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It has been more than two months since the official release of POE 2 early access. How is your game’s progress? Have you successfully entered the endgame stage? If you are still stuck in the first three acts because of insufficient level or too powerful bosses, don’t worry, we will provide you with some help!

As you know, POE series of games has always been known for its high difficulty, so in order to defeat each boss you encounter, you not only need to consume POE 2 Currency in advance to exchange for more powerful gear or armor for your character, but also need to understand the fighting style of these bosses.

Based on this, this time we will introduce you to the duo boss Ekbab And Iktab in the second act. By analyzing the different ways to deal with these two bosses, we can help you defeat them smoothly.

Introduction To Ekbab And Iktab

The full names of these two bosses are Ekbab, the Ancient Steed and Iktab, the Deathlord. You’ll encounter them in Act II because you’ll be asked to assemble Horn of the Vastiri as part of the pre-quest, and you’ll need to collect three items to do so. One of them, Mastodon Tusks, is part of A Theft of Ivory quest, and you’ll need to go to Mastodon Badlands, Bone Pits for this, where you’ll encounter this double boss.

Overall Battle Strategy

Once the battle is triggered, both bosses will attack you at the same time, so you’ll need to decide how to deal with them in advance to avoid being caught off guard. It’s worth noting that whichever boss you defeat first, the other boss will become more powerful afterwards, increasing the efficiency of each of its attacks.

So you can’t focus on taking down one of them like you would a normal Path of Exile 2 boss, it’s best to deal as much damage to them as possible, let their health drain at a similar rate, and then quickly kill them both during your attack turn.

If you find it too difficult to kill both bosses at the same time, you can also try to kill Iktab first, as he’s the more dangerous of the two. Because Ekbab’s enhanced attacks can be avoided by flexible dodging, and its attacks will not become stronger as the battle progresses, but Iktab’s attacks will be more difficult to deal with.

On this basis, it is recommended that you trade with others with POE 2 Chaos Orbs you obtain in exchange for some equipment with lightning resistance to improve your survivability in battle, because Iktab’s lightning attacks and lightning wand attacks will significantly reduce your health.

Ekbab, The Ancient Seed Attack Patterns & Skills

Since the skills and attack methods used by these two bosses in battle are different, they will be introduced to you separately.

1. Ground Slam

When using this skill, Ekbab will raise its front hooves and slam the area in front of it, causing a wave of cascading damage. When you see Ekbab standing up, move away from it immediately to avoid this attack.

2. Tusk Swipe

When Ekbab launches this skill, it will swing its head to the left to cause damage, so you can more easily avoid this attack by just staying on its right side. However, sometimes Ekbab may follow your movement trajectory and swing to the right, so always be vigilant.

3. Charge

This skill allows Ekbab to deal straight-line damage to you by charging forward, and Ekbab will retreat before charging forward. Your best bet is to keep your distance from the boss so that you can more easily avoid this attack.

In fact, most of Ekbab’s attacks can be avoided by moving to its sides, so when you see it preparing to attack, dodge to its sides in time according to the distance between you. While this is not difficult, avoiding Ekbab’s attacks while avoiding Iktab’s attacks is the real challenge.

If you kill Iktab first, Ekbab will gain more power, specifically it will create a smaller Ghost Nova of Iktab and then shoot projectiles at you, and also let one or two smaller ghost orbs follow you and explode when they get close to you, which you can detonate by dodging at the last second.

Iktab, The Dreadlord Attack Patterns & Skills

Iktab has more skills than Ekbab and is more difficult to deal with, so you have to focus on him.

1. Lightning Wand

This skill will fire small lightning projectiles at you that explode on impact. This attack is hard to avoid and hard to foresee, and the only way to avoid it is to either distance yourself from the boss as soon as you see the first set of lightning projectiles or time them to dodge.

2. Sigil Meteor

Three orange marks will appear on the ground after the boss uses this skill, and then a meteor will fall on them. Simply avoid the orange marks to avoid the meteor.

