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There are only three acts to explore in the much-loved Path of Exile 2 Early Access, but there are plenty of story quests and bosses to fight. Doryani in the last act is the final boss of the entire Early Access, as you can defeat it and then play the more challenging Cruel Difficulty game.

Doryani is more difficult than all the bosses in the regular difficulty, even if you are a skilled Exile who has completed all three acts and has a very powerful build. If you are not ready to take on it, then read this guide to prepare for the battle and the in-fight strategy, which will make your challenge very fast and smooth.

Doryani Location

You can find Royal Thaumaturge Doryani and its second form, Doryani’s Triumph, in Testing Pit area of ​​Black Chambers. Before you explore this area, you’ll need to defeat Viper Napuatzi in Utzaal to unlock Aggorat and find the entrance to Black Chambers.

In Black Chambers, keep an eye out for bridges that emerge from the water, which lead you to the arena where you and Doryani will fight. You can also take other routes to fight other enemies, which will make it easy to farm the experience points and POE 2 Currency you need to level up. Alternatively, you can add two passive skill points to your build by using Sacrificial Heart and Sacrificial Altar in Utzaal or Aggorat, which will be very useful.

Pre-Battle Preparation

Once you know where Doryani is, you can start preparing for him. First, Doryani has two battle phases: In the first phase, he is Royal Thaumaturge Doryani, and in the second phase, when his health reaches about 50%, he will jump into a mech called Doryani’s Triumph, which will destroy a very powerful tank character in an instant.

Also, before you start the challenge, you need to make sure your character is at level 45 or above. If you haven’t reached this level yet in Act 3, my advice is to discard the level 8 gear you’ve been using since Act 1 and look for a gear with better resistance and higher Armor, Energy Shield, or Evasion.

Or you can spend some POE 2 Regal Orbs to increase the rarity and add an affix to items with lower rarity to make them more effective. It’s important to remember that Doryani can deal multiple types of damage to you, but the main ones are Fire and Chaos. So you can put Charms or rings that can block Ignite in your build to increase your resistance to these two elemental damage greatly.

In addition, the boots and passive skills you choose need to provide you with additional movement speed, because Doryani has multiple attacks that can be avoided by very fast dodges or movements, which will make your combat state more flexible.

In-Battle Strategy

Next, let’s take a closer look at what kind of attacks Doryani will launch against you in both forms and how to deal with them.

Phase 1

During Royal Thaumaturge Doryani phase, it will just attack you with a lot of spells and ancient equipment. Although Doryani’s movement speed is very slow at this time, his attacks are dazzling and can cause all kinds of damage to you. So generally speaking, you need to get as close to its back as possible and stay away from its front until Doryani’s skills that can cause AOE damage are about to reach you. Here are the specific attacks and how to deal with them.

• Lightning Spray: Some lightning will shoot out of Doryani’s hands and can cause tracking damage to you. These damages actually don’t have a big impact on you. If your build can get some extra hitting power from it, you can try to take some of it, which is fine.
• Fire Shot: Doryani will cast some fire at you, but the power is not too great. Likewise, if you have a decent fire resistance build, you can still use this small amount of damage to deal a few quick hits to this boss.
• Charged Blast: When this skill is cast, you can clearly see Doryani charging up, and will send out a powerful Chaos damage after the charge ends. You can dodge to your left or right to avoid this powerful damage. A large cone appears to indicate the end of this skill.
• Laser Altar: When Doryani’s health is reduced to about a quarter, the rotating altar in the middle of the arena will fire some laser beams that can cause huge Chaos damage to you. You can stand in the gaps between the laser beams at this time, but remember to move carefully to avoid rolling into other laser beams.
• Overhead Bolts: Similarly, Doryani will charge up when casting this skill, and after the charging is completed, spinning bolts will fall from above it and cause tremendous damage to you. At this time, you need to retreat as much as possible and use some ranged attack skills to cause damage to it.

Phase 2

As mentioned above, Doryani enters Phase 2 when his health drops to 50%, where he summons some mech-like constructs. All his health and mana are restored to their original state, and he has new attacks that make the fight more challenging, whether you’re using a melee or ranged build. Here are Doryani’s specific moves for this phase.

• Ground Slam: Doryani’s summoned mechs will alternately slam the ground with their arms, and if they hit you, you’ll take a lot of physical damage. So you’ll also need to stand behind him to avoid these slams completely.
• Fire Shot: His mechs will fire a beam of fire in front of him, which is powerful enough to kill most powerful characters, even those with very strong fire resistance. So hiding behind him is the best solution at this time.
• Fire Blast: In this attack, Doryani will slam the ground with one hand, and summon a powerful nova blast in a large circle with the other hand. Again, remember to stand behind him.
• Cold Slam: During this phase, the only thing Doryani’s mech can do is slam its arms into the ground, creating a very large cone of cold damage to you. Keep in mind that you need to get as close to the boss as possible, as the damage from these cones increases as you get further away from the center.
• Back Lasers: At this point, the back of Doryani’s mech will open up and emit a spinning laser. You need to turn around toward the laser’s rotation, and do it quickly.
• Overhead Cannon: besides the mech, Doryani will summon a laser cannon that can fire lasers from above. Remember to keep it in your sights, otherwise you will most likely walk into the path of the laser.
• Mech Explosion: In the second phase, when Doryani’s health is about half, he will escape from the mech in a small flying vehicle. The mech will then explode after a few seconds, and you need to roll back to the edge of the arena to avoid this.
• Mech Slam: The mech does not completely disappear at this time, but spins in the air in pieces and crashes into the ground. The damage caused by this skill is huge, enough to destroy most builds completely. The best way to avoid this damage here is to stay as close to the left or right edge with the AOE indicator as possible, rather than in your back position.

