Path Of Exile 2 Quick Gold

The much-anticipated Path of Exile 2 Early Access features many unique gameplay features from the original, and one of the most exciting is the bosses with unique combat mechanics. For new Exiles who are new to this new game, Eternal Praetor Draven may be the first tough boss encountered in the game.

You will encounter it during Sorrow Among Stones’ quest in Act 1, and it is also required to complete the current map and unlock Lachlann of Endless Lament. New Exiles can learn from this boss the tone of the game style set by POE 2 - it requires great patience to deal with any situation that may arise in the boss’ encounter.

To prevent you from losing your confidence in exploring in this difficult first battle, this guide will introduce you to the specific attacks of Eternal Praetor Draven and what strategies you should use to deal with it. This is worth taking the time to learn, because it will be very useful for subsequent bosses with the same combat mechanism.

Pre-Battle Preparation

First, we need to understand that Draven will use Area Blocking actions in battle to prevent you from moving freely, so in terms of class selection, those that can provide ranged attacks will be higher than those that emphasize melee attacks, such as Mercenary or Sorceress.

In addition, it is also very necessary to use some POE 2 Exalted Orbs to upgrade the rarity of your weapons and armor before the battle. This will greatly improve your character’s survivability and combat ability to achieve the ending of defeating it in one go.

In-Battle Strategy

After you have built your build to be almost perfect, you can enter the arena where you and Draven fight. It is important to note that you need to interact with the last checkpoint before entering the arena, so that if you die in the battle, you will be reborn here without having to start over.

Now, let’s take a look at how Draven will attack you. In general, it mainly uses 6 attack modes, and the specific methods of each attack are as follows.

• Basic Sword Combo: The boss will use its sword to hit you 4 times in a combo.
• Necrotic Bolts: The boss will continue to swing its sword, but the swing range is very large, and it will shoot large cones of necrotic energy arrows at you.
• Double Necrotic Bolts: Same as the previous attack method, but it will shoot two waves of necrotic energy arrows at you.
• Necrotic Sword Wave: The boss will stomp on the ground before swinging the sword, which will create two necrotic energy lines, which can send out two shockwaves that can cause medium damage to you.
• Summon Minions: The boss will summon some ghostly minions around the arena, which form a hole. Once you step into it, you will be attacked by Draven’s sidekick, the Eternal Knight, with powerful attacks.
• Summon Asinia: The boss will shout out the name of this ghostly companion and Asinia will create 3-4 necrotic rune circles on the ground that will explode after a few seconds dealing moderate damage. In addition, the diameter of the last necrotic runic circle will be larger than the previous ones.

As mentioned above, the key to defeating Draven is your patience and righteous judgment. If you know where Draven is standing and what direction he is moving when he casts each move, you will find that the above attacks are very easy to dodge. If you find it difficult to complete this battle while exploring alone, you can also take advantage of the game’s new multiplayer feature, which allows your friends to team up with you and teleport into Draven’s battle, which will greatly reduce the difficulty of the battle.

For those moves that can fire arrows, the best solution is to move behind Draven when he starts or prepares to attack, or move away from him to increase the gap between each arrow. But it should be noted that this requires your build to be highly mobile, and you can achieve this effect by investing a lot of POE 2 Currency in key attributes such as movement speed.

For attacks such as Necrotic Sword Wave that damage the entire arena, the safest place you can stand is next to Draven. Since there is no specific Item in POE 2 that can help you immunize against explosion damage, your only option is to avoid or block this type of damage.

As for the spell damage caused by Summon Minions, you can completely avoid it as long as you stay away from the green ghosts around the arena. But if you are using a Class that needs to collect abilities and charge them during combat to launch powerful attacks, you can try it, but make sure you are safe.

Of all the attacks, Summon Asinia is the most troublesome for players. The necrotic runic circles created by Asinia on the ground are difficult to avoid in this chaotic battle, but as long as your character is flexible enough, you can avoid the last circle in time. But note that the role of dodging here is not very obvious, so you can give up this method.

After you learn these battle strategies, in fact, after a few failed attempts, it is easy to grasp the situation and recognize the attack patterns well enough to avoid any attack Draven throws at you.

Post-Battle Rewards

After you defeat Draven, besides the normal loot, you can also receive Draven’s Memorial Key Piece, which is one of the key fragments required in Sorrow Among Stones’ quest. Another fragment is in the hands of Draven’s wife Asinia, who can be found near another tomb on the same map.

