Path of Exile - How to beat Izaro - Full Guide to the Labyrinth Boss Fight

[@ecath]

If like me you have no memory : Conduits : 04:18 Charge Disruptors : 05:00 Elemental Essences 05:48 Gargoyles 06:28 Idols 07:14 Lieutenants 07:58 Summoning portals 08:18 Cursing fonts 08:48 Go on POE LAB to see what is the daily pattern

[@MrGordoEd]

thank you, good Sir.

[@jaimetheone9150]

Those cursing fonts were hard af to break, I couldn't break even one

[@xXExtremeRampageXx]

I got disconnected and lag killed so often in the Labyrinth, it isn't even funny anymore. Seriously the most dangerous enemy in this game are the servers...

[@AntiAnathema]

"In summary: ears ringing, jaw fractured, three ribs cracked, four broken, diaphragm haemmorraging. Physical recovery: six weeks. Full psychological recovery: six months. Capacity to gain ascendancy: neutralized."

[@kalfonfan]

Thank you VERY VERY much, I failed several times before beating him, following your advices ! Nice to have made this guide !

[@ItsYoji]

Nice to hear it helped you get through the labyrinth :)

[@OrmTostesson]

GARGLE

[@Tyrfingr]

Aahnoold Schuawtzneggah

[@maorsragovich8870]

Free slipping gargles!

[@HiddenHeathen]

gagoool :)

[@DexterMorgan]

I never realized how awkward that word is to say lol

[@johncrichton7461]

Just wanted to say thanks dude, would never have done this without you.

[@maiskk6326]

Perfect explanation, especially the fact that you bothered to point out the fact that, you can know before starting the fight what mechanic are up from previous fight. I just peaced it the first time.

[@21willyx21]

Wow, I had my doubts, by this guide made fighting Izaro much easier and helped me to beat him actually. Thank you!

[@backwaterskinny]

I failed this many times. After watching your video... passed first try. Thanks!

[@MrMyzable]

Thank you Yoji! Already knew the basics, but this was more indepth, quite helpful for future lab runs!

[@nathariassmith6603]

You know, your accent is really strange but your guides are wonderful. A little long for my personal taste, but thorough and detailed. Definitely subscribed.

[@ItsYoji]

Awesome! Welcome :)

[@GainingOne]

Excellent guide, Yoji! Just helped me take down my first Merciless Izaro.

[@Boltxhardrock]

The GAWGGLES also grant Izaro a passive buff to see under water.

[@noxigniter]

Best labyrinth guide i saw, thank you! Now I know why barrage one shot me with cursing fonts.

[@fefernan87]

Excellent Yoji, as usual!

[@elliphor2]

Thanks so much for this. It explains it perfectly, quickly & easily understandable :)

[@Altek2k]

Very nice, extremely detailed video!

[@soon7221]

Thanks, i was wondering why Izaro was one-shotting me in 3rd phase, now it's a piece of cake!

[@PericzStudio]

Am i too hungry or in the beggining question really was : "Do you have trouble eating Pizzaro?"

[@CurCrysor]

+ThePericz If you have trouble eating Pizzaro use "incheesed critical damage"

[@ItsYoji]

+ThePericz I have the right guide for you! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIm2o4irjreHfdk

[@Imi4000]

Thanks man! Great guide.

[@so0meone]

You missed one thing on the Fonts. When you destroy one, it curses you with a stronger version of its curse for 10 seconds. This is very noticeable with Temp Chains especially.

[@awxangel6781]

+Loco worth getting a warding flask just in case? temp chains sounds brutal

[@Postdotfuzz]

Never had trouble with Izaro until the arc build I'm running right now. Suddenly, Izaro smoked me. So, I thought I would finally bother to learn the mechanics of the fight and your video told me everything I needed to know to beat him with pathetic single target dps. Thanks, Yogi! You're the bomb!

[@alurielll5241]

Yoji, the hero poe community deserves!

[@FrankyboyFloyd]

Amazing guide!

