Act 2 Dreadnought Boss

[Metal Maniac]

How to beat this Boss? I do a lot of Damage but the Lifebar of this Boss is huge as Hell.
After a few Hits She creates a Storm that kills me instant.......what to do here?

[ClAyMoRe*]

you have to go behind NPC that block storm and kill incoming mobs before they get to you .
They will explode if they get to you which you don't want.

[MAD-3R_Marauder]

Asala creates a "shield" that protects her from the storm.
Stand behind her during it.

Be aware, that during that time, a lot of "zombies" appear but you can't leave the protective shield...AoE spells/attacks are your friend here.

Edit: The boss is vulnerable to cold damage, so act accordingly

[Metal Maniac]

Thanks!

[TheAceOfSpodes]

Also worth noting, the shield forms like a "line" across a big chunk of the arena you can move around in. So you don't have to stand RIGHT on top of her. You have a lil room to move around to avoid the exploding zombies.

[mss73055]

Team up, with luck you get a level 70 to join.
it still takes effort to not die, but at least you'll be done with it.

[FreeHalfMoon]

yeah I'm putting the game aside until they fix this BS boss.

Everyone here saying "stand behind the NPC" but the issue is the other stuff killing you. His explosions one shot or almost kill my merc constantly, you get like 10 heals, am i suppose to dodge perfectly for 10mins? oh he also takes no damage but I was destroying everything before this point, so how does that make sense?

no I'm not "teaming up"

[DarkFenix]

If a boss is taking almost no damage, it's a hint that you're severely undergeared. Same goes for minor attacks one-shotting you, undergeared.

The game's learning curve may be a comparatively steep one, but the boss is not 'broken' such that it's going to be 'fixed'. It's an ARPG, you're expected to continuously upgrade your gear as the game's difficulty increases, fall too far behind the curve and things get rough.

My first character was a merc, I didn't exactly have an easy time with Jamanra because I didn't really know what I was doing either, but he was far from as bad as you've described. Use any and all resources at your disposal to get yourself a better weapon; vendors, gambling, drops, then upgrade that better weapon within reason, then put sockets in it and shove runes in for even more damage.

Regarding the damage you take - resists. It's not easy to stack them that much on a first character, but at the very least you should try to ensure your ring slots are dedicated to that. Having 20% resistance to something is still a whole lot better than -10%. And generally try to ensure your armour pieces are the appropriate ones for your passive bonuses, and try to keep them a bit up to date.

[Polyonymos]

This is the boss that will probably make me delete thhe game. I've been playing since day one and I still can't beat it. Sorc is useless against it, I am lvl 36, and according to the map the lvl difficulty is 32... I tried the cold build, I am now trying the lightning build (by wasting tons of time and money to swap) and nothing.
This isn't a mechanic issue, I hide behind the damn shield. I just don't do any damage, my health potion is not enough to heal me through both phases, and this simply isn't fun anymore. The point of a game isn't to mimic (badly) Souls games nor to punish players that fking pay for it.
This trend of making it hard just to make it hard without any actual thought behind has to end.

[󠁳 ⁧HardLimiter]

Originally posted by DarkFenix:

If a boss is taking almost no damage, it's a hint that you're severely undergeared. Same goes for minor attacks one-shotting you, undergeared.

The game's learning curve may be a comparatively steep one, but the boss is not 'broken' such that it's going to be 'fixed'. It's an ARPG, you're expected to continuously upgrade your gear as the game's difficulty increases, fall too far behind the curve and things get rough.

My first character was a merc, I didn't exactly have an easy time with Jamanra because I didn't really know what I was doing either, but he was far from as bad as you've described. Use any and all resources at your disposal to get yourself a better weapon; vendors, gambling, drops, then upgrade that better weapon within reason, then put sockets in it and shove runes in for even more damage.

Regarding the damage you take - resists. It's not easy to stack them that much on a first character, but at the very least you should try to ensure your ring slots are dedicated to that. Having 20% resistance to something is still a whole lot better than -10%. And generally try to ensure your armour pieces are the appropriate ones for your passive bonuses, and try to keep them a bit up to date.

