Defences need some work.

[VeinySnickers]

So in PoE 1 we had multiple ways to build defences beyond the 3 (Armor, ES, Evasion).

Energy shield is fine as you are just boasting your health pool basically.

Armor requirement for 80% at high levels seems to be ridiculously out of range.
Most people run a shield to have block chance for deflecting spell damage.

Evasion on classes that cannot hold a shield seem to be at a disadvantage (Ranger).
Theres no way to stop elemental damage unless you take acrobatics.
Then it seems 80% evasion is hard to attain.

If theres a tip im missing please inform me. As dying to elemental is very frustrating right now as a ranger aha.

[Nico]

My Sorceress uses Mind over Matter to also turn Mana into HP, which helps a lot with surviving longer, especially since it regenerates quite quickly compared to HP or ES. Sadly she still very easily dies to too many physical hits.

[DirtyMick]

You're forgetting about max health. As long as you don't get one shot, you should have plenty of flask charges to stay alive. If you're in end game, idk. I hear it's pretty brutal so I can't help ya there lol. My ranger does just fine surviving the campaign (normal and cruel) though, and I always try to make sure my gear has max health on it. So that could be what you're missing.

[VeinySnickers]

引用自 DirtyMick：

You're forgetting about max health. As long as you don't get one shot, you should have plenty of flask charges to stay alive. If you're in end game, idk. I hear it's pretty brutal so I can't help ya there lol. My ranger does just fine surviving the campaign (normal and cruel) though, and I always try to make sure my gear has max health on it. So that could be what you're missing.

Yeah Im just at the end of Act 3, level 43 and have about 800 health. 80% evasion. Just get instant killed by almost any elemental damage. Sure max health would be great but it doesnt drop often let alone when anything drops at all aha.

[gachi is manly]

引用自 VeinySnickers：

Theres no way to stop elemental damage unless you take acrobatics.
Then it seems 80% evasion is hard to attain.

Evasion works on all strikes and projectiles now by default, whether said strikes or projectiles are spells or attacks. Elemental or physical. It's no longer split. This was confirmed in interviews before launch as well as worded quite clearly on the wiki:

https://www.poe2wiki.net/wiki/Evasion

"Against monsters, evasion applies to all non-AoE skills"

"When defending against monster hits, there is no distinction between attacks and spells and will apply to any projectiles or strike attacks from enemies. Area of effect skills cannot be evaded unless Acrobatics is taken."

Acrobatics allows you to evade all types of attacks except DoT and ground DoTs. So it will work on AoE attacks and other normally undodgeable stuff.

[VeinySnickers]

引用自 gachi is manly：

引用自 VeinySnickers：

Theres no way to stop elemental damage unless you take acrobatics.
Then it seems 80% evasion is hard to attain.

Evasion works on all strikes and projectiles now by default, whether said strikes or projectiles are spells or attacks. Elemental or physical. It's no longer split. This was confirmed in interviews before launch as well as worded quite clearly on the wiki:

https://www.poe2wiki.net/wiki/Evasion

"Against monsters, evasion applies to all non-AoE skills"

Acrobatics allows you to evade all types of attacks except DoT and ground DoTs. So it will work on AoE attacks and other normally undodgeable stuff.

Thats great it says that. What its actually doing isnt that. Ive been hit 5 or 6 times in a row constantly with elemental attacks at 80% evasion. Meaning only one should hit. Lots of people are mentioning that evasion is not enough defence and are resorting to building ES.

[gachi is manly]

引用自 VeinySnickers：

Thats great it says that. What its actually doing isnt that. Ive been hit 5 or 6 times in a row constantly with elemental attacks at 80% evasion. Meaning only one should hit. Lots of people are mentioning that evasion is not enough defence and are resorting to building ES.

It's the way it works, though. I have 88% evasion and rarely get hit, whether it's by spells or physical attacks.

The game literally doesn't differentiate between a monster using an attack or spell anymore. They're just strikes and projectiles now. If you're getting hit by spells, it's because they're AoE in nature or some of the few strikes/projectiles the game deems as undodgeable.