[@lourunCoria]

Really useful guide , thanks for your efforts

[@nikkola807]

Good video, Yoji. For me most difficult part in Izaro fight are lags (my laptop is not very powerful). First lag on first use of skeleton blast. Second lag appears on activating spike traps. Third lag - on teleport inside trap area. Each one can cause 4-5 seconds of freeze, so usually it ends by death. It will be great when GGG complete optimization patch.

[@ItsYoji]

+nikkola807 That sounds really painful to get through man. I hope they either fix it or you can upgrade your rig a bit :)

[@nikkola807]

+ItsYoji Well yes, quite horrible experience :) . But now my character can afford lags due 5k hp.

[@stevenpang0423]

still hard when izaro 1 shot shot but great video it really help new players understand the mechanics alot

[@shadownote-world]

good job Yoji.

[@cello1993]

Nice, thanks! Great guide!

[@jreaganmorganchannel]

I think you need to insert a "THE TOUCH OF GOD!" sound effect whenever a boss does an attack like that

[@ulruc]

Started POE 3 days ago, playing a Witch without any build guide (I do not want one for the campaign, even if it means having to restart later on). For that reason, I am not playing into the league. Had no issue in all of the quests and dungeons at all, reached level 40, tried Izario and die twice in a row. I guess even if my DPS was enough for the rest, against Izaro I just get flooded with summons (mecanics was the portals, followed by the gargoyles). Clearly I'll need to pick these items the next time and hopefuly try to get a bit more DPS before I try again :)

[@elfguy2007]

Great video helped me a lot i just started playing poe making a spark scion in the breach mode.

[@CurrencyPrime]

Very nice guide, thx.

[@smokenotes7655]

I am pretty sure the portals' summons do NOT grant you flask charges! Great video Yoji keep it up my frend

[@xSilentshotx]

awesome vid yoji NOT THERE WASNT NO 420 BLAZE IT LOGO

[@Sarahmint]

Now please tell us what build takes hammer hits from Izaro and barely make a scratch?

[@Ludak021]

any basic marauder build that spreads to golems blood node and has taken all the life regen nodes along the way and has 800+ life/s regen and 50% phys dmg reduction (armor).

[@GurneroMaelstrom]

watching in 2020, useful guide. BTW doesn't Izaro drops more keys if fully buffed?

[@Altroante]

How to beat Izaro: Don't play evasion char. Don't drop fps (LMAO)

[@xFiebsi]

+Altroante i play pure evasion raider and have no problem with him...just walk attack , and you are fine...decent dmg helps ofc for some mechanics

[@Altroante]

christopher fieb hard to walk attack when you get 25 fps from some attack OR server lag

[@Beoorc]

+Altroante yea fuck the servers!

[@mattbrown570]

+Altroante damn I wish I got 25 fps! My potato only does 12 on a good day lol

[@API-Beast]

+Altroante Hard with Evasion char if he one shots you, Easy with Evasion char if he doesn't.

[@CyyFyy]

Great vid! Thanks!

[@mercerwing1458]

Whirling blades trickter is OP.

[@literallyfigurative4543]

+Mercer Wing no bladefall?

[@isiseffect8602]

This whole labyrinth and Izaro fight are stupid.

[@Dilo22]

As a necromancer, the 1st and 2nd fights are cakewalks. But the 3rd is a nightmare. I can imagine any build not built for head on confrontation would struggle greatly; that tiny arena laced with traps is rough.

[@Dilo22]

yeah, that would certainly help . Being able to see where you're walking so you dont lose a foot or two lol

[@ultimate898989]

Thanks for explanation of Izaro mechanics...we're taught three times(one set in each difficulty) how to avoid quite primitive traps(a.k.a. trials) but nowhere is the izaro fight modification explaned...do not understand why... btw i didn't know what disruptors do even though i farmed merc-izaro alot already) just used them all before next phase)

[@xFiebsi]

+ultimate898989 well it sfun figuring it out by your own -.-

[@ultimate898989]

christopher fieb it's fun, but as i said i just can't figure out the disruptors one)) but i must say that i'm playing build with very high single target dps(blade vortex), so i often finish izaro too fast for any mechanics to do anything for me

[@subhi_sadiyev]

What about shrines in the secret rooms that give you permanent buff while you are in labyrinth?

