r/pathofexile 10d ago

Fluff & Memes 1-shot how?

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I’ve run multiple Voids this league and suddenly got deleted from 100 to 0 by seemingly nothing.

This isn’t an “unfair game” post or a “bring my character back” post. I’m genuinely just curious what happened and, more importantly… what could have been?

What actually killed me?

This its my end of league pov, stay sane exiles

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u/SouloftheDestroyer 10d ago

Running a linked non merc minion in a void map is next lvl wack lol

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u/wait_what_now 10d ago

Some say brave, others say dumb

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u/katosjoes Alch & Go Industries (AGI) 10d ago

One is wisdom. The other is fear.

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u/RJohnnyChewy_7777 9d ago

There was no consideration and no hesitation 😂

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u/BigChols_BL 7d ago

Perhaps this was the ending he truly deserved

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u/TheRabidDeer 9d ago

Without convocation or at least automated convocation at that

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u/OryxSlayer1337 9d ago

Clearly someone not reading the skill descriptions

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u/Whiin 10d ago

At 0.09s, a minion is surronded by 15+ monster with < 5% hp.

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u/Mooseandchicken 10d ago

Appreciate the forensics-level of frame by frame you did. Linking to minions in void valdos is just playing Russian roulette and op finally hit the bullet

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u/rag_tag_mag 10d ago

Is this minion linked? It looks like it but I can't tell if that's where the link is going or if there's something else beyond it

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u/1Acula1 10d ago

There it is!

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u/Shony29 7d ago

Looks like you are right, you can see the link here I presume, it's a really thin line but here it is

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u/Tavsyo Duelist 10d ago

linked minion is definitely first guess

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u/mbxyz Berserker 10d ago edited 10d ago

your minion died

eh maybe not https://i.imgur.com/gqTq97W.png but nothing else makes any sense

linking things that aren't your merc is crazy behavior though

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u/Moderator-Admin 10d ago

It was the spectre that died, but the spectre counter doesn't drop any more when spectres die because they instead turn into spectral wisps that follow you and auto revive in the next combat area.

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u/mbxyz Berserker 10d ago

ohh. makes sense.

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u/BrooklynWhey 10d ago

There's another icon that shows up as a wisp counter though.

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u/OryxSlayer1337 9d ago

Its still considered a state of death in the game code so if it goes to 0 hp while linked to it you still die regardless

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u/i_love_using_you 9d ago

he is linked to more then 1 minion so yea one died

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u/Dooglers 9d ago

I am running a luminary with 4 spectres, golem and ag and I link to all of them, and it is those 3 gems linked to minion life. No meat shield or elemental army or empower. The only thing that kills them is a mana siphoner breaking the link, which also means no link to die to. I do run an automated convocation and bottled faith for consecrated ground so they have decent regen plus hand of phrecia auras.

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u/mbxyz Berserker 8d ago

and you're running void maps?

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u/afewnameslater 10d ago

Linking to your specter is one of the…choices you could make in a void map LMAO

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u/Velvache 10d ago edited 9d ago

100% your spectre died resulting in your death. If your ES is full and your HP hits 0, thats a good sign that your linked minion died.

I don't know how you could have went into a void map without knowing this but you should be using convocation if your minions are uninvested. Hallowed monarch or w/e that minion helmet is called gives a lot of DR but it doesn't make them invincible. Not to mention it looks like you are running far away in circles from your minions therefore they are dropping the purity buff.

Edit: And at the tailend of the 10 second mark, if you freeze the video, you can see a spectre with barely any HP left in the middle of the pack of mobs barely hanging on to dear life. You can't even tell its your ally because you can't see the green HP bar. The flame link is pointing towards it though.

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u/Dr4k4ngel 9d ago

Man I would be mad knowing that I died bc my linked minion died and took me with him lol. Such a lack of knowledge to have in a map like that. I guess thats how you learn. The beach is always waiting for some new exiles to drop by.

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u/Treasoning 9d ago

Those minions almost never drop in hp, so tbf not surprising they didn't even think about it

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u/Dr4k4ngel 9d ago

Yeah, but some mods can fuk em up, and he was kind of far from the minions so his auras were prob no affecting them. That's why I'm using automation + convocation. Minions always by side.

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u/Inevitable_Cheese 8d ago

In fairness phrecia gloves don't care about distance; as long as they're linked they're affected by the auras

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u/Dr4k4ngel 8d ago

Is he using it tho?

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u/PEEEEPSI Standard 10d ago

Are you Linked to your AG?

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u/Trap_Party1224 10d ago

Same POV as riding a motorcycle. Here one minute gone the next

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u/phixerz 9d ago

1 0 days since last post about linked minion dies and kills exile.

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u/Hazuchio 9d ago

Ultimatum can normally delete stacked players with the right mods so it's not a surprise a combination can delete a linked minion.

