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

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Snorri_Skjoelsen wrote:

Dude, what's wrong with you? 44K dps is absolutely enuf to farm Shaper if you switch ya GMP to SPS =) I've tried to facetank uber-A once but totally failed, Shaper was a piece-a-cake tho... NOT. Died a couple of time for being stupid :) Although my tooltip dps is 47,504 with golem and wrath turned on and 81,450 with SPS I see I have a lack of intelligence in comparison to your gear. There're no good opal rings on the market right now and this shit makes me wanna cryyyyyy yeah :D

UPDATE.
Just killed uber Atziri. Wasn't a problem :D

I only really tried dark forest before and that boss hit like a truck, but had a bit less dmg then and could not sustain even with SP, tried again yesterday and managed to kill 3 out of 4 guardians but alas could not finish Phoenix this time:)

I havent tried shaper yet though but uber lab i can solo no problem.

Do you guys run 3 Fertile minds or just 2? Suspect that its my jewels that are not the best atm i got 2 dmg jewels then 3 fertile minds and one brute force.

I'm running three fertile minds and 1 brute force as well.

Also I do have 3 Fertile Minds placed in the 3 jewel sockets that I currently have.

I am level 74 and I got all this gear + 3 Fertile Minds for about 50c. Where is a upgrade needed the most? Ive got about 40c atm. Also I feel quite squishy as I currently only have 7223 ES with 847 Int. Furthermore my sheet dps tends to be way lower than yours - 11152 in Hideout with only Wrath and Golem.


This is my current Tree: https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAABAIBAAHRAecDHgX5DY0OSBEvEVARgRGWFdcV8BcmGYoaVRslG8gdTx9BIuoi9CPTKjgrCiy_Nbk2PTboQdBDMUZpS65M_04qVP5VhVZjWhpbr13yX2phIWOnbAttGW1sbyd1y3qEf8aExYTvhq6Nfo9gj_qQCpMnlcyXBppqmyabtZ_LoSKiQKOKpcunK6cwr-u1SLe2vea-p8HFwzPDOsSiz93QrdDQ2Vvawd1G53To1ukC6mLrFOtj7BjtP-4O8Yr0-Plj_MU=

I am planning on either going to Elemental Overload or Primeval Force next.


I would very much appreciate it if you could give me a brief overview on what I should be focusing right now and which upgrades would give me the best bang for my buck.

the first dps you have listed, is that with frenzy charges up?

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xThePlayer wrote:

Also I do have 3 Fertile Minds placed in the 3 jewel sockets that I currently have.

I am level 74 and I got all this gear + 3 Fertile Minds for about 50c. Where is a upgrade needed the most? Ive got about 40c atm. Also I feel quite squishy as I currently only have 7223 ES with 847 Int. Furthermore my sheet dps tends to be way lower than yours - 11152 in Hideout with only Wrath and Golem.


This is my current Tree: https://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAABAIBAAHRAecDHgX5DY0OSBEvEVARgRGWFdcV8BcmGYoaVRslG8gdTx9BIuoi9CPTKjgrCiy_Nbk2PTboQdBDMUZpS65M_04qVP5VhVZjWhpbr13yX2phIWOnbAttGW1sbyd1y3qEf8aExYTvhq6Nfo9gj_qQCpMnlcyXBppqmyabtZ_LoSKiQKOKpcunK6cwr-u1SLe2vea-p8HFwzPDOsSiz93QrdDQ2Vvawd1G53To1ukC6mLrFOtj7BjtP-4O8Yr0-Plj_MU=

I am planning on either going to Elemental Overload or Primeval Force next.


I would very much appreciate it if you could give me a brief overview on what I should be focusing right now and which upgrades would give me the best bang for my buck.

Ok, let's see here... in no particular order (yet)...

- The INT roll on your second claw is really weak.
- You haven't completed merciless or uber lab.
- Your accuracy is likely way too low with this gear. If you swap your gloves for Shaper's Touch, that will be fixed.
- Flasks - drop the quicksilver. All movement should be using whirling blades, so move speed is mostly pointless. You really need a Vinktar's with lightning penetration, that makes the build shine more than any other single thing. Also, The Wise Oak instead of the Basalt, IMO. I'd drop the mana flask back to a Hallowed, it gives you more mana per kill, refills faster, and will still be more mana than you have left to fill after auras.
- Tree - minor, but drop the DEX node between Vaal Pact and Thief's Craft.
- Gems - Grind those main gems out to 20/20. That will make a huge difference.
- 4L your boots and add in a Warlord's Mark. That way you'll auto curse stuff that hits you, and killing them will give you endurance charges to buff your Immortal Call.

