

[@ItsDopeScope]

Freeze trinket, a better hp flask that’s like a starter, dodging,not walking into telegraphed attacks, better equipment, like literally 20+ things I 1 tapped geonar in act 1 and again in harder act 1

[@vilnclik3430]

One of the biggest/best tips I realized while playing was; dodge roll less, use movement speed

[@DemonsCrest1]

yea, move speed is great. feels so good when you avoid an attack with it and know that you would have had to roll without it.

[@roshunepp]

I had the same problem you do. it took me a while to realize how much his cold resistance is. Gotta use something else.

[@drtaco_9051]

Tbf. I played this fight as a lot of other classes but when i played it as a frost mage, it is soo hard to see some of the dodgeable mechanics with this boss cause your frostbolt trail covers it up

[@bulelf]

I really enjoyed this boss fight. It's really well telegraphed and combined with the magnificent OST and his voice lines makes this one of the most epic boss fights in the game for me. If you have difficulty guessing the spell he'll cast by his movement or voice lines, the next best strategy is to just stop casting for a second, when he starts speaking, so you can better anticipate his attack and dodge it.

[@neshugg9486]

It is really painful to see that he got frozen by the same circle of ice many times. Almost like he doesn't learn. Edit: All he needed is some cold res, maybe some damage. Going back to farm some items is an option that's hard to do. There was a boss that dealt heavy fire damage at cruel dificulty. I was at 11% fire res but died on my first try when the boss had 0.1% hp. Decided to brute force it and ended up adding 5 dumdum rips to the counter. Idk if I was tilted but a power that didn't touch on the first try was always 1-shotting me after. I did went to the gamba npc to get some defensive gear for the fight but it was mostly trash.

[@DemonsCrest1]

nah, you just always need to keep strafing so they cant target you, and roll every time they indicating they gonna use a charged skill on you. you just got to avoid being caught on the circles and pretend like they are lava ^_^

[@Darkruk]

Tip from a poe1 vet: damage is everything, the faster you kill enemies the less damage they deal to you and it increases the clear speed which is needed for the money later. If you struggle its time for upgrades in your case you lacked damage (the small monsters swarmed you despite attacking) you can do it by changing support gems, refining your skill tree (look what people are doing online and try it), or getting better upgrades, biggest game changer in case of getting swarmed is movement speed on boots combined with debuffs on monsters, wind dancer aura is insanly useful for getting swarmed, it pushes back enemies causing gaps beteen enemies that allow to dodgeroll and you can add support gems that cause enemies blind and maim which is guaranteed to hit from wind dancer.

[@mendiganina6001]

Damn dude, you actually got good at the fight and improved. Last try you had 100% pot until the end. You did it. Also, you knew what you were doing wrong, the fact that you mentioned your gear could use improvement, or you could get more cold resistance or rearrange your skills showed me you weren't going to rage and piss on the game. You knew it gave you the tools to make it easier. Awesome attitude. Props to you, man.

[@Evulchair]

gotta say, despite everything else, i admire your perseverance man, keep at it!

[@ICLight412]

Guess I was fortunate with my warrior, beat him second try and had fun as hell playing. I loved part two when the fog came in. I was running my butt off lol

[@doruconstantin1208]

Epic battle. You really feel satisfaction after you manage to defeat the sad wolf

[@Wolfyowns]

I can't wait to see the Act2 struggles, keep it up!

[@alimperat0r]

It counted but you lost the loot. Each boss can be replayed if you restart the map

[@francisstranieri2067]

Great video! Nice to see your resilience

[@milrowz]

The thumbnail is so good

[@MajWin]

this was a funny watch, great content! i died to the wolf guy Count Geondor like 12 times my first try

[@Shikaeshi]

Such a rewarding fight. I felt a sense of accomplishment at the end.

[@iruga7379]

"Ok Derek...just dont stay on the fire/ice got it?" Derek: "stays on ice/fire"

[@Nabekukka]

"I'm a Derek. Dereks don't run." Anyone who gets this reference, has a really bad taste.

[@RichardWizard069]

Damn man you actually had the fight pretty dialed by the end, way to stick with it. GG

[@seanmarquis2216]

You didn't get the loot did you? That happened to me on the consort, no loot😢

[@seempli]

I had the same issue with this fight, I think this one is a perfect oportunity for some kind of tutorial to help new players(like me) to put my attention to some aspect of game I'm missing which could make a fight easier

[@Cfiddy17]

Man I got frustrated with this fight. Similar build to yours. The worst was realizing the mist wolves happen over and over lol. Got through it but my god.

[@tabbygg]

Act 1 final boss is actually my favorite one to fight.

