I have no idea how they thought you could beat Trial of the Sekhemas at level 22

[X-hog]

I'm running a relatively optimal build for Mercenary at level 25 but even in the lucky times I am able to reach the boss, I cannot do enough DPS to beat it before he floods the arena with volcanoes and drains my honour. Every boss up until now has been relatively fine but this one I'm forced to overlevel and overgear, especially since even some of the rare enemies that have regeneration are rendered impossible to beat due to its ability to heal faster than I can damage it, even with synergies going.

To gate the class ascension behind something this horrid of a DPS check is unacceptable and the entire area needs an overhaul.

[Captain Explodo]

i don't know why this is so lost on people but clearly the trials in poe2 is more of a roguelike experience where failure isn't a waste of time and you aren't supposed to just ace it immediately .
if you didn't notice you can find more relics running it and you can try different relic bonuses for different combinations . You get xp and loot for the runs too . so you are leveling and looting and gaining relics every attempt .
this generation of gamers are such instant gratification .
I got to the end boss of the trials and ran out of honor with him only having about 10% health on my second try at level 24 . but runs after that wasn't panning out as well . it's just a matter of finding the right relics and getting the right RNG

[Witch]

just come back later when you have clear easier content before - in poe 1 i was already doing this before going trials

[Doge]

I'm level 22 on Warrior and it's pain...

[X-hog]

Originally posted by Captain Explodo:

i don't know why this is so lost on people but clearly the trials in poe2 is more of a roguelike experience where failure isn't a waste of time and you aren't supposed to just ace it immediately .
if you didn't notice you can find more relics running it and you can try different relic bonuses for different combinations . You get xp and loot for the runs too . so you are leveling and looting and gaining relics every attempt .
this generation of gamers are such instant gratification .
I got to the end boss of the trials and ran out of honor with him only having about 10% health on my second try at level 24 . but runs after that wasn't panning out as well . it's just a matter of finding the right relics and getting the right RNG

I'm rejecting this take on the basis that while you can get relics that improve the experience, it works off low drop rate RNG where you have fat chance of getting enough effects that improve honor AND you only have space for 3 at most and the best ones you find can't even fit. Adding more effects to them with items doesn't help much either.

Yeah I get it's a roguelike but it sucks as one. The loot stops being an improvement to your build and you aren't getting skill gems above level 6, not even getting into the lack of support gem drops or above level 1 for that matter.

It is literally just the honor system that makes this terrible and again, they're gating a significant improvement to your build behind it which makes it even worse.

Lastly, it's a level 22 area where DPS doesn't match up to the trial at all. Only one class has been able to clear this out of the 6 available so it works best with just that one. Stop defending bad design.

[Vespertellino]

The 1st trial is barely an inconvenience, wait ntil you play the second one

[surreptitious]

There are items you can put in the chest at the start to increase your odds.
They give 15% more honor and stuff like that

[puppet74]

its ♥♥♥♥ for melee. you just get honor drained. the fact that it drains honor even when you block. the entire thing was not designed for defensive builds at all. the only saving grace is you can come back much later and over lvl it but that really isn't good game design.

[Rorschach]

What a terrible mechanic. Game is brilliant, i have fun. But the Trials of Sekhema is just a big pain in the a.... :-(

[Chuuni Kaede]

I beat it at 22 with hunter. my build isn't optimal either.

[Triplehead™]

Same here, lvl 24 Monk. I've never have issue with progress in game. Yes I die sometimes, but it's just about my mistake or bad luck.
This trial though is just BS. As some say.. You get just honour drained and it's just hopeless..
I've tried to ask someone to help me, but there was still same issue.
You don't even have to have harsh time, but that damn honour drain is very unbalanced I guess..
Works well only for Witch.

[sportakus1]

Originally posted by point ™:

Same here, lvl 24 Monk. I've never have issue with progress in game. Yes I die sometimes, but it's just about my mistake or bad luck.
This trial though is just BS. As some say.. You get just honour drained and it's just hopeless..
I've tried to ask someone to help me, but there was still same issue.
You don't even have to have harsh time, but that damn honour drain is very unbalanced I guess..
Works well only for Witch.

*Works well with any ranged class. (Source - as merc it was easy peasy.)

[Balm]

I think honor is a trash mechanic, and the person who designed it and implemented it should be identified and publicly whipped.

[Kalas Hydra]

yea the volcano boss is pretty aids if you dont have really high dmg build . i owuld recomend trying to get better relics or boons in trial

[Brave Sir Robin]

It was a very poor decision to lock ascensions behind this trash game mode.

[Vempest]

I almost done with the boss twice, but the trial was bugged.
first trial, the boss playing animation i took full damage and died.
2nd try, the trial seems bugged, all my honor were started with my left over honor.
so im stuck with 100 honor and bam, done.