[2.6] CI HoWA ST - Uber / Shaper / Guardians Down - Budget Friendly?

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Burrosburro wrote:

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xxKillerZ wrote:

Any tips for my gear? Got 3ex to improve right now. Sitting at 32k DPS at HO with GM if i'm not wrong.

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Focus on getting 20/20 on gems, that will make a difference, maybe jewels if you need them (attack speed is a really nice dps boost as well).
After that might wanna try to get a better ES boots (and i suggest maxES on rings if you can), but at that point more INT on gear and you will start minmaxing, which unfortunatly will get quite expensive

Swapped the gems and now i got 42,6K DPS, and as i already got 9,8K ES (still missing a ES node and one level on discipline), should i focus on more ES as u said (boots and rings) or more Damage? (and what should be the upgrades for more damage?)

Playing a variant on hardcore, probably the safest/strongest build I've played in quite some time.

97 atm



I believe my gear is as close to being done as I can get without dumping the rest of my currency (saving for HH).

Hope you all are having similar success.

edit: grammar

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lif44 wrote:

Playing a variant on hardcore, probably the safest/strongest build I've played in quite some time.

97 atm

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I believe my gear is as close to being done as I can get without dumping the rest of my currency (saving for HH).

Hope you all are having similar success.

edit: grammar

Which of the rings are you using? Do you swap them out for different map mods?

Also, Vaal Lightning trap? I didn't think that stacked with the Vinktars shock...

some greywolf amulets are so crazy
unique t4
45% inc lightning dmg
32% inc attributes

but 90 ex :/

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grimjack68 wrote:

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lif44 wrote:

Playing a variant on hardcore, probably the safest/strongest build I've played in quite some time.

97 atm

Spoiler

I believe my gear is as close to being done as I can get without dumping the rest of my currency (saving for HH).

Hope you all are having similar success.

edit: grammar

Which of the rings are you using? Do you swap them out for different map mods?

Also, Vaal Lightning trap? I didn't think that stacked with the Vinktars shock...

I must have hit the right right twice.

VLT for bossing really, such as breach lords since they dont move at the start, I like to have them shocked from the start, otherwise vaal charges just go to vaal dd.

Guys do you use the SPS? This shit is really freaking me out because of it's range and speed.

Hey guys.

I'd love it if someone knowledgable took a look at my passive tree and give me any hints as to how to improve it rather than the general "swap dex nodes for proj nodes" but other stuff. Things im thinking about are such as is Primeval Force worth it ? Would it be benefecial to take jewel nodes like the one next to CI ? I mean yes 8% mana is useless but youd get another gem with 3 points. Anyways heres my profile link https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/petekf/characters took a look if you will. And yes i know my gear needs a lot of upgrades but its mostly about passives at this time :) Also how would The Blue Dream jewel work for dps ? Seems that 5% extra lightning as chaos would work quite well power charges not included as its basically 5% more dmg.

Any hints appreciated. Ty

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Snorri_Skjoelsen wrote:

Guys do you use the SPS? This shit is really freaking me out because of it's range and speed.

Only when you need the damage boost for single target. I use it for some of the tougher guys in the Hall of the GrandMasters, for instance.

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petekf wrote:

Hey guys.

I'd love it if someone knowledgable took a look at my passive tree and give me any hints as to how to improve it rather than the general "swap dex nodes for proj nodes" but other stuff. Things im thinking about are such as is Primeval Force worth it ? Would it be benefecial to take jewel nodes like the one next to CI ? I mean yes 8% mana is useless but youd get another gem with 3 points. Anyways heres my profile link https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/petekf/characters took a look if you will. And yes i know my gear needs a lot of upgrades but its mostly about passives at this time :) Also how would The Blue Dream jewel work for dps ? Seems that 5% extra lightning as chaos would work quite well power charges not included as its basically 5% more dmg.

Any hints appreciated. Ty

So, you really should swap the Dex nodes near the Ranger start for the projectile damage nodes right below them. Just had to get that out of the way. ;)

Seriously, though, your tree is pretty damn optimal.

You shouldn't need Primal Spirit, which would give you 2 more points to play with.

When picking tree nodes, there's some pretty limited criteria for this build. We're looking for either:
- 10% damage mods per node
- Extra ES
- More INT. Mostly this is pathing, making sure we take INT nodes over others, or Dex / Str if they are withing the range of Fertile Mind / Brute Force.

So, the extra jewel socket near CI? It costs 3 points to get to, and a good jewel will give you ~30% damage, so ~10% damage per node.

Primeval Force? It's 6 points off the tree, and it gives you 81% damage boost, so, over 13% damage per node. Absolutely worthwhile.

If I were in your shoes, I'd probably drop Primal Spirit and toss those two points either into damage nodes or towards getting Alchemist, which has a very nice synergy with Primal Force.

PS: Blue dream math - at least 2 points for the jewel socket, +5% damage, ~2.5% chaos damage per point... not worthwhile.

Hey. Wouldnt The Blue Dream be a 5% more modifier instead of increased though ? Is that not how added dmg works? Im confused really and i dont really wanna blow my C just to try it out :D

And yea i'll probably drop primal spirit and keep primeval as it is nice for an occasional reflect mob aswell. I'll invest into alchemist pretty soon i think tho. Should have it by lvl 94 or 96 dunno which yet. Choosing between going for Alchemist, Coordination for that attack speed, or more ES now as i've lost almost 500 ES in the respect tnx to all the dropped int and my ES is now 9.5k.

Tree after rearranging the points: www.poeurl.com/bgFF

Also.. how big of an upgrade is going from 11% int to 12% weapons ? And how big of a deal is the difference between 25% and 30% WED rolls ?

TY