Dissolution of the Flesh has a secret synergy. WUATU #20 - Path of Exile (3.17 Archnemesis)

Summary

In this video, the creator explores the *Solution of the Flesh* jewel in *Path of Exile*, explaining its unique life reservation mechanics. The jewel reserves life instead of taking damage, resetting after avoiding damage for 2 seconds. The video discusses synergies with *Petrified Blood* and *Eternal Youth*, which help mitigate damage and sustain life. The creator shares a *Strike Berserker* build experiment, highlighting challenges like avoiding DoTs and ensuring life reservation resets. The video encourages viewers to share solutions for overcoming these difficulties while optimizing the jewel's potential.

Takeaways

• 😀 The *Solution of the Flesh* jewel reserves life instead of taking damage, but if you keep taking damage, your reserved life will be depleted unless you avoid damage for 2 seconds.
• 😀 This jewel increases your maximum life by up to 30%, adding a potential buffer for survival, but also introduces complex mechanics requiring careful damage management.
• 😀 *Petrified Blood* interacts with *Solution of the Flesh* by splitting the damage: part is taken normally, while the rest is lost over time, which doesn't contribute to life reservation.
• 😀 *Eternal Youth* makes life recharge based on maximum life, which becomes beneficial when combined with *Solution of the Flesh*, allowing life recharge to offset the life reserved from damage.
• 😀 The key mechanic with *Solution of the Flesh* is that life is reserved instead of taken directly from current HP, making traditional healing methods like life leech or regeneration ineffective.
• 😀 To use the *Solution of the Flesh* effectively, you must avoid damage for a 2-second window to reset the life reservation, which is the hardest part of the mechanic.
• 😀 Damage-over-time (DoT) effects such as poison, ignite, burning ground, and other conditions can reset your life reservation, so they must be carefully managed or avoided.
• 😀 The synergy between *Petrified Blood* and *Solution of the Flesh* allows for massive life sustain, as the life reserved from damage is offset by life recharge, granted you have enough maximum life and recharge rate.
• 😀 Some mechanics, such as *Casting Damage Taken* or *Temporal Rift*, may not interact properly with the jewel’s life reservation system, as they don’t affect the reserved life.
• 😀 The current build being tested is a *Berserker* using the *Voidforge* and *Bloodfest*, benefiting from the jewel’s life increase, but still struggling with damage-over-time effects.
• 😀 Managing life reservation requires avoiding conditions that prevent the 2-second window, such as *Blood Rage*, *Corrupting Blood*, and other debuffs, making it a tricky mechanic to master in gameplay.

Q & A

What is the main function of the 'Solution of the Flesh' jewel in Path of Exile?

The 'Solution of the Flesh' jewel reserves life instead of allowing you to take damage to your life. This means that when you take damage, that damage is reserved as life until you stop taking damage for 2 seconds, at which point the reservation resets.

How does the 'Solution of the Flesh' jewel interact with energy shield mechanics?

The jewel removes all energy shield life and prevents you from taking damage to life directly. Instead, it reserves life based on the damage you take, and if you avoid new damage for 2 seconds, the reservation resets.

What role does 'Eternal Youth' play in synergy with 'Solution of the Flesh'?

'Eternal Youth' changes the life recharge mechanic to work like energy shield recharge, which applies to life. This allows you to recharge life, even if it's reserved by the 'Solution of the Flesh', helping to offset the life loss from Petrified Blood.

What is the effect of Petrified Blood when used with 'Solution of the Flesh'?

Petrified Blood mitigates part of the damage by causing a portion to be lost over 4 seconds, instead of taking full damage immediately. This prevents damage from reserving life and allows you to mitigate damage while maintaining life reservation with 'Solution of the Flesh'.

What is the main challenge when using 'Solution of the Flesh' in a build?

The main challenge is avoiding taking damage for 2 seconds to reset the life reservation. Even small amounts of damage, such as from debuffs like poison or ignite, will prevent the reservation from resetting, causing you to eventually die.

Can you mitigate damage from debuffs like poison, ignite, and corruption effects while using 'Solution of the Flesh'?

No, 'Solution of the Flesh' does not mitigate damage from debuffs such as poison, ignite, or corruption. You must avoid these debuffs entirely to keep the reservation from resetting and avoid dying.

Does 'Solution of the Flesh' interact with 'Blood Rage' or 'Corruption Blood'?

'Solution of the Flesh' is incompatible with 'Blood Rage' and 'Corruption Blood' because these effects cause you to take continuous damage, which prevents the 2-second window required to reset the life reservation.

How does 'Solution of the Flesh' affect the use of life regeneration or leech?

'Solution of the Flesh' blocks life regeneration or leech because it reserves life instead of allowing you to recover it normally. You cannot rely on methods like life leech, life regeneration, or life flask during this process.

Why does the 'Solution of the Flesh' jewel make a character immune to certain types of damage?

While the jewel doesn't directly make a character immune to damage, it effectively prevents damage from affecting life, as it reserves life instead. This can create the illusion of immunity as long as you can avoid taking new damage for 2 seconds.

What are the key considerations for building a character around 'Solution of the Flesh'?

Key considerations include ensuring that you can avoid taking damage for 2 seconds to reset the life reservation, mitigating or avoiding debuffs like poison and ignite, maximizing life and life recharge rate, and incorporating synergies with 'Petrified Blood' and 'Eternal Youth'.