Need Feedback on My PoE 2 Build – Dying Too Fast in 80+ Maps (120 Div Budget)

Hey everyone,

I’d really appreciate some feedback on my current PoE 2 build. I’m running into a big survivability issue — once I start doing maps with monster level 80+, I die pretty quickly.

I’m still fairly new to PoE 2 and would love some outside input.

I currently have around 120 Divines available, so I’m open to meaningful upgrades or even partial reworks if needed.

There’s one technical issue though:

•	On PoE Ninja, my scepter is not displayed, but the skill tree shows correctly.

•	On Maxroll, my scepter is displayed correctly, but my skill tree does not show up.

Because of that, I’m posting both links below so you can see the full picture:

PoE Ninja:

https://poe.ninja/poe2/pob/19fbd

Maxroll:

https://maxroll.gg/poe2/pob/6wig40o0

Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Comments

Different_Pea3648•4 months ago•1

Do your fourth ascension.

https://www.pathofexile.com/trade2/search/poe2/Fate%20of%20the%20Vaal/o8z4qLwhl

You can do area level 75 Sekhemas attempts for a few ex each, and either optimize your tree with Entwined Realities for more damage and stats, or take Harmony Within for more EHP.

Legin14•4 months ago•1

Yeh do your 4th ascendancy( or get carried by someone). I would highly suggest following a guide if you arent already.

This is my second poe2 season and i always follow a guide for my first character. Make some good currency for a second character so i can just find things out myself. Building the gear is pretty straight forward but a effecient skill tree and good skills with support gems are complex.

CombinationMain4797•4 months ago•1

I highly suggest doing your 4th ascendency like everyone is saying, however some nice fixes right now, would be using flesh catalysts on your necklace, and annointing some defense on it, a recover 2 max hp on kill on a jewel will help abit too More defensive gems on your spirit gems if you can afford the costs.

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