PoE Necropolis | 9 Reasons why your RF Chief might feel squishy. 

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Thank you for focusing on beginner friendly content this season. You mentioned it in another video that it was something you changed for 3.24 and this is the furthest I've progressed while learning a lot of new concepts for next time.

Really needed this, I’ve been struggling with tankiness, and hearing you go more in depth on how some of this works was great

Thanks, PhoxKappa. You have the best, clearest and most presentable videos on POE on youtube. Incredible work, for all levels of play. I also enjoy your calm voice with great dictation. Keep up the good work! You have my sub!

I'm not even playing RF (yet haha), its my 1st real league, and stumbling across your content has been so massively helpful because you just give so much useful info. Especially since I'm committed to a Melee Build. As a HCSSF player too, learning all these little bits and pieces has been huge in me being able to wrap my head around things slowly but surely. Also I know, new player + HCSSF + melee is not the most optimal new player experience, but I've been having a blast haha

Thanks for this. First time running RF and with your guides I managed to farm a mageblood last night. All of these explanations about the different mechanics really help me understand how the build works.

its crazy that my first league ever, i played one of your RF builds back in 2017

Thank you so much for taking the time for this.

I'm technically new to PoE, post story campaign at least, as I only played the game during Delirium (75 Ranger), Harvest (65 Fire dmg Witch) and Heist (65 Necromancer Witch) League but only even attempted maps on my ranger and got my ass kicked on a good amount of them because the game is so drastically different than Diablo, it was rough and I got sick of getting one shot. there is just SOO much to keep track of in this game... I decided to give this League a try as its been many years since I've played and am now lvl 64 Templar running firestorm but I would like to switch to righteous fire soon. I can't even thank you enough for this information as it has already helped me a ton in my current run and I am hoping to actually fully experience the endgame for the first time thanks to you combined with my greater knowledge of build crafting from other similar games that are more noob friendly like Diablo.

Thanks for taking the time to make this video, at 93 I still feel pretty squishy and die a lot. One thing I don't do is automate my flasks so I'm going to get to work on that ASAP. Thanks again for the guides!

This is amazing. Just yesterday I was playing some juiced T16 maps and thinking that I've started feeling squishy and wondering what I've done wrong. My deaths have climbed above 100! And then Pohx comes in with some defensive tips. What a great guy -- thank you sir! Maybe there's still hope for me yet.. I've been stuck at level 95 for a week!

Thank you so much. I was just about to give up on my RF cause of how squishy I felt but this fixed everything. Thank you.

Thanks! Amazing and informative video, Pohx!

I'm a new player and I've maybe watched this 5 times but every time I watch I learn something new 😅

Quality content again. SSF and I finally managed to stop dying in reds.

Going well for me. 88 all res, 60 chaos. Went with Dawnbreaker, because it just sat there. Taste of hate 14%, Lightning Coil (don't hurt me please) and an (imho) amazing helmet. 5% phys taken as cold and 6% phys taken as fire. Got Vitality level 21 on life, to get a point. +1 AOE gem gloves, have to get a stick to swing to get my purity of fire to 23 somehow. The fun part about this is: You explain everything great, but I have to always see what fits. The puzzle is fun :) Thanks man!

Thanks for this explanation! helps so much, love your videos and build

OMG! Thank you so much for the info. I follow your guide and @89 currently I felt really glass canon. Thank you again for the info!

Your content is the best. Simple and detailed explanations into the finer points of the builds. Thanks.

A neat interaction I accidentally discovered for call to arms + enduring cry setup: enhance support. It greatly increases the cooldown recovery

I am just about to start my journey on RF chieftain, and this was great to mentally prepare for the various hurdles in the game.

Thanks so much for takin the time to put this together

Why do i watch this? I know all that. Because Pohx have really chill voice to listen to

First 100 in poe this league thanks to Pohx and chieftain RF! 🎉

Great video. It definitely helped. It still feels like a slog having to sift through all the mob modifiers, though.

The last two leagues I have been taking Wellspring of Creation on the Atlas tree. Monsters deal 25% less damage and monsters have 50% more life. More life bigger pops with Hinekora, Death's Fury. I also try to roll every map with more life on monsters. Regularly I have had red map bosses insta pop when the adds die near them. Aside from Niko's Packed With Energy, Wellspring is the only Atlas node which grants more damage.

Thanks for the explanation. Ive league started RF so many times and always have the same issue. This video cleared it up :)

As a complete noob after 500hrs of playtime and countless characters, (guideless, glutton for punishment i know), RF was one of the scariest yet most intriguing skills i couldnt figure out. This dude changed that, running the RF Jugg and focusing on regen/life/resist's.... wowwwww this is powerful 🔥🔥🔥

Thanks for great video. In POE, literally the DEVIL is in the details !! lolol Your knowledge shows why you can do things us newbs can never do ! Plus higher level crafting. Being honest !

