Help optimizing 2 Builds please

Hey guys so I’ve got two builds here I’d like to use to see if someone can teach me what im doing wrong.

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LvL 89 Pathfinder
https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/duBxStep-9558/character/SEXYEVAN_

Now I do have Hyrri’s Ire @ 1826 Evasion and it does bring my evasion rating to 76 but my resistances go down to 54/59/35/13, plus with Hyrri’s Ire equipped my HP is 1429 with ES being 780.

My damage in my skills tab for poisonburst does go from 7.3k to 8.9k but I feel that I am still getting one shot sometimes which pisses me off.

When I use Grand Regalia I have Armor @ 24%, Evasion @ 46%, and HP/ES at 1488/1242. This usually allows me to take one massive hit from a boss with little to no HP left but I’m not getting one shot unless it’s against like Xesht or something.

Now the other thing is I’ve been reading about people talking about builds Doing multi millions of damage and just wanting to get their builds into hundreds of K damage. It looks like my build is no where close to any of that so I’m trying to figure out what I’m doing wrong here.

I can do all T15 maps fine but when it comes to T2 bosses I get shit on immediately.

That brings me to my even squishier but beloved demon bear.

Lvl 91 Shaman Rampage Bear

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/duBxStep-9558/character/MuzikAddikt

So I want to make this work. I have tried combining a rampage build with a molten crash build. The thing is I LOVE this demon bear skin. It’s probably the coolest looking thing in the game in my opinion.

I like the gameplay mechanics. I use Molten Crash to trigger Bhatair’s Vengeance, and with 122 Rage I immediately go into Rampage and basically speed run maps. By the time my rage runs out Bhatair’s Vengeance has 1-2 seconds left before needing to be refreshed. The Ashbark talisman lets me refresh a full 122 rage in like 2 seconds flat.

So I’ve been trying to build Ice Damage and Freeze into my build to easily trigger BV in one molten crash, and then scale my ice and fire damage to make this work.

Now same with my Pathfinder, I can do all T15 maps fine but when it comes to T2 bosses I get shit on immediately.

edit: I dont know if it shows this on poe ninja but after BV is triggered on my skills tab In game my molten crash is going 50k and my rampage is doing 36k damage.

edit2: I was working toward Self Immalation with Molten Carapace but after trying to just now the self ignite kills me in 2 seconds.

Can you help me increase my damage and survivability while also explaining why you made these changes so I understand where I went wrong?

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GreenvsBlue•4 months ago•OP•1

Does anyone want to try to have a crack at this?  Almost 24 hours and no replies yet.  Help a weekend warrior dad out here.

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