Path of Exile hardcore, Scourge League, solo self found part 3, act 2 and reaching act 3.

progress is painfully slow.
got myself the steelskin ability. a guard spell that absorbs damage for a few seconds. but I did not expect them to lower the duration even further.

at this point I found my double strike lackluster as a single target ability and looking how Scourge works I decided to replace it with infernal blow.
infernal blow is an attack ability where when you kill a target it explodes dealing fire damage to it's immediate area.
when monsters cluster together, they end up in a chain reaction of exploding gore.

Act 2 boss Vaal Oversoul. this guy in the beginning of the development of path of exile was THE last boss.
it was faster, hits REALLY hard. and much much scarier. now though it has been reduced to pattern based gameplay. you still get one shotted tho when you get debuffed(increase damage taken) by his laser attacks and rocks fell at the right moment at your character.

I'm just happy my character didn't die. the next part, act3 would be a gamechanger. an NPC named Siosa sells every gem up to that point of the game(depending on the character, not all gems are available at the vendor), which would fix my character build.

and of course Trials of Ascendancy. my character hits slow because I plan on picking Raider ascendancy. which would SIGNIFICANTLY speed up my clearspeed. I just hope it won't constitute to me dying faster...