Victorious Fate Guide: Facing the Pinnacle Boss with Ease

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Chetza, The Feathered Plague, is a formidable boss encountered in Path of Exile 2 as part of the Trial of Chaos runs and is the source of the vital Victorious Fate fragment. Defeating Chetza requires sharp awareness of her attack patterns, positioning, and resource management.
Key Mechanics and Attacks:

• Beak Poke: Chetza will attempt melee beak pokes if you get too close. Avoid this by attacking from her sides or back where she is slower to turn.
• Flesh Bombs: She spits explosive bombs both in volleys and straight lines, dealing AoE damage. Watch the ground shadows and spell effects to dodge these lethal volleys.
• Beak Slam & Ground Spikes: Chetza smashes her beak into the ground, triggering spikes in a spiral pattern. Getting hit causes a Maim debuff that slows movement, increasing vulnerability to follow-up attacks.
• Raining Dead Birds: After ground spikes, dead birds rain down, causing area explosions on impact. Continuous movement prevents damage from these attacks.
• Plagueling Minion: Chetza spawns aggressive minion birds that chase and attack you. It's advisable to kite these with ranged attacks or to kill them quickly when safe; they respawn if killed early.

Tips for Easy Victory:

• Start attacking immediately upon entering the arena to rush her health down.
• Use ranged attacks and movement skills like sprint or shield charge to avoid telegraphed AoE damage.
• Stay mobile to avoid the rain of dead birds and shuffle positioning to dodge ground spikes.
• Prioritize killing the Plagueling minions when they become a threat but avoid getting stuck fighting them exclusively.
• Observing attack patterns and timing dodges between her cast animations is critical to minimizing damage taken.

Build Considerations:

• Survivability with high resistances, life, or energy shield is essential.
• Mobility-enhancing skills dramatically increase ease of staying alive.
• Area damage and burst damage accelerate the fight’s pace, reducing opportunity for mistakes.

Defeating Chetza rewards the Victorious Fate fragment, which is essential for progressing to the Trialmaster boss fight. This encounter tests players’ ability to combine positioning, movement, and damage output under pressure, making it a defining challenge in PoE 2’s Trial of Chaos.
Beat Chetza by:

• Maintaining distance to avoid melee beak pokes.
• Dodging AoE flesh bombs and spike patterns.
• Moving consistently to avoid raining bird corpses.
• Efficiently managing Plagueling minions.
• Maximizing mobility and burst damage with survivability.

Mastering these tactics will ensure a smoother victory over Chetza, paving the way to high-level progression and rare rewards.