Getting one shot by bosses

[Rogat]

So I can't solo the cruel Labyrinth because there is always that one boss that manages to one shot me and I can't do anything.

I have decent amount of energy shield, lightning and fire resistance but negative on cold and chaos, maybe that's the issue?

[Deverti]

just get back to it when you re ready

maxing your res should be one of your top priorities going into mercielss tho

[Rogat]

Originally posted by Deverti:

just get back to it when you re ready

maxing your res should be one of your top priorities going into mercielss tho

Alright, thanks for the tip.

[Captain Pentium]

I usually just complete the difficulty ahead of time. (Do Normal Lab on Cruel, Cruel on Merciless, Merciless whenever I'm ready) Usually by that time you're more than powerful enough to do the labs. The only thing that should be really harmful is the traps then. Try getting a stone golem as well.

Originally posted by Deverti:

maxing your res should be one of your top priorities going into mercielss tho

This too.

[Rogat]

Originally posted by 𝕯.𝕺.𝕮:

I usually just complete the difficulty ahead of time. (Do Normal Lab on Cruel, Cruel on Merciless, Merciless whenever I'm ready) Usually by that time you're more than powerful enough to do the labs. The only thing that should be really harmful is the traps then. Try getting a stone golem as well.

Originally posted by Deverti:

maxing your res should be one of your top priorities going into mercielss tho

This too.

Thanks and yeah I did complete the normal labyrinth on cruel because actually only then I knew it existed.

Traps don't bother me too well because of my energy shield and speed potion, but when there is a monster encounter and the gamma is super low while I'm apparently standing on a spike trap I can't see at all that's where I mostly die unless I get owned by one of the three bosses.

In any case I'm now prioritizing on buffing my low resistances and defence.

[jbridso]

You really just need to cap out resists, stack a bit of life, and keep life flasks up to date with staunching to get through leveling. Armor, Energy Shield, or Evasion are nice, but not really necessary until you get to maps.

[Rogat]

Originally posted by Soto:

Originally posted by Skaylor:

So I can't solo the cruel Labyrinth because there is always that one boss that manages to one shot me and I can't do anything.

I have decent amount of energy shield, lightning and fire resistance but negative on cold and chaos, maybe that's the issue?

3.0 cruel lab is a lot easier and won't have any of those one shot mechanics

Your main issue I'm assuming is

A) You're under 2k (which is really min as avg you want is 3k)
B) You're letting Izaro get his buffs which you should avoid

Yeah you are 100% right, and good to know they are removing those insane quick massive damage abilities

[Rogat]

Originally posted by jbridso:

You really just need to cap out resists, stack a bit of life, and keep life flasks up to date with staunching to get through leveling. Armor, Energy Shield, or Evasion are nice, but not really necessary until you get to maps.

If I'm a witch summoner, how much life do I really need?

[Samseng Yik]

You should tell which phase Izaro kill you in 1 hit.
If it is 3rd phase, ask yourself, do you let Izaro gain all the bonus from 1st and 2nd phase?

[Rogat]

Originally posted by Samseng Yik:

You should tell which phase Izaro kill you in 1 hit.
If it is 3rd phase, ask yourself, do you let Izaro gain all the bonus from 1st and 2nd phase?

No matter how I debuff him, I always get one shot killed if he catches me with his earthquake missle.

[Samseng Yik]

Is time for you to show your passive.
My witch just complete Cruel Lab 3 levels ago.
She is Elementalist. Playing Golem and Firestorm + Flametotem.
I don't know how to show you my gear/stat. So this is my current passive excluding Ascendancy.
HP = 900
ES = 2400
Firestorm Per Hit = 1100
Firestorm crit chance = 16
Passive ES Generation = 80

https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAABAMAAAN1BUINfBEtEVAW8xpsGoEbJRzcJjwo-iycLR8vnTW5PV9BlkuuTLNRdFJTV8lfBF9qZJ1mVGaeaPJtGXIPfEt8g3_GgpuCx4V7jHaPGo_6kyeUb5UglnSXlZf0mjudY52uoqOmmacIpyuus7aGtzG4k8HFwfPQH9DQ0PXVptlb34rkIukC6-7r9ewY7DjtIO087-vyHffB-ej60g==

At here, I am assuming you have full understanding of how Izaro gain bonus in Labyrinth 1st/2nd phase.

[Tenzek]

You only need physical for all of Izaro's attacks. The goddess (thing that floats above him during the fight) casts a fire spell, too. Cold, lightning and chaos aren't needed unless you ignore the fight mechanics and allow him to accumulate buffs.

A ruby flask and a granite flask can go a long way to helping you survive, if you can time them for when you know you're going to be hit, but you really also need to focus on increasing your HP pool. If you're going ES, take as many passive nodes as you can to increase your total ES. Don't go all offense.

[Samseng Yik]

Even more important. Izaro instant kill skill is actually have long wind up animations.
Running circle around Izaro is very very safe.
Don't look at yourself, look at your most important enemy.

[Rogat]

Alright thanks guys, I'm going all defence now, I didn't know it existed but I should have taken aura skill effect increaser from the get go.

[Tenzek]

Originally posted by Skaylor:

Alright thanks guys, I'm going all defence now, I didn't know it existed but I should have taken aura skill effect increaser from the get go.

General rule is take about 2 offense node groups (or wheels) early, then focus on defense until you get into the map levels. Expand your offense again there. Otherwise... well you learned that the hard way.

[Samseng Yik]

hmmmmm glad if you clear what to do now.
Though is very weird you say want to get aura skill effect increaser, not sure this can help a lot.