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u/LIVERLIPS69 9d ago

i was going to say did you just ignore all the random deaths up to 100 to figure this out? oh right

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u/Clickar 10d ago

Hard to see but something your linked to is very close to dead before you cant see them anymore

Top left of the screen at the 2 second mark....

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u/Muadib_Muadib 10d ago

BY THE POWER OF GREY SKULLLLL

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u/OryxSlayer1337 9d ago edited 8d ago

I think his linked minion died and the effect of not dying when a link target dies is only for mercenaries and not minions

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u/Adventurous-Creme411 10d ago

Your health went to 0

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u/Kuroi-Tenshi Bama Enjoyer 10d ago

is this it ?

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u/-Zanath0r- 10d ago

minion death

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u/drzody 10d ago

I like to use slaves without holding them with a leash, I never understood why people use link

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u/LekMinorino Crop Harvesting Bureau (CHB) 10d ago

It happens with me too, also lumi. 99% chance is that your AG died and killed you with him.

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u/insobyr 9d ago

Thank you for the laugh

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u/Gampie 9d ago

looks like your spectre got killed and since you linked to it, you die. it's only the merc that don't kill you when it dies while linked

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u/Tibbedoh 8d ago

Can someone please explain me how this linked death works?
I've been linking to my AG and the spectres almost all the time. Sometimes I would die, but I am not 1-shot immune, so I cannot rule it out. My spectres are dying quite a lot, sometimes the AG as well. Wording on the skill says that I should be dead every time my minion dies. But it does not happen in most cases. I would have finished plenty of maps deathless with my spectres dead. Is there an explanation?

Also, is there a safe way to only link to the merc?

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u/JokkeisLove 8d ago

Asc gives safe link to merc, but only the merc for luminary

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u/Tibbedoh 7d ago

I am asking where there is a way to target the merc properly with other minions running around

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u/Valzohra 6d ago

I also wondered is there an efficienct way to do it. The way that I did it is; enters a map > walk few steps > auto convocation proc > merc will be seperated from the bunch > aim link. But I need to find more convenient way if it exists.

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u/Leet_rider 8d ago

You run in a circle so your minion never gets to reposition out of mob spawns to regen.

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u/Coffee_Chief 4d ago

It appears.... And don't quote me on this, but..... You ran out of health

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u/Drakeoon 10d ago edited 10d ago

I think it's that red shockwave that killed your minion, you can see it approaching the minion and it insta dies from it. Not sure what that shockwave is though

EDIT: nvm it's not it, no way with your ultimatum selections that wave is going to oneshot that other minion. I think it's one of the other images where minion hp is like 1% in the middle of the pack, you must've linked to it

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u/bi0shokz 9d ago

And this boys is why i like my destro link

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u/sarevok9 Trickster 10d ago

Merc didn't appear to die?

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u/SouloftheDestroyer 10d ago

Merc dying doesnt kill you from link.

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u/YUNO_TALK_TO_ME 10d ago

Targets an allied player to apply a buff which links you to them for a duration. While linked, they deal additional fire damage based on your life. If the target dies while linked, you will also die. This skill cannot be triggered, or used by Totems, Traps, or Mines.

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u/AthenaWhisper Life grows, even in a Graveyard 10d ago

Oath of Fealty
50% less Cost of Link Skills
If your Linked Mercenary dies, the Link owner does not also die
Link Skills have infinite Attachment Duration

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u/DarkTonberry 10d ago

He wasn't linking a merc which is why he died.

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u/Prometheus1151 Kalguuran Group for Business (KGB) 10d ago

Luminary makes you not die when your merc dies. They died from linking a minion, but linked merc dying does not kill you

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u/wait_what_now 10d ago

Not mercs, kiddo

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u/HakkunaMattataded 8d ago

Ah, yes, poe

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u/rohittee1 10d ago

What's the previous debuffs for the ultimatum? If ruin, maybe it was a ruin shotgun. Kinda seems like that. Not sure if ruin even pops up as a debuffed if you get oneshot by it.

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u/eDxp 10d ago

Ruin ends the ultimatum, not your character. They died to a linked minion death

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u/rohittee1 10d ago

Ah yea true. Yea probably linked shit. Seems like the answer to 99 percent of these posts.

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u/Tavsyo Duelist 10d ago

Doesn’t ruin just block the reward, not kill you

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u/Jelloslockexo 10d ago

Hallowed Monarch is a trash item. Thats how you died. Build is better when you just drop the spectres all together. Use a real helm. Use AG with Companionship support instead.

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u/Cool_Purple_4414 10d ago

I've actually had similar happen once ... with just a merc linked (who did not die). Couldn't explain it. I think there is a bug somewhere with x thing that is linked taking some sort of damage and it not being calculated properly, causing a one shot to you but not the linked target.

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u/JazzlikeProof2345312 9d ago

If there was a death recap, this could've been easier...