3. Lightning Strikes

With this skill, Iktab will randomly strike small areas of the arena with lightning. These lightning strikes are indicated by small light blue marks, just avoid them.

4. Ghost Nova

This skill will cause a nova to appear in the center of the arena, which will slowly rotate while firing projectiles at you at a regular interval. To avoid taking damage, you need to move to the edge of the arena and move with the nova to avoid the projectiles.

5. Bone Tendrils

After using this skill, the boss will summon five circular AOEs near your feet. After a moment, they will explode and can be avoided by keeping moving. However, Iktab will only use this attack after Ekbab dies.

When Iktab gains extra power due to Ekbab’s death, all of its attacks will become stronger. For example, Sigil Meteor will form more marks to cover a larger area of ​​the arena; Lightning Strikes will cover a higher density; Ghost Nova’s projectiles will be fired faster, and nova will rotate faster.

It is worth noting that walking too far when dodging Ghost Nova’s projectiles may put you in the path of another projectile. So it is better to walk with the projectiles as the nova rotates, rather than dodge every projectile.

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After defeating these two bosses, you will not only get the loot drops but also successfully obtain Mastodon Tusks to complete the assembly of Horn of the Vastiri and continue your journey in Path of Exile 2. But if you are short of orbs to exchange for gear during the battle, you can try to participate in the seventh POE 2 giveaway event in IGGM Discord, which will give you a chance to win a lot of free orbs!

There are many quests waiting for you to complete in Path of Exile 2. Among them, quests related to the main line or quests that can provide a lot of POE 2 Currency naturally need to be completed first, but if you think these quests are too difficult or just want to relax in the game, then the side quests are also worth exploring - in fact, they sometimes provide you with unexpected small rewards!

This time we are going to introduce you to one of the side quests, Slithering Dead. When you enter POE 2 Act 3, you have a chance to encounter this quest. Based on this, we will provide you with a guide to complete this quest and successfully obtain the relevant rewards.

What Is Slithering Dead?

As a side quest, the quest plot of Slithering Dead is when you meet Servi, a local guide at Ziggurat camp, she will ask you to help her uncover the secrets of the hostile tribe and the fate of her son Apus as the beginning of the quest.

What may confuse you more than the completion process of this quest is how to choose the final quest reward. Since you can only choose one of the three quest rewards offered by Servi, and this choice is permanent and irreversible, you must treat it carefully to maximize the value of the reward you get.

How To Complete Slithering Dead?

Once you enter Act 3 or Act 3 on Cruel difficulty, look for the entrance to Venom Crypts in Jungle Ruins map here - it’s next to Jungle Ruins waypoint.

It is worth noting that Jungle Ruins map has two exits, namely Venom Crypts and Infested Barrens. The latter can help you further advance Legacy of the Vaal, one of the main quest lines, while the former is easy to miss because it is not related to the main story. Fortunately, if you do miss Venom Crypts during the game, you still can return here after entering the endgame.

After entering Venom Crypts, you first need to explore the area until you encounter the corpse in Den of the Serpent Priestess. Like all maps in POE 2, this place appears randomly, but it’s usually far from the entrance, so you can focus on searching in that area.

Once you find the corpse, click on it to interact with it, and your character will automatically pick up Corpse-Snake Venom. Then you can directly teleport back to Ziggurat camp and give the venom to the quest giver Servi, and the Slithering Dead quest will be completed.

How To Choose The Best Quest Reward In Different Situations?

Since Slithering Dead is a repetitive side quest, it will appear both in Act 3 and Cruel difficulty Act 3, but the quest rewards are different in each case, so we will introduce them to you separately.

How To Choose The Reward In Act 3?

When you complete the quest and talk to Servi, she will give you 3 venom reward options. You can choose one and drink it to get the relevant buff. This way, when you need these buffs later in the game, you don’t have to resort to other exchange methods, saving yourself POE 2 Chaos Orbs.

