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

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grimjack68 wrote:

Nice work... Unfortunately, the OP has abandoned the build, and the rest of us don't have the ability to edit his posts. :(

Doh! Perhaps builds should be on a wiki or something? *shrug*

Hey, thanks for the awesome guide!

Could you please help me figure out what is lacking on my build as I'm struggling with the Guardians. I managed to get Minotaur down after several deaths (figuring out whether to facetank or kite him o_o), but for example Chimera's adds seem to be pain in the ass.. They seem to outrange me and even with all the leech I am slowly but surely going to die.

Here's my current gear:



and here is my passive tree:


I am thinking my accuracy might be too low (1,9k rating, 86% hit chance), but I already have acc rating in my gear + in one of the passive jewels, shouldn't that be enough? My dps in ho (w/ disc,wrath and thunder golem) is 35,8k and ES 10,6k.

Thanks again!

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limchu wrote:

Hey, thanks for the awesome guide!

Could you please help me figure out what is lacking on my build as I'm struggling with the Guardians. I managed to get Minotaur down after several deaths (figuring out whether to facetank or kite him o_o), but for example Chimera's adds seem to be pain in the ass.. They seem to outrange me and even with all the leech I am slowly but surely going to die.

Here's my current gear:

and here is my passive tree:

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https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAABAIBAAHRAecDHgQHBfkHHg5ID6sRLxFQEYERlhR1FdcV8Ba_FyYZihnXGlUbJRvIHU8fAh9BIvQj0yo4Kwosvy0fLlMwWzW5Nj02xTboPL5B0EMxRmlJUUuuTLNM_04qVP5WSFZjVvpbr13yX2pfcGEhY6dsC20ZbWxvJ3XLd9d4-XqEft1_K3_Gg22ExYTvhq6Nfo25j2CP-pMnlS6VzJcGmmqbJpu1n8uhL6OKpMKnK6cwrTOv67VIvea-ir6nwzrEos2Yz93QH9Ct0NDTb9gk2NXZW9rB3UbjhOd05-ro1ukC6mLsGO0_7g7v6_DV8Yr5M_lj_W4=

I am thinking my accuracy might be too low (1,9k rating, 86% hit chance), but I already have acc rating in my gear + in one of the passive jewels, shouldn't that be enough? My dps in ho (w/ disc,wrath and thunder golem) is 35,8k and ES 10,6k.

Thanks again!

Let's see here.
- You're missing INT on one of your rings and your belt.
- You haven't specced out of Written in Blood and it's 3 support life nodes.
- You don't have a bleed flask.

I would suggest:
- Work on the missing INT on your gear if you can afford it.
- Drop Written in Blood and it's supporting life nodes. Pick up Wisdom of the Glade, Thief's Craft, and reconnect your tree using the INT point directly above Volatile Mines. Throw the other point into whatever you like. I'd be tempted to drop the DEX nodes near the ranger start and take the projectile damage nodes below them instead.
- I'd try to drop your current gloves for a set of Shaper's Touch instead, even if you need to drop a damage jewel to balance resists.
- Re-roll your Silver flask for bleed damage. It's rare that a curse has that much of an effect, bleed can kill you.

Hi, can someone check my gear and let me know if I should be shaper viable? I'm reluctant to spend more on the character (saving for next one) but I wanted to try the endgame stuff.

Either i'm doing something wrong, or this build isnt so endgame viable as it seems. I'm at 9.8k es / 37.5k dps (wrath + golem + gmp), and i'm having a hard time doing izaro.

I made an ice whisperer build before this one, and somehow did uber lab alot easyer by just facetanking izaro, which i cant do now. While i invested alot more currency in this build.

Any advice on tanking hard hitting bosses?

Should i use orb of storms to get frenzy charges / EO quicker at bosses?

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poepoe091 wrote:

Hi, can someone check my gear and let me know if I should be shaper viable? I'm reluctant to spend more on the character (saving for next one) but I wanted to try the endgame stuff.

Spoiler

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https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAABAIBAAHnAx4EBwX5DkgPqxEvEVARgRGWFHUV1xXwFr8XJhmKGdcaVRvIHU8fAh9BIvQj0yo4Kwosvy0fLlMwWzW5Nj02xTboPL5B0EMxRmlMs0z_TipU_lWFVkhWY1b6Whpbr13yX2pfcGEhYlpjp2wLbRltbG8ndct313j5eoR-3X8rf8aDbYTFhO-Gro1-jbmPYI_6kAqTJ5XMlwaaapsmm7Wfy6Evo4qly6crpzCtM6_rtUi95r6KvqfBxcMzwzrEos2Yz93QH9Ct0NDTb9gk2NXawd1G35jjhOd05-ro1upi6xTsGO0_7g7v6_GK-TP5Y_1u?accountName=poepoe091&characterName=Cyeleia

You should be good to go. If you know the mechanics of shaper at all, you'll be fine.

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Grimstarz wrote:

Either i'm doing something wrong, or this build isnt so endgame viable as it seems. I'm at 9.8k es / 37.5k dps (wrath + golem + gmp), and i'm having a hard time doing izaro.

I made an ice whisperer build before this one, and somehow did uber lab alot easyer by just facetanking izaro, which i cant do now. While i invested alot more currency in this build.

Any advice on tanking hard hitting bosses?

Should i use orb of storms to get frenzy charges / EO quicker at bosses?

A few things.
- On hard bosses, swap GMP for Slower Projectiles. This by itself should carve holes in Izaro in seconds.
- Flasks! Mandatory Vinkars with lightning pen, Atziris, and The Wise Oak. Juggle your resists until lightning is highest to take full advantage of The Wise Oak. The other 2 flasks aren't as important - I run a Hallowed Mana - less kills to recharge and plenty of mana for this build - and a Silver flask with bleed on it. The Vinktars alone will boost your leech so high that your ES will be instantly full as long as you are hitting.
- Move your Fertile Mind from near Vaal Pact to the socket near Blood Drinker.

Any thoughts on whether this is still worth playing this close to the patch? I've heard talk of howa getting shit on. :( Any advice would be much appreciated and valued.

Close to what patch ? 3.0 will come after the beta has ended so about 2 months from now if everything goes well.

I want to know if this will be viable in 3.0