Berserker : Defy Pain

Does Defy Pain actually do anything?
I use it and then i don't use it and it seems to have little bearing on my survivability.
Need all i can get for T17 bosses.
Will give Gore Dancer a try to see if that helps.
Thanks.

its one of the best defenses offered in the game. Similar effect to Defiance of Destiny, but only if you are taking lots of hits.

Sadly, against 1hko bosses like t17s, its almost entirely ineffective.


It's actually pretty interesting how a defense designed around surviving 1hkos...doesn't synergize well with slow-hitting enemies that usually DEAL the 1hkos.

May be that your build is not conducive to it having much effect. If you are dying to large one shot type damage from full health, then it may be doing nothing in those instances. It is like a conditional version of DoD. Could be that you are not under those conditions much for it to be helping. I would of thought on your build it would be at least somewhat useful, given that you don't have block or much evasion, or a guard skill, but maybe it is not helping with the kind of deaths you are encountering.

Thanks for the input guys, no matter what i try i can only beat a soft T17 boss.
Short of mirror tier gear i think this build is finished. One thing that does stand out is attack for T17 mobs is better than defense. Faster kills let you live longer - but as in all things POE a balance is required.

^t17 bosses are HARD, especially buffed. Some easier than others but all difficult.

Short of outstanding gameplay ability and/or a near-perfect build you will have a hard time.

The map itself is incomparable.


There is no "slap this on and win" solution. Even a fantastic mirror-tier build, played poorly, will die to t17 bosses.

Just a bit of feedback.
Tried "Gore Dancer" instead of "Defy Pain" and even tho gore dancer looked OP with 30% instant leech is actually isn't IMO.
So will stay with defy pain.

And yeah the T17 bosses are stupid hard, especially if buffed and they mostly are.
The only builds that can do them relatively easy are those with extreme damage and even those have trouble with bosses that phase.
Cheers all.