[@OPGuitarandGames]

Hey Yoji, good video thanks. Are planning on doing a "Wha tyou gain when getting super hard Izaro fight" guide ?

[@chaos3088]

For claw/dagger users, just get dash + whirling blades, hit n run whole time n eventually you'll beat him.

[@nicknicksiren]

Oh man, watching a video on the labyrinth without shadow graphics is just brutal! You need shadows for that place :)

[@ItsYoji]

+nicknicksiren If your goal is to make all the attacks easy to recognize and clearly visible shadows do not help. For immersion I agree, shadows make the lab look much more dangerous.

[@nicknicksiren]

+ItsYoji Yeah that's true. The lab just looks completely different without shadows because of shadow cascading since they cover absolutely everything.

[@idn]

Great info!

[@cozie8523]

I use an old RF Incinerate Marauder (Nerfed) character & face tank him.

[@lironk1]

I'm not sure the green missiles are fire ...I have 75% fire resist and 1k life and he kills me in one shot ....actually all bosses kills me with one shot haha (I play with ranger ...any tips for surviving bosses and not being dead after one shot ?)

[@ItsYoji]

I am fairly certain they deal fire damage. How far into the game are you with 1k life?

[@lironk1]

+ItsYoji you would laugh....started act 2 on third difficulty level of the game

[@zylle1993]

+liron kahani wtf u have 1k life on merciles ???? i have 1.2k life on normal act 3 lol

[@lironk1]

+Sylvester Pedersen yea haha I never invested points on life increase...so basically I handled the mobs quite easily but the bosses are killing me after one hit.... I opened a new ranger char with different build (mainly on life increase and attack speed and crits....my previous one was mainly focused on projectile damage and crits )

[@zylle1993]

+liron kahani use a build guide for you first couple toons :b

[@kotsifis250]

trying to run this with my first character at lvl 67 xD with no legit gear yet and holy shit this is hard but with this guide i am on the second stage and hopefully i will beat izaro soon

[@slindimasq]

Many Thanks for this

[@bronzekoala9141]

I didn't know any of this, still i got him first time :D It was very close though.

[@OvidiuHretcanu]

excelent video! what about the treasure keys drop mechanics?

[@janovmi2]

how much damage should i have (for uber) ?? i have juggernaut with 10 ENDU and 20-30% life regen but only around 20k dps (bladefall) ... i can ignore allthe traps and survive (facetank) mostly anythink,... how much damage is enought to deal with izaro fast enought , or better how much damage do i need to kill the gargayls, lutenants, golems etc ... right now i have no chance to kill them in time to prevent izaro to get buffed

[@Yessica748]

Thank you sir I was just dying alot!!!. But after the video I roflstomped Izaro lol

[@joelbell6275]

Can you link us to builds, Yoji, that can compete on the leader-boards on each difficulty level? I'm having trouble beating Cruel Lab, even being level 63, but I am pigeonholing myself into a build that isn't OP at all and trying to do it. I want to be able to make it work, though.... Maybe I just need to know more about the game, so I was wondering what builds people use to speed through the Labyrinth at every difficulty level, so maybe I can find something to add to my build to make it strong enough.

[@BoZzbingostaR]

why not just stand in front oft him and spam your spell/attack until he is dead while blocking all his attacks and getting 3 keys at the end? :D

[@lullylew9083]

Great guide. My problem lies somewhere in my build though. With flasks my phys reduction is up in the high 80's - 90's yet still if I get hit by Izaro I lose a good 3.5 - 4k health. :(

[@LoxG]

Tried the labyrinth for the first time today, on HC normal. Man, is that shit hard. T.T I was pretty overleveled going in, 38 (39 when reaching stage 3 Izaro) and the zone itself is 33. So I was expecting a pretty easy time. Boy, was I mistaken... Had to tp out of the final fight, because I would have died without a doubt. I did not know about the charges that carry over and the trinkets though, so I might try again tomorrow using those.

