Kaylon

The talent only lowers the damage you need to take to gain a wound. It does nothing for the wounds gained from drugs or dance of death.

When you obtain Cladhaliath it comes with two unique enchantments which take some of your enchantment slots. I think you're left with only 7 slots which means you have to choose between superb and exceptional+lash.

Why? What happens if you gain reputation with the Principi?

I think they give it to ciphers because they can't use it on themselves...

Alchemy only increases potions/drugs duration now.

You still have some time, the patch isn't yet live

I think you won't be able to damage yourself anymore. Also the helm was nerfed and it's not possible anymore to stack multiple charges.

I picked the Iroccian claendar from somebody's pocket...(I remember it because it wasn't one of the common books you find).

Best tank is herald because it combines passive high defenses, armor and health regeneration. Other classes can achieve maybe higher defense but for limited time.

Cool, my build wasn't nerfed yet...

These tricks might work solo if you can run around, hide, reset encounter, etc... But what happens if you can't? (example ship combat) Also rogues seem OP because of persistent distraction, but that won't work against enemies resistant to perception afflictions or immune to flanking. And the afflictions you can apply with your abilities don't last very long or can be resisted and then, suddenly, your OP bonuses will vanish...

How monk/rogue benefits from Frostseeker? Except from AoE afflictions. Since swift flurry not procing form ranged attacks. Increased AoE (monk int), huge dmg (both from rogue dmg and monk lashes), high speed and good crit chance (dance of death, dirty fighting). But a ranger could work too with the monk for even more accuracy and driving flight which can make the bow proc like crazy.

Don't know if it was changed but Aloth's effiggys gives +1int and +5reflex.

chanter/rogue - for speed/lash chant, summons, buffs, AoE armor debuff rogue/cipher - to apply long lasting AoE eystrike, charm, etc with 2x pistols and modal monk/rogue - with frostseeker ranger/rogue - with dragon's dowry ranger/devoted -with hunting bow and modal

I think the last boss has something like 134 melee accuracy and 15 melee penetration on potd. You need 204 deflection to avoid all hits, 184 deflection to be hit only by grazes and 134 deflection to avoid criticals. Based on that here are my potd tiers at lv20 (just for melee): - 100+ deflection and 12+ melee AR - light tank - 134+ deflection & 8+ melee AR - tank - 134+ deflection & 16+ melee AR - master tank - 184+ deflection & 8+ melee AR - superman - 184+ deflection & 16+ melee AR - walking fortress - 204+ deflection - god

There's another pet - Abraham in Neketaka (Queen's Berth) - reduces armor recovery and heals on kill.

Under frenzy it's impossible to control your health and stay bloodied using heals and damage reduction. Just pump int and alchemy to have long lasting potions of Last Stand and don't bother with healing/defenses/armor anymore. Get instead items which proc on crit or increases damage/speed.

Marauder (Berserker/Streetfighter) Your class will be hard to play even in normal and the only way to make it work at melee is by using potions of Final Stand (with high alchemy and intellect) or Barring Death's Door from a priest. So until you reach Neketaka where you can find the ingredients for your potion my advice is to grab a hunting bow and use Frenzy until you become bloodied.

Then your MC isn't tanky enough. You need chain mail, the helmet with the dmg reduction buff, the necklace from the well, medium shield+modal, armor potion, healing potions and the 50% heal buff. Hylea's food helps too or captain's banquet. If you have the bonus merchant you can add the +2con belt and the amulet of greater health. After that you go in stealth behind the mage (before they become hostile). At the beginning of the fight you drink the potion and kill the mage first. If you have enough Int then the buff from the helmet will be active almost all the time.

All the fights on the first island can be done solo on potd with the right build/strategy - some builds need consumables, some don't. What class do you play?

Of course there's a difference, but it's insignificant - without checking their stats or the logs you wouldn't be able to say who has the boon. It's like when you go to the grocery and buy something labeled "bio" - you pay more, you can't tell the difference, but you hope it will make a difference in the long run... If you don't understand the math, don't pretend to. Exactly, keep that in mind next time you post...

Of course there's a difference, but it's insignificant - without checking their stats or the logs you wouldn't be able to say who has the boon. It's like when you go to the grocery and buy something labeled "bio" - you pay more, you can't tell the difference, but you hope it will make a difference in the long run...

No, the difference is insignificant if you consider also all the other bonuses at your disposal... Also if you're using a bad spread for your barbarian it's obvious you'll see a bigger difference with more points. Use instead 13 13 13 18 18 3 for the first one and I can guarantee you can't tell the difference

There are easier ways to get the 18points: - repair ship - 2p - reach Neketaka - 1p - recruit all companions - 2p - maximize relationship with a companion - 2p (pray with Xoti at an altar repeatedly) - minimize relationship with a companion - 2p (pray with Maia/Pallegina at an altar repeatedly) - assign a memeber to all ship slots - 2p - attach first ship upgrade - 2p - attach all upgrades to a ship - 2p - name your first island - 2p (you have just to enter/exit the dungeon on the nameless island) - survive attack from crew - 2p (remove food/water from ship and sail until there's a mutiny) - craft 5 potions - 1p - craft 3 scrolls - 2p - craft 5 bombs - 1p - place 5 traps - 1p - create adventurer - 1p

I always use the boons (stats, skills and merchant) for a few reasons: for me the MC deserves to be a little more special as the herald of Berath I also consider them as a compensation for all the bonuses lost from PoE1 I like to play with all the content available in the game (including pre-order bonuses, etc) I play only solo on potd and I don't like to feel penalized for that during conversations/interactions