I have heavy problems at this point too.

Drops are just bad.
I still have my lvl 16 wand with +2 skills as lvl 33.
Because I never found/crafted a wand which gives me better DPS for my skills.
I always wasted orbs into grey/blue/gold wands.. but nothing of them gave me more damage.

That is so fq annoying

[Polyonymos]

Originally posted by 󠁳 ⁧HardLimiter:

Originally posted by DarkFenix:

If a boss is taking almost no damage, it's a hint that you're severely undergeared. Same goes for minor attacks one-shotting you, undergeared.

The game's learning curve may be a comparatively steep one, but the boss is not 'broken' such that it's going to be 'fixed'. It's an ARPG, you're expected to continuously upgrade your gear as the game's difficulty increases, fall too far behind the curve and things get rough.

My first character was a merc, I didn't exactly have an easy time with Jamanra because I didn't really know what I was doing either, but he was far from as bad as you've described. Use any and all resources at your disposal to get yourself a better weapon; vendors, gambling, drops, then upgrade that better weapon within reason, then put sockets in it and shove runes in for even more damage.

Regarding the damage you take - resists. It's not easy to stack them that much on a first character, but at the very least you should try to ensure your ring slots are dedicated to that. Having 20% resistance to something is still a whole lot better than -10%. And generally try to ensure your armour pieces are the appropriate ones for your passive bonuses, and try to keep them a bit up to date.

I have heavy problems at this point too.

Drops are just bad.
I still have my lvl 16 wand with +2 skills as lvl 33.
Because I never found/crafted a wand which gives me better DPS for my skills.
I always wasted orbs into grey/blue/gold wands.. but nothing of them gave me more damage.

That is so fq annoying

Exactly this! Those "amazing" players are all so "it's easy, get better gear". I am level 36, doing level 32 area which gives me 23 level gear that is useless cause the stats are worse. I have wasted all my gold (I've been farming non-stop and still have 500 cause of talent changes and buying useless gear hoping they MIGHT be upgraded), and I see no way to escape the issue itself.

[ClAyMoRe*]

Honestly, it is worst boss in the game in my opinion , just me.

[MAikL]

started my 5th char so far and still cant beat that boss. i have infernalist, i have stormweaveer, i have monk with either ice or lightning... i still can't f*ing beat that boss alone. i played POE1 and at least achieved to kill sirus which is probably nothing for hardcore players but for me it was an achievement. and here, i cant even beat campaign. LOL. i am over leveled, i beat the first ascendancy trial, i have enough exalts to buy some decent gear, but i cant beat that boss and continue the campaign, no matter what class.

[LemonRush7777]

Originally posted by FreeHalfMoon:

yeah I'm putting the game aside until they fix this BS boss.

Everyone here saying "stand behind the NPC" but the issue is the other stuff killing you. His explosions one shot or almost kill my merc constantly, you get like 10 heals, am i suppose to dodge perfectly for 10mins? oh he also takes no damage but I was destroying everything before this point, so how does that make sense?

no I'm not "teaming up"

What are you talking about - that boss is really easy with Merc.

It doesn't take 10 minutes to end that storm and the zombies are very easily dispatched by your AoE skills. You have a LOT of those. Use them.

[Metal Maniac]

This Boss has a Message, he says "time to quit"
Do something else.

[Shade30Seven]

Originally posted by MAikL:

started my 5th char so far and still cant beat that boss. i have infernalist, i have stormweaveer, i have monk with either ice or lightning... i still can't f*ing beat that boss alone. i played POE1 and at least achieved to kill sirus which is probably nothing for hardcore players but for me it was an achievement. and here, i cant even beat campaign. LOL. i am over leveled, i beat the first ascendancy trial, i have enough exalts to buy some decent gear, but i cant beat that boss and continue the campaign, no matter what class.

man what is youre lightning res at? cap that or at least get it to 40 All the classes you listed can build into ES, so you need to get that up, then its just learning patterns.