The bonuses and their effects are:

• Venom Draught of Stone: Grants you 25% increased Stun Threshold
• Venom Draught of the Veil: Grants you 30% increased Elemental Ailment Threshold
• Venom Draught of Clarity: Grants you 25% increased Mana Regeneration Rate

The safest choice here, and one that works for most POE 2 builds, is undoubtedly Venom Draught of Clarity, which increases mana regeneration by 25%, especially if you are playing melee classes like Monk and Warrior, as these classes will always face the problem of too little mana regeneration at critical moments in combat.

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The next best choice is Venom Draught of the Veil. It is mainly suitable for Witch and Sorceress, as Elemental Ailment Threshold of the venom can help these classes be less vulnerable to bleed, poison, chill, freeze, ignite, electrocute, or shock type damage caused by enemy attacks.

Finally, the least popular one is Venom Draught of Stone, because Stun Threshold it brings can only protect against damage that causes stun. However, since some Warrior builds are not good at dealing with stun, this venom may be effective for them.

How To Choose The Reward In Act 3 Of Cruel Difficulty?

Here, the venom rewards provided by Slithering Dead are as follows:

• Venom Draught of the Lost: Adds +10% to Chaos Resistance
• Venom Draught of the Sky: Adds +5 to All Attributes
• Venom Draught of the Marshes: Adds 15% Slowing Potency of Debuffs on you

In these three rewards, it is recommended that you directly choose Venom Draught of the Lost, because chaos resistance is more difficult to obtain in Path of Exile 2 than elemental resistances such as fire, thunder and cold, and most gear cannot provide you with enough chaos resistance. Therefore, the 10% increase in chaos resistance of Venom Draught of the Lost is not to be missed.

If you feel that the gains from these venoms are not enough for you, and you want to get more orbs to give your character more good gear, then why not participate in POE 2 giveaway event held by IGGM Discord now! You will share a lot of orbs with other players!

Mysterious Shade is the third quest we have to do in Path of Exile 2 Act 1. This interesting quest takes you to a graveyard to collect some keys. In this guide, we will cover how to collect two keys and defeat three separate bosses with similar mechanics to complete this quest. If you are still stuck on this quest, then don’t miss this guide!

How To Start?

First, let’s see where to start this quest. You can get this quest after completing Secrets in the Dark quest or discovering Grim Tangle in Grelwood.

Note that you must complete Secrets in the Dark quest, otherwise the tree roots will block your path and you will not be able to proceed.

Secrets In The Dark Quest

To start Secrets in the Dark quest, talk to Una in Clearfell Encampment. You will then need to explore Clearfell until you reach the entrance to Grelwood. The exact location varies per instance, so you’ll need to explore and find it on your own. There’s no predefined method.

Entering Red Vale

Once you’re in Grelwood, you’ll need to find a tree with three glowing runes at its roots, then summon Una and she’ll send you to Red Vale. Again, you’ll need to explore Grelwood to find the entrance. You can also kill Forgotten Witch and Brambleghast for some extra POE 2 Currency and loot.

Finding Obelisks Of Rust

In Red Vale, you’ll need to find these structures called Obelisks of Rust, interact with them, and clear the monsters that spawn after the interaction. After clearing them, be sure to loot the green items that drop. Repeat the above steps for the second Obelisk as well. However, at the third Obelisk, you’ll need to defeat the Rust King instead of a normal monster. So be prepared ahead of time.

Defeating Rust King

Since Rust King is vulnerable to lightning damage, it’s best to prioritize using lightning attacks if you have any. I must say, don’t skimp on your Chaos Orbs, using them to scale your lightning damage stat as much as possible can help you kill Rust King as quickly as possible. It’s definitely worth it.

Rust King’s attack pattern is pretty simple. First, he’ll create some spikes around him that will shoot out 360 degrees in all directions. You can avoid them by simply placing yourself between two spikes, though.

Then, he’ll raise his axes high and smash them in front of him, while you can duck behind him and sneakily deal some damage.

