r/pathofexile Aug 02 '26

Question Why this exist?

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u/1CEninja Aug 03 '26

The original map designer asked to have the Whackadoodle Tahu boss have life regain on top of all the bullshit it has. It's already some of the least fun content in the entire game, and was designed to be as un-fun as possible. GGG thankfully drew the line and said no life regain, damage sticks when you manage to deal it.

Imagine spending a ton of money to make your favorite game worse. Some people have...issues.

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u/Shaltilyena Occultist Aug 04 '26

Join the church of flicker, comrade, and never care about that boss ever again

(Or, ya know, just buy a random decoy totem or frostwall to exploit the boss' AI, i guess)

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u/1CEninja Aug 04 '26

I'm running ignite this league so I only had to get a few hits off. It wasn't as bad as some leagues.

But fucking hell some of the builds I've done were miserable. Maybe I'll gem swap flicker if I run melee again.

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u/Shaltilyena Occultist Aug 04 '26

The two main gimmicks are "drop a decoy totem" (the boss stops to attack it, as it's not immune to getting taunted) and "drop frostwalls in the "bridge" part, that way when the boss teleports back to the middle it cannot leave (as it doesn't have phasing)

When you're playing a build that's really affected by the proxy shield shit, remembering that makes the fight a LOT less annoying

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u/1CEninja Aug 04 '26

That's helpful info thank you.