idk how people are even getting through act 3

[InsaneJoker]

ive been stuck in act 3 for 3 days now. i was fine until i hit this point. bosses are no problem but the amount of mobs and the fact that if 1 get 3 on me its game over. idk if my def stats are bad or what but ♥♥♥♥ me dude. ive spent all my exalts bc the trade cost in the community is trash.

[maqira]

skill tissue

[['w']]

most likely your build, gems, skill tree, then equipment and in the end combination of all of them

already got 4 ascendancy points?

[DirtyMick]

If you're playing a martial weapon user, it's very important to keep up with your weapon. You dont need anything too fancy, just somewhere near your level range with some flat damage bonuses on it. If you're a spell caster, not so much, and it's just your build. I think theres a bit of imbalance in the classes probably. Everything has been very easy so far with ranger, and I'm in act1 cruel. Sorc is only lvl 35 in act3, but it was easy for her too. Maybe later act3 would've become a challenge though, cuz my damage was starting to really fall off when I stopped player her.

And idk, there's still a lot of good items to buy for only 1 exalt at your level. The more expensive stuff is for high levels, so I feel like you just heard about inflation and decided to blame that. I just searched for a new bow last night and found one with 4-48 lightning damage, and 60% elemental damage with attacks on a lvl 48 bow for just one exalt. There was tons of them for 1 exalted. Some even had +3 projectile skills, but unfortunately the one i wanted was offline. Increased my dps by 1,000 and I started one shotting again in cruel mode.

[Kickz]

Originally posted by InsaneJoker:

ive been stuck in act 3 for 3 days now. i was fine until i hit this point. bosses are no problem but the amount of mobs and the fact that if 1 get 3 on me its game over. idk if my def stats are bad or what but ♥♥♥♥ me dude. ive spent all my exalts bc the trade cost in the community is trash.

What class are you playing, what level are you, whats your skill tree like, what gear do you have, what item level is your gear and what stats are you focusing on, what spirit, skill and support gems are you using, what runes are you using, etc..

Without any information its hard to say if your class setup can be tweaked or not, if its a skill issue or not, if its out dated gear etc...

Personally I was fine until Utzal. Utzal forced me to revisit my build, skill tree and gear and gem choices. I ended up farming gold to respec a huge chunk of my skill tree after realizing what my build was lacking and was able to get a few trader bought items for better gear, either upgraded a white I bought or found better rare in the trader directly.

[InsaneJoker]

Originally posted by Kickz:

Originally posted by InsaneJoker:

ive been stuck in act 3 for 3 days now. i was fine until i hit this point. bosses are no problem but the amount of mobs and the fact that if 1 get 3 on me its game over. idk if my def stats are bad or what but ♥♥♥♥ me dude. ive spent all my exalts bc the trade cost in the community is trash.

What class are you playing, what level are you, whats your skill tree like, what gear do you have, what item level is your gear and what stats are you focusing on, what spirit, skill and support gems are you using, what runes are you using, etc..

Without any information its hard to say if your class setup can be tweaked or not, if its a skill issue or not, if its out dated gear etc...

Personally I was fine until Utzal. Utzal forced me to revisit my build, skill tree and gear and gem choices. I ended up farming gold to respec a huge chunk of my skill tree after realizing what my build was lacking and was able to get a few trader bought items for better gear, either upgraded a white I bought or found better rare in the trader directly.

lvl 45 invoker monk following the crit wave invoker build by ronarray. 376 ES 974hp fire capped others however are low.

[『Insperatus』]

IDK what issue you are having when you're just complaining without mentioning your build, class and stats.

[RYⱯN]

You think it sucks the first time, wait until the second time /snnnnnnorrrrreeeeeee

[Decidedly Uncouth]

It has to be somewhere in the build, gems, skills, or gear. I absolutely struggled in the first two acts, but when I got to act 3, my character grew exponentially stronger. Does the person whose build you are following have youtube videos of him playing?

[newb]

i cleared act 3 and killed the boss in less than 2 minutes as a lvl 45 ice monk... I can help you with the final boss if you want <3

[Paranochat]

Originally posted by InsaneJoker:

lvl 45 invoker monk following the crit wave invoker build by ronarray. 376 ES 974hp fire capped others however are low.

Crit builds really start to shine later in the game, especially for monk with that crit ascendancy point, which you should not get early. You need a high crit chance before taking it, and focussing on crit early in the tree means you most likely miss out on good defensive stats and early damage. It's better to respec a part of your tree later when you're ready to go all in on crit.

Invoker has one of the best defensive keystone in the game (Protect me from harm), you need 4 ascendancy points so if you already completed the first one in Act 2, you can either bang your head against the quest version of trial of chaos (free to retry) or drop/buy another Barya with 2 floors to get another ascendancy.

It will make building defenses easier. Energy shield/evasion hybrid gear is great here and there's a lot of good defensive notables in the passive tree very close to what you will take for your build anyway.

(note that going for that defensive ascendancy will make getting spirit a bit harder initially if you relied on gear for that, but way easier as you get better and better body armors).

Alternatively, you can switch your build to Ice Strike, which is just a godlike skill. The tree is probably not that different, and getting through campaign was a breeze with it. (Defense will still be an issue, it just make killing packs of mobs and bosses easier and faster with freeze loops and ice explosions all around).