[@johnoden5932]

I mean hey everyone is talking about how bad he is at this or that but at least he is enjoying him self and not blaming the game being bad just going through and learning the fight to get through it far too many people I have seen do what he is doing then instead of looking at gear to improve or learning as he did just blame the game being too hard or bad so props to you for doing it how you enjoy.

[@Kousano]

Thanks man! I had fun regardless of the struggle

[@DrJakeDPT]

super interesting to watch a non POE player go through this. For long time players, we know that the "fog part" is to actually build our potions by killing minions so its important to not use them during that time, elemental resistance makes or breaks viability, and surviving longer is more important than straight DPS.

[@dorayaki5494]

As a new player to the genre and PoE2 I started out as a Warrior... And I don't consider myself a souls veteran but I do enjoy them quite alot. Took me 3 tries on Geonor with the absolutest trashest gear. 2 to memorize some of his patterns and the 3rd to be lucky as shit when his HP dropped to around 15%. But I never considered that a hard fight. The trick is to no one surprise... dodge roll timings. :D

[@comati21]

my biggest struggle was the boss at the end of act 2, flask that self recharge are a must in long boss fights.

[@MechaTortuga]

Moment speed on boots is the first a new player should look for

[@oszaszi]

Did you go in with zero cold resistance? :D I think the game specifically drop s a bunch of cold resist items during act 1 due to this boss, including the first charm we get.

[@youtubestart8894]

Put cold resistance! Upgrade flasks to the maximum you can! When he summons the fog with the adds just kill the adds while dodging him for replenishing your life flask,and have fun!

[@nydaarius6845]

i'm not half way through the video but: 1: get better potions 2: overthink your "build", the skills you are using and the support gems. for example: go flamewall with fortress and spark and this guy is down in an instant with the basic sorc path on the passive tree 3: work on your movement. try different controls, or controller if you struggle. i got 6 characters through act 1 before doing act 2 with my main. your damage is waaaaay too low. its not that you are squishy per se. everyone is, because bosses hit hard in this game. so with the low damage you'd have to survive longer. you can farm your skill gems in earlier zones. you get them really quick. and now that i finished the video: it was a fun watch. thanks :)

[@DiSHTiX]

wow that was rough, i think it took me 4 or 5 tries with my mercenary yesterday for the first time. Try craft something or improve what you have. disenchant everything you pickup and time to time try a roll. For your pots you want charge reduction and increased recovery. Also its important to have as much HP on your gear as you can get. Clearing the maps thoroughly on your first walk through will help either be leveled/geared appropriately or a little over. Anyway.. i'm sure you get the idea. Dont speed walk through everything, enjoy the content.

[@Tekjive]

My first time w/Witch was just like this 🤣 teaches to dodge and refine your build, I like it 🖖🏻

[@forcedentry2010]

Nice to see someone staying calm while fighting him. I was not. lol

[@kacpersilacz]

oh brother it makes me happy to see that after every death ure smiling, not raging, ure playing poe2 the was it was designed. Most of the people try to rush as fast as possible and they rage everytime game has a hard fight or mechanic

[@Kousano]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it; games are supposed to be fun at the end of the day

[@Amhoj1]

Playing the way it was designed? By not upgrading hes gear? Sure.

[@Gertji]

Respect bro, most of poe community would've complained in chat/asking for a boost (aka the last two patches)

[@Annd-z7z]

Test first boss took me some tries, but the thing with POE is that you just have to think a little its not just all rush.

[@Altmer353]

That is kinda painfull to watch. So many skills that do nothing. Instead of focusing on set of skills that properly interact with each other. Like for example frostbolt + icenova and frostbolt + cold snap. You could easy freeze all wolves during his mist phase. Or got for full on arc + orb of storm build and blast them with lightning. I bet half of your skills dont have even one support gem. Also, what with you moving into his attack ?) In the beginning all your deaths were because you moved into his sword, from outside perspective it looked like you did it on purpose. :D

[@Kousano]

sword shiny

[@randomnamemab]

D4 player plays poe2

[@kacpersilacz]

Oh brother ure so smart!@!@!@! How many tutorials did you watch? How many hours do u have in poe 1? Man he is learning, stop being such a joy stealer lol. Id like to see how you manage in different games with like 10 hours into them

[@Altmer353]

@@kacpersilacz Better , that is for sure. You dont need to have experience in PoE1 to look up how skills interact between each other. And dude, chill. All i did is provided so much needed criticism. My intention is not to insult him, like it happens usually on the internet.

[@qnmt5783]

Same problem i have with the game, all skills do damage, little utility, ended up finishing the campaign using just a few.

[@VideoGamingSociety]

Damn, and I thought I was bad at this game 😂 Good job though, for being patient and pushing through! 👏

[@j.d.4697]

I had like 20 attempts before I got this boss on my first run. I finally beat him by learning how his moves work which are really cool design, then once I got the hang of how items and builds work bosses started feeling easier.