You hit that awkward mid-game stretch in PoE 2 where your damage feels fine on paper, but bosses still take ages and your defenses are held together with tape. That's usually when Crown of Eyes starts popping up in build chats, right alongside stuff like "should I just buy PoE 2 Currency and stop messing around with bad rolls?" It's a helmet that doesn't look flashy, but the line on it changes...

Stumbling onto Ervig usually happens when you're least expecting it. You're tearing through the Grim Tangle, probably just looking for the main path to progress the campaign, and suddenly you're trapped in a fungal pit with this guy raining death from above. He's an optional boss, sure, but skipping him feels wrong given the potential loot drops that can boost your character early on. If you...