The above is the combat moves and strategies for Doryani, the last powerful boss in Path of Exile 2. I hope that with the help of this guide, you can successfully kill this very important boss in the exploration process and enter Cruel difficulty. I wish you a happy game!

When you’re fighting powerful monsters in Path of Exile 2 Early Access, the damage you deal isn’t the only thing you have to worry about. When you’re facing a group of monsters rushing towards you, single-target damage is far from enough to keep you safe, so you need to use some skills that can cast Crowd Control Effects to maintain your character’s combat status.

But if you want to use this effect properly, it’s important to understand how Crowd Control Effects work and all the types that exist in the current POE 2 Early Access, especially if you want to have a very perfect build. So this guide will give you a detailed introduction to this very effective effect in combat, so that you can complete more exploration with the help of them.

What Are Crowd Control Effects?

Crowd Control Effects, also known as CC in the game, are tasks that can hinder or prevent enemies from performing harmful operations on you, which can be used in most builds. This effect is more effective against hard-to-beat enemies, especially those with POE 2 Exalted Orbs that can provide you with the ability to modify item modifiers and rarity, or Unique bosses similar to Mighty Silverfist.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that each CC is not limited to being used alone, but can be used in conjunction with skills, passive skills, and other effects in your build to achieve your goal of having extremely extreme damage capabilities. Here is an overview of the various Crowd Control Effects in POE 2.

Stun & Heavy Stun

When an enemy is hit by a Stun or Heavy Stun, it interrupts all actions that could cause you a lot of damage. Although the effect of Stun is short-lived, you can use Items you place in your build to achieve the effect of hitting the enemy multiple times in a short period, or even eventually causing death. If your accuracy rating is not too high, you can add some physical hit damage to the stun effect, which will make this effect more threatening to the enemy.

For Heavy Stun, the effect lasts longer and has an additional meter. Enemies only enter Heavy Stun once you’ve filled up Heavy Stun meter. It’s important to note that when an enemy recovers from this state, the cumulative stun you inflicted on them will be reduced for a short period. 

Currently, Seismic Cry Mace Skill and Surprising Strength Titan passive in the game can both cause this powerful control effect, which will help you get POE 2 Currency and other loot from battle faster.

Pin & Knockback

When you pin an enemy, it can no longer move, but it will still be able to attack. While this may seem less effective than most other CC effects, the ability to lock an enemy in place is a great help for builds that have delayed damage, long cast times, or area-of-effect damage. Or you can use this control effect on enemies that are more mobile, which will greatly reduce the chances of being fooled by them in combat and make it easier to defeat them. 

But Knockback does the opposite, moving the target of your spell away to create more space for you to damage. There are currently only a few combat mechanics in POE 2 that require you to use this effect to deal damage, but you can use it on enemies with area attacks that can cause critical hits.

Freeze

In POE 2, you may often see skills that can deal cold damage to enemies, but if you combine this elemental damage with Freeze effect that can slow down the enemy, the damage you can deal is very large.

Similar to Heavy Stun, when an enemy takes Cold damage or Freeze, an icon will appear near their health bar to indicate the current Freeze level, and once it reaches 100%, the target has entered Frozen state.

Enemies in this state are more susceptible to a variety of unique skills, such as Cold Snap in Elemental tree and Fragmentation Rounds in Crossbow tree, which are very important for Mercenary builds. Both skills can cause area damage with greater damage capabilities by consuming Frozen state.

Electrocute

In POE 2’s new skill gem system, some skills can generate Electrocute effect under the influence of their Support Gems, which can interrupt all enemy actions and freeze the enemy in place for 5 seconds. Since the main source of this effect is those Support Gems, please evaluate whether you have enough gem slots in your build before using this effect.

The working principle of Electrocute is actually very similar to Stun CC, but its main damage type is lightning damage instead of physical damage, so if this effect is combined with Shock effect, it will increase the damage taken by the target by 20%!

In addition, Ailments are also very important in POE 2’s combat, so Monk or Sorceress’s Dual Lightning Ailment Build that integrates these effects as a whole will give you more chances of winning when facing some powerful bosses.

The above is the working principle of all Crowd Control effects in the current POE 2 Early Access and some tips to pay attention to. This effect plays a very important role in both the original and the sequel, so familiarizing yourself with them and using them skillfully can make your exploration easier and more enjoyable. I wish you a happy game!