The above are the specific methods and strategies for you to defeat Draven, the first powerful boss that appears in front of players in the early access of POE 2. I hope that both old exiles who are familiar with the original and new exiles attracted by the new content can have fun in this game that has been honed for ten years and get more game fun from it!

In Path of Exile 2 Early Access that caused a robust response as soon as it was released some time ago, the main game content is to explore a specific area and story with different classes and builds, similar to the original. Currently, there are only 6 classes available for players to choose in Early Access, among which Monk can be regarded as a very common class. In this new POE 2, Monk mainly relies on fast movement and attack speed and powerful melee attack ability to cause damage, and more importantly, it can also use various elemental spells to cause damage.

According to various expressions in many player communities and many actual test videos, the key to mastering Monk build in the game is balance-accumulating power through close-range attacks with certain risks, and then quickly retreating and using powerful magic attacks to cause damage to the enemy. Considering that some new exiles who have just come into contact with this game may have a weak control over this build, this guide will give you a specific introduction to the equipment and skill gems you can choose in Monk build, so that you can quickly master this powerful class.

Best Equipment

Since Monk is a class that emphasizes movement speed and attack speed, strong mobility is one of the most important key attributes of this class, so you should choose as light equipment as possible. Unfortunately, most of the loot in POE 2 is completely random, so it is impossible to recommend equipping specific armor for each position.

It is also worth noting that since most of the attribute points of Monk are in Dexterity and Intelligence, and lack Strength to use those heavy metal armors, you can choose lighter and more melee-friendly clothing for it. For example, body parts with Garb or Robe in the name or you can simply wrap your hands with Linen Wraps, which is enough.

Or you can also look for armor that can enhance any two of the speed, damage, evasion or energy shield in Monk build: the first two combined in one can enhance your attack skills, and the latter two combined will make up for the lower defense and health of this class.

It is necessary to remind you here that after Act 2, you may need a lot of Rare or Unique equipment to maintain your exploration state. If you don’t have enough items of this level in your inventory, you can use POE 2 Regal Orb to upgrade your Magic items to more effective items and add an affix that will benefit your build.

In terms of weapons, Monk prefers to fight enemies with bare hands, but you can also equip it with Quarterstaves to make it more offensive. Besides the above, any Items in the game that can increase physical damage and elemental damage (lightning or cold damage) are your first choice. If you collect a lot of things that your Class can’t use during exploration, you can disassemble them or trade them with other players for POE 2 currency.

Best Skill Gems

In this POE 2, which differs from many MMORPGs, the skills you choose for Monk are not directly provided to you, but you need to equip various skills by picking up skill gems and some Uncut Skill Gems during exploration. The following are the best skill gems you can choose.

Killing Palm

In the game, you can turn those Uncut Skill Gems into various different skills according to your requirements. When you get your first gem, you can turn it into Killing Palm, which makes you more lethal. When you cast this skill, you jump forward and attack the enemy, and it also charges you with energy to perform more powerful damage later.

Tempest Bell

Once a character reaches level 6, a level 3 Uncut Skill Gem can be converted into a Tempest Bell, making Monk better suited for group combat. This skill activates a combo meter, which drops a bell on the battlefield when it is full. When you hit the bell with subsequent attacks, it will create a very destructive shockwave, which is very effective against groups of enemies.

Staggering Palm

After you get the level 3 Uncut Skill Gem, you can also turn it into Staggering Palm. It actually works very similarly to Killing Palm, but it stuns the enemy instead of killing them directly, and you also get a bonus after hitting the target - you can use your melee attack skill to fire a projectile.

This allows your Tempest Bell or Frozen Locus, which requires you to hit your target at a distance, to have great accuracy, and also makes your offensive skill combinations more effective.

Best Passive Skills

As in the original game, you gain a passive skill point for each level you gain, which can be used in the very large passive skill tree in POE 2. The good news here is that Monk’s position in the skill tree is flexible and versatile enough, so you can place your passive skill points anywhere, but be careful to choose skills that can increase critical hit chance and damage, as well as increase the amount of energy charges you get from skills.

Or you can try to focus on skills that can enhance lightning or cold damage, as these two elemental damage will make your melee attack skills more lethal in the next battle. In addition, Overload is a must-choose passive skill, which will make you more resistant to elemental spells cast by enemies.

The above are some of the equipment and skills you can choose for Monk build in Path of Exile 2 Early Access. Of course, everyone has their own preferences, and you can make some corresponding adjustments to this build according to your play style, but in general, I hope you can better explore this sequel that currently looks perfect with the help of the best build. I wish you a happy game!