His last move is to summon an army and smash his weapons. If you’re a melee character, you can keep them close to the boss and clean them out while you attack the boss. If you’re a ranged character, you can lure them out of the area a bit and get some cover from the boss while you clean them out.

Once everything is done, grab the green item that the boss drops and open the portal to Clearfell Encampment, interact with Renly. He’ll give you some spikes and use Waypoint to return to Grelwood. Then pierce each rune with the spikes given by Renly, interact with Una, and return to Clearfell. You will then have completed Secrets in the Dark quest!

Mysterious Shade Quest

Once you have completed the above quest, you can officially begin your Mysterious Shade quest. Head to Grim Tangle, which you can find through Waypoints, or while exploring Grelwood. As mentioned before, the map is always random, so the map described here will not be the same as yours.

Draven

Una will help you clear the roots, and now your goal becomes to continue through Grim Tangle. This means you need to explore Grim Tangle until you find the exit to Cemetery of the Eternals.

Find that exit, then talk to Lachlann the Lost, who will let you find two keys in two different Mausoleums.

Explore the cemetery until you find the first one. In this instance, our first key is found in Mausoleum of the Praetor. Here you need to find the boss room, the center of Mausoleum, where you will fight Draven.

Draven’s main mechanic is that he attracts those little green ghosts, and when he attracts three of them, he gains power. To stop them, you just have to step on them. It is worth noting that in addition to his basic attack, he will also send out a barrage of projectiles, so dodge them in time.

In phase 2 of the battle, he will summon his girlfriend Asinia to help him. She will draw some circles on the ground, and the player will be damaged shortly after entering the circles. So when you see Asinia, start moving around to avoid the circles.

After defeating Draven, grab Memorial Key and use the portal that appears in the boss’ room to go to the cemetery.

Then explore the cemetery until you find the second tomb. Here we will encounter Tomb of the Consort. Go in, repeat the above steps, and explore until you find the boss room, marked as Heart of the Tomb on the map.

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Asinia

This time, you’ll fight Asinia, the Praetor’s Consort. The same ghost mechanics work here, too, with Asinia also attracting green ghosts and gaining power, and again, you can stop them by simply stepping on them.

In the first phase of the fight, she mainly does melee attacks and summons circles on the ground. Then in the second phase, she summons Draven to help her, who fires a barrage of projectiles when he appears, so dodge in time.

Then you need to watch out for her two attacks. The first is when she puts her hand over her chest and bow and then sends out a barrage that deals a lot of damage, and the second is when she launches an attack on a cage. When she puts the cage down, break it with your attack and then walk away, or dodge it because there will be a barrage soon after. After defeating her, take her key and return to the graveyard to talk to Lachlann.

Lachlann

Open the gate, and then you’ll start the final boss fight of this quest, defeat Lachlann.

Firstly, don’t stand behind the boss at first, because he will slam his weapon in front and then slam it in the back, which can do quite a bit of damage. Then another attack he does with his weapon is a wide swing, which is pretty easy to dodge, though.

He has two main Souls attacks. First, a giant green circle appears on the ground where he summons souls and then shoots them straight at you, which is also pretty easy to dodge. Then, the hardest to dodge is when he extends his arm out in front, then brings souls out of the ground and then quickly drops towards you. You’ll need to time this well to dodge. What’s more, the souls will also leave frost trails behind them, so when the big green circle appears, be sure to position yourself carefully so that the frost trails don’t get in your way.

After defeating Lachlann, you can get Count Lachlann’s Ring and a bunch of loot, and this ring is a necessary quest item that you need to complete Mysterious Shade quest.

Anyway, that’s it for this Mysterious Shade quest guide. Hopefully, these tips will help you get through all the boss levels more smoothly. However, I must remind you that it is essential to prepare some suitable equipment and items before starting the mission. If you are currently suffering from a lack of resources, you might want to pay attention to some exciting giveaways that are often launched in IGGM Discord. If you stay active in the group, you may be able to get a bunch of excellent resources for free! Try it now!