End game survivability.

Yeah I've always hate ES with passion even since POE1.

On def side, there's ES, EV and AR, but ES is so much more powerful and consistent.

On 'lifepool' side we have Life and ES, ES again takes the cake because of larger pool.

Seriously, on both front, ES is superior, especially when coupled with CI.

CI is not an actual downside.

Think about it, all ES mod are PREFIX. All ES user can goes for triple prefix.

AR/EV still need LIFE, which happens to be a prefix too.

The 'problem' with life in POE1 was the enourmous recovery, which honestly, is here too POE2 although abit harder. POE2 kinda fix this with lower Max HP and more limited recovery.

ES should works like witchhunter's Sorcery Ward. 7sec CD, not option for recovery other than cooldown.

ES should never gotten, leech, regen, ES on block etc. Those sustenance + huge pool means they are never going out, most of the time.

Both Ward and Sorcery Ward is definitely an idea GGG is throwing to revamp ES, and I hope they come soon.

Down with ES!

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rrdkl#0460 a écrit :

. So on top of it being literally impossible to survive a bosses slam in many cases, you are now taking constant chip damage from every single enemy. They acknowledge that armour is in a horrible state but then they implement patches that make it even worse on us.

This is not true. Both my 2h no shield warrior and shield warrior pure armour can stand in things that many ES users complain about on the forums.

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Mashgesture#2912 a écrit :

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rrdkl#0460 a écrit :

. So on top of it being literally impossible to survive a bosses slam in many cases, you are now taking constant chip damage from every single enemy. They acknowledge that armour is in a horrible state but then they implement patches that make it even worse on us.

This is not true. Both my 2h no shield warrior and shield warrior pure armour can stand in things that many ES users complain about on the forums.

Mate, i've never seen a single ES user with 8K+ ES (easily done) complaining about anything

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GabrielCorso#5386 a écrit :

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Mashgesture#2912 a écrit :

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rrdkl#0460 a écrit :

. So on top of it being literally impossible to survive a bosses slam in many cases, you are now taking constant chip damage from every single enemy. They acknowledge that armour is in a horrible state but then they implement patches that make it even worse on us.

This is not true. Both my 2h no shield warrior and shield warrior pure armour can stand in things that many ES users complain about on the forums.

Mate, i've never seen a single ES user with 8K+ ES (easily done) complaining about anything

Go to the threads complaining about digsite boss oneshotting them

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3842682/page/1

Go to the threads complaining about geonor/jam one shotting them
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3864711
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3901533/page/1#p26523953


Go to the threads complaining about the architect one shotting them
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3900813

Go to the threads complaining about abyss mobs freezing and killing them
https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3903150/page/1#p26538314

The list is endless with build issues and 8k ES being a bar for entry is pretty low. These people have 12k+

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3908582 "I get one shot with 12k ES"

sadly yes, es is king a specialy whit ci.
everything else is bad .

its a shame armor is so far in the dumpster honestly

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tdonov5#2743 a écrit :

its a shame armor is so far in the dumpster honestly

It’s not

It’s probably my favorite defense in the game


After the addition of armour applied to elemental, armour really has been amazing


Pretty amazing addition. People just go all offense on their tree and then wonder what is killing them, blaming it on armour

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Fyrel#3118 a écrit :

The armour percentage damage reduction is so misleading in this game.
90% damage reduction only applies if you are getting hit for up to 1% of your armour ie white mobs.

A hit that deal 10% of your armour is only reduced by 50% so you really need 50k+ armour to hope to take a hit from a boss.

They really need more options to increase life.

Yeah, you are correct
My full fire Bear Druid build focuses on armour and overall tankiness, including "armour applies to elemental damage " shit

And while I do survive, I always have to dodge, run, regain HP etc
Even white mobs in tier 12 maps hit me so hard somethimes that I have to go back to the Well :)))

It's true, armour does not work at all.