balancing issues in elite

having completed normal difficulty i set out to adventure in elite. the level is demanding but quite fun to play. until there comes a unique. funny enough i killed gastris the foul who appeared at a riftgate for the first time. he gave me headache. such an imbalance is annoying. when i appeared in his poison aura i died within seconds. what a surprise he appeared a second time in the adjacent area. just himself. this annoying guy.

i have a lvl 49 shaman arcanist two handed build relying on primal strike, corrupt totem, storm totem. works well under regular gameplay. can i stack even more damage with this combination? which skills, devotions, items to look for?

You need to look more towards buffing your resistances… Going to Elite you receive a resistance penalty that needs to be accounted for and then again on Ultimate. Buff those and it gets easier to withstand those dots.

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You’d probably be a bit better off if you lowered your damage a little in order to get your resistances up.

I usually save jewelry with different resists on it while I level up a character. Then I can swap them out temporarily to max out a resist if I meet one of the more difficult heroes.

You definitely need close to 80% poison resist against Gastris.

It is also a good idea to enter Elite with some faction powders and components to buff your resistances.

I would have at least 2+ devotions that give you some resistances, esp. poison, bleed, and chaos/aetherial.