Thx for the video, it really helped me see the mistakes I was currently making in my defensive layers.

Very informative! Great video, thanks for sharing

this was a huge help. thanks for the content as always.

Very helpful! I will have to implement like half of that into my arc totem Hierophant.

That was really clear ! Ty for your work !

Thanks for the video . I made a few of your recommended changes and has helped a lot

I actually gave up on RF chief, I have done 4 RFs league starter over the years and this one was probably the one I died the most by a long shot. I miss inquisitor :(

Just got my Defiance of Destiny and it made my guy like 20 times tankier.

phox is a veteran master!

Great video as always. Appreciate your effort to enlighten me.

I’m sold on RF Chief. Only died 3 times in campaign. That was the fastest I’ve ever ran to maps. Still working on it, but I love this setup.

Thanks for this! First time RFer ... this will help immediately, and lots of it is general POE knowledge that I've never run across before (Valako Tatoo - wut?)

Been struggling with squish thanks for this. Was able to get defiance of destiny last night

i honestly cant thank you enough. I was literally just thinking my RF build felt squishy and its because i transitioned straight into your adorned setup without understanding how it worked (I found an early mageblood before i even made it to maps and sold it for enough currency for a defiance and a full set of clusters). And was just randomly juicing map mods then getting blown up out of nowhere rightfully so. I removed a couple nodes and picked back up sanctum of thought and the Phys to chaos conversion along with a few shock tatoos.

thats great and all but I do 800k damage with similar setup why is yours at 6million i cry.

Poxh: Not sure if you mentioned it, but getting phys as fire can be easy using timeless jewels... I had to give up one jewel socket and got 15% phys as fire (and a bunch of strenght) from mine for cheap...

Thanks for the guides. You're the best!

Pohx this video is amazing, thanks for all the help.

Outdated information, example, Call to Arms has been renamed to Autoexertion. It now reserves 15% Mana per Supported Warcry to cause those Warcries to be repeatedly triggered. Autoexertion Support can now support multiple Warcries, and no longer causes Warcries to share Cooldowns. It now grants Supported Skills 0-19% increased Cooldown Recovery Rate (previously 30-11% reduced Cooldown Recovery Rate), and now has "Supported Warcries do not grant Buffs or Charges to you or Allies."

Great video as always,big thanks !

I switched out molten shell for steel skin. Didn't realize dropping Determination would make that much of a difference.

AMAZING VIDEO!!! Thanks for the class!!

Pretty sure guard part could be it's own video with potential setups, gem levels, triggers etc. and different variations as needs tend to be pretty different.

now I know what Mageblood is

I made a lightning tendrils elementalist build fully blind this league as a newish player , made it to tier 14 maps but no matter what I did I couldnt fix the defenses past that without having a complete makeover. Ended up with like an energy shield regen armor hybrid with 75 res only and 2k-4k HP+ES with 650 energy shield regen. depending on what version of the build... bad. I had to focus more on max res, armor nodes (had 0) spell suppression and actually get a shield on offhand and run that damage reduction guard skill you showed (thought they were all hp shields) I actually got a 5 link cloak of flame and a helm for phys damage taken as fire 50% but didnt work because of all the factors. I know, it's fixable if I corrected all the defensive layers but it's too much of a hassle at this point after wasting so much currency, so I will restart with RF chieftain. I have a feel for the difficulty of the late game maps now though so I know what to expect and your guides are great to help alongside what modifier to focus on what gear etc!

I've had good luck with automation over cwdt. With increased duration you can time when molten shell or steelskin is up and then go in for damage and dip out when they go down

I feel like this video was specifically made for me because i kept asking him why im so squishy on stream😂😂 thanks pohx!!

I really do wish that poe had a death recap :(

Thank you so much. I took the immortal call setup and it helped a ton. Yet my problem (even before) was more the lack of damage when you progress through the content. I had a really hard time killing maven e.g. would you consider the same type of video for scaling damage instead of defenses? Keep up the great content and thank you for this build :)

Please make a quick video on defiance of destiny percentages and mageblood flasks 🙏

Very helpful thank you!

Defiance of Destiny is such a game changer on the tankiness front... It feels almost mandatory.

i'm playing with jugg version, so no tankiness complains hehehehehe

wanted to add that getting life regen on boots and gloves was very big for me. At that point i was able to farm for defiance of destiny pretty comfy, and now i'm VERY tanky

I play with console and to hit with fire trap is very clunky. I can control direction but not the throwing distance. What would be the second best skill for single target?