[@parheliaa]

Newbie question. If we are in melee range (where he uses his auto attacks), does he also cast spells then?

[@CohnmanTheBudbarian]

so just beat the 3 ads that join in the fight and you should be good yeah??

[@SkyLordPanglot]

My main problem is that when there are too much things going on in the room, my FPS drops heavily. Any guide for making the game more stable for weaker PCs? :D And thanks for the guide. It helped a lot. It turns out that on my first fight with him I got the hardest and most confusing mechanics. The statues that heal. I had no idea whats going on and I tried to kill them, but when I saw that they cannot die I left them and focused on Izaro himself. Which of course brought two statues in the next fight and I didnt know whats going on.

[@Aprils-98732]

What's max charges (if any) that he can get and at what point during that fight do u get another treasure key in final fight?

[@manhhoang4989]

sadly what kill me is lag not izaro

[@mediocreman2]

Yet you didn't explain how to even meet the villain again. Do I need to do the entire labrynth again or move to basilica or what?

[@KeeDeeBboYZCrips]

Hello, Thanks for that great vid, but I still have one question remaining about the Lieutenants and especially the Lieutenant of rage, the one that has "Cast damage reflection"... Is it a temporary cast (so a curse) that can be visible for a short time lapse ? Or is it permanent ?

[@gorgoroty]

How can I kill it as a Marauder lvl 40? It is to hard. Can you give me any tips? ( I'm a noob/newbie)

[@thegoodsamaritan4333]

hello sir. i would like to ask you if the marohi eq as of today is worth the 6L? i have a perfect marohi and im a marauder eq

[@Khairinairfan]

That temp chain font is really annoying when you killed and when you didn't bring curse removal flask -_-

[@TheRealRouthousekick]

Her "Green Missile Barrage" Just 1shotted my witch Lv. 46 on damn NORMAL DIFFICULTY... got 600hp and 700 shield, does my gear suck? xD

[@ItsYoji]

Were you resistance capped and actually at full shield? Overall this seems a bit low though.

[@TheRealRouthousekick]

***** my resistance isnt capped at all, im running with 70% lightning (with res buff), 40% cold and like 10-15% fire. somehow i got -10% chaos... my rings got 30% fire / Cold but i still only got around 10% fire res...

[@asdanjer]

What about telling that you get more keys if you do a harder fight, so you shouldn't clean them at all normally if you got a good build?

[@ItsYoji]

My logic was that if you can beat Izaro fully buffed you do not need a guide on how to beat him. Or the other way around, if you need a guide on how to beat him, you don't want him buffed.

[@TarkeCat]

Great video Yoji but you missed out a highly effective alternate strategy. Play an Oro's Sacrifice Flickerstriker, bind Flicker to the 'Q' key. Hold Q. Ascendancy be praised exiles.

[@nodnarbregztem8546]

+Tarke Cat Well Hey! Been watching your videos lately. Haven't looked yet, but hopefully you have a build guide for said build? Just found an Oro's recently. Sounds fun. Thanks for your content!

[@ItsYoji]

+Robert Metzger He has and his videos are really nice imo. His obsession with Oro's Flicker is weird though. ;)

[@nodnarbregztem8546]

Yeah just watched it actually! Thank you so much for this video also, now I feel more confident about Izaro.

[@TarkeCat]

+ItsYoji Obsession? Just doing my part to try and give the strongest build of 2.2 cough* it's place on the map. I have sent multiple emails to Chris now in regards to rebranding PoE to PoO, Path of Oro's is a far catcher name and now when a would be exile googles PoO they will no longer have to wade through poets, everybody wins right?

[@z0h33y]

Gargle's and Eetsaro. PS: how does everyone in this game have over 6k hp? Im struggling to get even over 3k!

