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

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boonobosMike wrote:

Tooltip dps doesn't take into account penetration and many other factors. You shouldn't tunnel vision on it.From what i've seen many of you guys don't take the alchemist node which is an amazing node and boost in dps, especially on bosses.

If you want to know your real dps get the path of building soft, upload your build and that's the closest you will come to knowing your real dps.

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poepoe091 wrote:

This build looks really fun and I'd love to try it, but I'm kind of wary of how much it may cost. Is about 20 ex enough to get end game viable? Not endgame face roll, but at least "end game doable and kind of comfortable."

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CottonSwabs wrote:

So uh, I think I've made some questionable purchases in the past week. My DPS is sitting at ~18k at lvl 85 in hideout with Wrath/Lightning Golem.

I need help again! :^)

Are there any glaringly obvious choices to be made in terms of gear? Tbh, if I decide to upgrade my gear, I'll have to buy at least 4 additional pieces to juggle resists... I think. I'm saving up for a 6L chest atm.

On the tree, I'm going to start building for the Alchemist nodes.

Spoiler

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grimjack68 wrote:

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poepoe091 wrote:

This build looks really fun and I'd love to try it, but I'm kind of wary of how much it may cost. Is about 20 ex enough to get end game viable? Not endgame face roll, but at least "end game doable and kind of comfortable."

Absolutely, no question, you can buy good enough gear to run endgame content for that.

6 link 700es chest: 4ex
Decent helm: 4ex
Claws with 12% increased INT: 25c each
Astramentis: 1ex
Shaper's touch: 5c
Vinktar's flask: 1ex
Atziri's flask: 2c
The Wise Oak: 2c
3x fertile mind: 6-7c each
Brute Force Solution: 5c
2 more quad mod jewels: 1ex each
Decent boots: 2ex
90+ resist WED crystal belt: 2ex

That's 16ex and change. Will there be room for improvement? Sure! But this setup will still carve through content like the proverbial hot knife through butter.

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grimjack68 wrote:

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CottonSwabs wrote:

I'd scrap the +ES mastercraft on the helm in favour of extra resist, if you can. Drop the gloves and pick up a Shaper's Touch. Get a Wise Oak flask and a Vinktar's with extra lightning penetration. Drop the quicksilver, it's pointless in a build that uses whirling blades to move around. Drop your Mana flask back to a Hallowed, it charges faster, holds more uses, and we have so little mana left unreserved that it'll still overfill.

On your tree, ditch the three life/es nodes directly below Chaos Innoculation. Those are only used until we re-spec into CI. Use 2 of those to pick up your last frenzy charge off the tree, below Fury Bolts. Use the other point to reconnect your tree to Chaos Innoculation at the top right.

Run Uber lab. Get a carry if you need it. Those last 2 points make a huge difference.

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SocceR wrote:

can someone challenge me
ho: dps with gmp, wrath and golem 53k :)

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grimjack68 wrote:

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shaokim wrote:

Any reason to assume this will be nerfed in 3.0?

There is talk of CI getting nerfed in 3.0. That would make this a challenge.