I anoint vamparism. Plus damage recouped as life on rings 90 all res 80 chaos res

This is interesting, switched to fulcrum since RF just felt so squishy, but now that I got MB, defiance and whatnot might swap back to RF

Thanks for another amazing video this has been very helpful for me.,

that was excellent, the best anti-squishy tutorial I have seen so far! @Pohx: Could you make another survival tutorial adressing the other defense layers like evasion, ES, etc.? ty

Needed this video

Aegis melding rf version is underated

What pantheon is best after we get The Annihilation's Approach boots?

thanks, good video !!!

new sub from PH, been following and enjoying your guide man! Thank you so much!

i need to tell you thx, cuz with your build, 1st time i kill red and blue boss :D!

Hi, Pohx! Awesome video as usual. Could you please give us an explanation on the immortal coil setup that you transitioned into?

Great video. I started RF this leave for the first time. I feel like I’m tanky enough but my RF damage is lacking so I end up dying because the mobs take too long to kill. Also, with the need to constantly move, I struggle to kill rare. When I stop to throw fire traps at them, I get one shot. Can you do another vid like this but how to scale RF damage higher now that it changed last league and also go over the best ways to add more RF damage?

FIRST! Thanks for being helpful as always! Enjoying my first time RF

Thanks for the good job!

maybe a dumb question, but what do you take reduced effect of shock instead of immunity to shock doing flask effect?

Do these stack? Meaning if you have a 40% and a nother item that gives 10%. Does that mean you have 50% conversion

eloquent

lol first question is what i came here for didnt understand what in the pob swap for malev at 50% phys as element i was like whats that :D

a major complaint about this league i keep seeing is people cant run any map/campaign without getting juiced mods they dont want with league mechanic. it's one thing to opt into an extra challenge,completely different to have it forced on you when you're not ready. it's a good patch,but a bad league. im sitting around 35% chaos rez and feel okay, have a 4L cloak and the pheonix shield. those 2 items really let the build shine for quite a while.

I just haven't felt like crafting gear. Most of the times i haven't felt squishy other than a couple touched mods or walking into a t17. Got the Cloak and flask and just leaving it

Hey Pohx, First and foremost - huge fan of the build so far! I am returning to the game after getting the ARPG itch not-scratched from D4. This is my first league since Ritual, and I used to play Enki's builds - yours has been a true successor in my eyes, and the amount of work and time you put in are legendary my friend. I have a question surrounding the gem setup ~ 17:00 mins. I just recently got my defiance of destiny amulet, but my health pool is not near yours yet (~5,5000-6000). Per your POB - I am running Infernal Cry, Lifetap, and Punishment with Call to Arms to automate the Infernal Cry. I am hoping to add a little bit of mitigation, as I will on occasion get overwhelmed in the juiced t16 Harby/Beyond maps structured in your previous farming videos. I was wondering how you would structure this swap to Infernal Cry/Enduring Cry? Should I drop Punishment? I am running Vitality and Arrogance in my weapon, should I put Immortal Call instead of vitality? Appreciate any insight you can provide!

Just fantasttic !!

Lotta info here thanx learnt a few things curious what the dps of your rf tooltip says

RF will always be a strong mapper but really lack on bossing dps. I dont see also a video you can take uber bosses

Amazing vid. Rlly helped me Out :)

Спасибо за проделанную работу!!!

This league is crazy Tiny white mobs one shot u And there is that stupid soul eater mob if u are cursed it also has desecrated ground modifier which heal itself even if u take ryslatha pantheon which reduce mob regen by 50% It will always be on full health very fast can’t outrun it most of the time

thanks Pohx

I would love a bit more SSF advice, I have 2 voidstones, but I can't imagine having enough damage or defence to get the other 2. I have cloak of flame, rise of the phoenix, prolif gloves, not found elder helm yet after hundreds of maps. Just feel a bit stuck.

Good Video Pohx I know u dont like to do Expensive Pob's but for example, i played RF at my first playtrough in 3.19 and learned The game with it thanks to you! But know im sitting on alot of Currency beacuse i learned how to get there and really want a setup like yours but dont want to mess up, im surely not the only one in this kinda Situation, can u please atleast post your POB or something? :)

Great video! Is it more important to get reduced effect of shock on your flask, or immunity to shok/avoid being shocked?

First of - thank you SO MUCH for your tips and insights! When it comes to Immortal Call with the trigger support - I can't really tell if IC gets triggered. :-/ I don't see anything changing in my stat window. I'm aware of the max. level restrictions mentioned by the support trigger gem and these are ok, I checked them... Can I see the proc of IC on the down right side of my skill tab? Or on the upper left?

Damn i was so early sound didnt even upload yet on yt

Build lost 99% survivability with Defiance of Destiny drop rate nerf. I think with the price of Defiance being so high it makes this build a 1 star from the 5 star it has last league. For this price you can make an insane t17 mapper

I just modified my build into a aurabot that never dies. It would be super good for hardcore, but I'm only using it till I hit 100.

Hi, is automation wouldn't be better than cast when damage taken? with this we could lvl up to 20 molten shell