[@xxCrimsonSpiritxx]

farm till u cant farm no mo

[@coolpeopleit]

'The portals are the easiest one'... I tried this once and failed extremely hard, it was the portals that killed me. I was running templar with primarily aoe spells, but I couldn't kill the mobs fast enough to get health back. Before long the entire room was full of them. Thats why I'm here, is something wrong with my build? I'm lvl 34 and I have been stomping every other mob in the game up until now

[@literallyfigurative4543]

how about Wind Pulse ? also have u even tried barrage coc srs with zombies and flame totem and/or any fire spell totem u want? scion of course XD

[@ajiex55rus]

How much an armour you have on this video?

[@fee8422]

Nice guide Yoji! I think the Izaro fight was a really good addition to poe. I think it might be just a little bit too easy though. I did my first merc lab 3 levels underleveled (in hardcore) and didn't ever really panic. I just think the curse font are much much harder than the other ones, maybe together with the idols, which is a bit of a shame. Maybe some of the other mechanics can be buffed a little. I'd really like some builds struggeling with certain mechanics more than others, as to keep the diversity up, but if you're having trouble you can just wait for a day where the mechanics are favourable for your build. I also think that traps are a little harsh on ES characters, especially early on.

[@ItsYoji]

+Marijn Zwitserloot ES characters do struggle more against traps indeed. I find Izaro not too easy, maybe you should play worse builds ;)

[@fee8422]

Good advice! I am about to reroll something worse than a pizzablaster. I just hope my lowlife build is ready for some serious traps.

[@eshel4463]

How much dps do i need?

[@HolyShatAMonkey]

Doesn't the wind slash do partial cold? I feel like I've heard that from plenty of sources, though that doesn't mean it's correct. Also, I think the fonts cast an empowered curse on you on death. Thoughts?

[@ItsYoji]

+HolyShatAMonkey From my testing it does not doo elemental damage, tested it by lowering my cold, fire and lightning res and compared damage. But I could always be wrong.

[@HolyShatAMonkey]

+ItsYoji I'll keep testing, but I've been frozen by it twice today, and I think I had the conduit of frost down. Then again, the fight in merciless is hectic, so I could very well be wrong xD

[@-dash.]

What level should i be to try to complete the labyrinth?

[@ItsYoji]

This largely depends on your build and gear. You usually want to be above the zone level of the labyrinth by a bit before you do it.

[@-dash.]

im a summoner witch and i just found out it will be very difficult for me....

[@starkiller34]

I jsut did it today on a summoner witch (was my first time). Did it level 43 for standard, so thats 10 levels above the zone level, but overall was a breeze, just ran around the room in circles letting my minions (2 spectres, 1 golem, 5 zombies and 8 skeletons) zerg him. I would stop once in a while to recast skeletons and blazing spirits. Only mechanic I did was gargoyles as they are easy to kill on standard. Last encounter do the same but be mindfull of traps obviously.

[@kev23dk]

why cant we be like izaro where leap slap causes EQ.. I mean its a bit like D3 but hell sometimes I wish it would be EQ after leap slam.. It's kinda weird where you fly 30 ft into the air and land only hurting a few enemies.. Uhhh GGG next patch perhaps?

[@iannoonan5807]

what level should i try this?

[@innocentdevl9499]

whats exact lvl to beat this mofu

[@manferd83]

how does those darkshrines works? i took the trouble to activate the darkshrine, but doesnt seems to benefit from them...

[@ItsYoji]

The effect is always the same for the same day but it can be good or bad. The thing about darkshrines is their effects are not obvious all the time and can include a wide variety of things.

[@manferd83]

so... those darkshrines... with sliver keys... doesnt seems to worth my effort to go there and unlock... even some of sliver door chest. the drops doesnt seems worth it... but it was like 1 or 2 attempt. i rather kill the boss and get the treasure keys and roll the enchant faster to increase the enchant i want instead of spending good 20 mins to get sliver keys and get useless loot...

[@ItsYoji]

You can look up beforehand what the shrine will do on poelab.com to see if it is worth it

[@manferd83]

Thanks!

