Zelina and Zolin Almost Impossible With Minions

So I have been steamrolling through the game on a home built minion build. I beat every boss with this build without breaking a sweat, usually on my first try. All was going well and my build felt pretty decent and fun. That is until I got to the last boss before maps, Zelina and Zolin. The first time I fight them I stay alive for 20 mins. At 20 mins, they both still have full health. I am able to do a decent chunk when I hit them with all of my abilities (roughly 15% of their health bar) but then Zelina uses her aoe ground smash and full heals off my minions. She also heals off them almost every time she slashes at me and misses. If she touches a single minion it is the same amount of healing she would get from hitting a player. So now I am full stuck and can't progress at all. (Keep in mind I have completed everything in POE2 multiple times on multiple characters). I could easily swap off minions and beat the fight but that's dumb. I tried the fight for 2 more hours most of my attempts lasting 10-15 mins and at the 2 hour point I called it cause its just impossible on my build. This should really be addressed. I know its temporary filler content but its not great, unless you want casuals to quit when they hit that point. This literally feels like a POE1 wall where you would try and make a build and then realize you had to completely restart the game. The only difference is the build I made isn't even bad the boss fight design is. And sure the top meta minion build probably can complete it but that is because the boss is getting one shot not because its a good designed fight. This just feels like shallow difficulty letting the boss heal to full against AI minions. The boss should either have greatly reduced healing vs minions or just not heal off them at all. I have no problem having to dodge Zelina like its a no hit dark souls run but even when I do that my minions are just feeding her too much to get through the fight. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
Last bumped on Sep 12, 2025, 10:42:50 PM
This. 100%. I steamrolled literally everything up until this fight. I legitimately thought it was bugged that it was so bad.
Also if you want to bandwagon, there's another major thread on this exact subject. https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3831216/page/1
Currently my character is a Lich Witch

level 69
spirit 431
skeletal warrior x3
skeletal sniper x1
skeletal arsonist x1
skeletal frost x1
skeletal reaver x2
skeletal storm x1
skeletal brute x2
Ravenous Swarm
Unearth
Flame Wall

And i find it impossible to beat these two bosses no matter how hard i try or how i reconfigure my minions - besides, the fight arena is too small and way to many things happening at the same time.

its not fun
its not engaging
its not challenging 
its just irritating 


[edit: the next day]

After 20+ attempts in total and 15min+ in the last try - i finally managed to beat them in the most dumb way possible..

I just kept running circles around the room and dodging their attacks while my minions would do whatever they wanted, i used all my health flask but stayed alive long enough to see them kill zolina - only after that i could finally engage in combat and kill zelin

However, after i got the mission completed alert, he still keep fighting and doing damage; i had to lure him to one side of the room so i could talk to the hooded one and actually finalize the mission.

Maybe there are still some bugs left in this fight; i hope they address it because up to this point the game provided and amazing experience and all my previous deaths were my fault.

Last edited by Zaru_RJ#7726 on Sep 13, 2025, 10:24:29 AM

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