Corpse explosion type of damage ?

[Keboom]

HC mode.
So I was happy to finally finished the Act X for the first time. And at the second map i do, i'm one shoted by corpse explosion.
I was 4000 life+ES and my res was nearly all caped, 2900 armor, CDWT with steelskin lvl 16 ...
It hurts ... a lot.
How can i prevent it next time ? What type of damage is this ?

[The_Driver]

It's basically https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Detonate_Dead

Explosion deals base Fire Damage equal to x% of the corpse's Maximum Life

[Keboom]

So enemies use our same gems skills. All fire, i got it thanks.

It also cannot be blocked, it cannot be reflected. What a nightmare :(

Do you guys dare going HC with negative chaos res ? Or is it another way to be one shoted ?

[The_Driver]

Originally posted by Mikel:

So enemies use our same gems skills. All fire, i got it thanks.

They use modified versions, but the gist is that it's fire damage, aoe and stuff.

Usually the corpses will have some sort of "pulsating" (for lack of a better term) animation before they go up, if you see that, get out of there.

Originally posted by Mikel:

Do you guys dare going HC with negative chaos res ? Or is it another way to be one shoted ?

With my PC I can''t go HC because I get bluescreens once in a while, don't wanna loose my characters to my mainboard failing.

[Keboom]

Thanks, if i have to spend another 30 hours on a character, i would like to avoid this kind of bad surprise again :D

[Zzabur]

One more question, i use Bubonic Trail giving me Death Walk (same as detonate dead), does this corpse explosion deal damages if i got Ancestral Bond (+1 totem, can't deal damage with personal skills)?

[Drake]

death walk is basically the same thing as detonate dead, and ancestral bond prevents damage from corpse explosion skills like detonate dead unless they are cast with spell totem or trap/mine. So I would say no.

[DarkFaceGlow]

4K health isn’t helping much either.

[Herr Quezt]

I think the best counter against corpse explosion is knowing what bosses & enemies (including totems) cast it, so you'll have a better understanding of when to play safe.

I wouldn't say chaos resistance is necessary for HC but it helps in some situations. If you plan on delving deep you'd want to try and get som chaos res for example.

[Valmar]

https://youtu.be/hg2igd-a0Oc?t=12

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