[@DanielBlack82]

Short hand, walk around him and tray not to stand around, personally i find the charge one the worse its kind of hard to see when and how much he has charges so i often end up leaving him with charges. Honestly i find my chances of death in the labyrint go up if i go around exploring side areas, also screw silver keys that 95% of the time some of the least worth while garbage

[@ItsYoji]

+SnowCrash Yeah definitely. After expIoring a lot in the beginning of the league now I mainly rush for the exit and through the trials. If I see an easy silver key, chest or trinket still I pick it up.

[@mathewslol]

I deactivate 1 charge, like you said, and I can't even scratch him... I tried the first time, and I made to the final aspirant, and now I can't pass through the first.. I don't know what is happening, heeelp =D

[@mathewslol]

I have a EQ Slayer BTW.

[@KordinsonHD]

2:33 summon skeletos

[@ItsYoji]

+KordinsonHD RUINED !

[@firespawnie537]

Whirling blades and 200k dmg incinerate can kill it in less than 20seconds.

[@Madredz]

as a eq duelist what single target ability should I use?

[@ItsYoji]

EQ :D

[@Madredz]

+ItsYoji thank you for the reply. I adore your videos they are insanely Informative. I'm now trying out a bf miner occultist :)

[@ItsYoji]

That should work really well :D

[@Madredz]

Yeah im hoping :D never made it bast cruel act 1 so im hoping to reach maps and experience the full game.

[@ItsYoji]

good luck!

[@lucashollas9013]

What are those graphics

[@marcosceles2789]

Yet, if you don't destroy the mechanics, you earn bonus keys in the end

[@LordDeathzPT]

Argus next?

[@ascendedsleeper5693]

+LordDeathzPT Argus is easy if you can lure him into whatever traps are nearby. I highly recommend decoy totem.

[@LordDeathzPT]

+Crow Herald Thanks friend, i shall try.

[@metaminerx]

what do the charges give izzaro?

[@ItsYoji]

+metaminerx From what I tested mainly resistances and physical damage reduction but it is really difficult to say for sure as he has a lot of life and his lifebar moves very slowly anyways. If he gains damage it is very little, couldn't see much of a difference.

[@hibernate778]

why does everyone have like 6000 hp wtf, im like lvl 32 trying to do lab with like 900 hp. what do pls halp

[@ItsYoji]

There are 4 labs, one in normal, one in cruel one in merciless and another in maps. For the higher ones you need the HP :)

[@Crihs95]

don't do it at level 32, do normal lab once you are at least at Act 3 Cruel and do Cruel Lab once you are at Dried Lake in merciless so that you're sure, do Merciless and Uber once you feel safe or just buy a carry from someone that has a lab farmer

[@starkiller34]

act 3 cruel.. aint that a bit much? I did this at level 43, so basicly just after finishing act 4 normal. Summoner witch.

[@ConjugatedDiene]

VUNERALBILITY sounds so cute

[@andreipastrama3954]

Weapons that his uses: -2h sword -2x 1h sword -1h sword + shild* you forgot this one, no ?

[@ItsYoji]

+Andrei Pastrama In all the lab runs I did I never noticed a shield. And I did a ton of them. Anyone can confirm this? Maybe with a screenshot? :o

[@heavyferrum397]

+ItsYoji in 0:53 he wields a shield

[@leotib]

+ItsYoji There is one in your vid Yoji :D

[@ItsYoji]

Oh lol, never noticed. He is the same as double sword Izaro then. He probably gets some defenses from it while double sword might have some offense buff? Would be my guess but those things are very hard to test.

[@andreipastrama3954]

+ItsYoji Well skills change, when he carry a shild, he gets Shild Charge. And i feel like he is the most dangerous when 2 x 1h sword ... some times i leave it, if i see double sword. >.> Then 1h sword + shild. And the easiest for me to avoid the dmg, it's when he carry the 2h Mace *-*.

[@Schmidteren]

so mant mechanics. insane!!

[@rukr4845]

Is that your glove enchantment?

[@ItsYoji]

+vincent Rukr Yep, it shoots out copies of my weapon.

[@spook7907]

Using a Spectromancer build... level 26, i got to the second fight, and got insta-killed... F***ing gargoyles... Thank for the mech tho!!!!

[@kontraktorpurnamasdk7173]

thanks!