Priorities? Flasks --> Gloves --> Labs --> everything else, IMO.

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Ok, let's see here... in no particular order (yet)...

- The INT roll on your second claw is really weak.
- You haven't completed merciless or uber lab.
- Your accuracy is likely way too low with this gear. If you swap your gloves for Shaper's Touch, that will be fixed.
- Flasks - drop the quicksilver. All movement should be using whirling blades, so move speed is mostly pointless. You really need a Vinktar's with lightning penetration, that makes the build shine more than any other single thing. Also, The Wise Oak instead of the Basalt, IMO. I'd drop the mana flask back to a Hallowed, it gives you more mana per kill, refills faster, and will still be more mana than you have left to fill after auras.
- Tree - minor, but drop the DEX node between Vaal Pact and Thief's Craft.
- Gems - Grind those main gems out to 20/20. That will make a huge difference.
- 4L your boots and add in a Warlord's Mark. That way you'll auto curse stuff that hits you, and killing them will give you endurance charges to buff your Immortal Call.

Priorities? Flasks --> Gloves --> Labs --> everything else, IMO.

alright, thank you for the heads up.
How good are Quartz Infusion and avatar of the veil anyway? The travelling notes are completetly useless as I cant evade and wont walk that much. Phasing itself also doesnt have that much of an effect, as I can easily dash through enemies with Whirling blades. Only the 40% ele damage and Immune effect are noteworthy IMO.

As for the Shapers Gloves: Do I need a special pair or can they just be some random corrupted ones for cheap? Assuming I dont need a certain gem setup in there.

Unfortunately I only have 50c atm. So getting a 10% light pen Vinktar will take a while as they are 95+. The Wise Oak is also 10c so I dont know if I should be saving up for

Tree: got rid of that one dex note and I am 2 points away from EO now. After I got this, I would work my way towards the bottom right corner to pickup primeval force (taking the 3 12% notes)

Gems: I consider buying some with high level and quality if I can find some for cheap.

Boots: RRRR now with WM, IC, inc Dur and CwDT

All in all I need quite a lot of currency to reach those goals. At least Ive got something to grind for now.

Just curious, but how would Shaper's Touch with Ele Weakness on Hit compare to regular gearing with accuracy? Would that be BiS in any case, or would regular accuracy gearing be better?

Quartz infusion and avatar of the veil give you a decent damage boost, phasing - which allows you to run through mobs even when whirling blades gets hung up on some tiny little obstacle, and, most importantly, immunity to elemental effects. So you don't need a flask to thaw from freezing, you can't be shocked, and you don't need a fire extinguisher flask.

Shapers touch can be damn near anything. We have some decent flexibility with our slot colours, so as long as the set you pick up are 4 linked, you can probably work around them.

I'd buy the Wise Oak right away - and the Shaper's Touch, then I'd save for the Vinktar's. good chest and helm are going to be multiple exalts, so those are likely last.

Corrupt with elemental weakness on hit ... well, if it's not BIS, it's damn close.

Hello ! Thanks for the build, i'm having fun with it.

I don't know which part of my gear I should upgrade first, can you please take a look at this :



Thanks :)

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Shinro28 wrote:

Hello ! Thanks for the build, i'm having fun with it.

I don't know which part of my gear I should upgrade first, can you please take a look at this :

Thanks :)

First, some flask changes.
- Vinktar's should be lightning penetration variant
- Switch the Rumi's for the Wise Oak, ensure lightning resist is your highest resist for the extra damage boost
- The silver and mana flasks have bad mods for this build. You are immune to freezing as long as you have completed uber lab, and having the bleed on a mana or health pot means it stops giving you bleed immunity as soon as your mana or health is full.

Other than that, I'd upgrade the helm and boots until you can afford to run shaper's touch for gloves, which will take care of your accuracy. Lastly, I'd upgrade or 6L your chest.

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Breach comes with a number of unique items that fill various roles in builds. We are happy with most of these, though we will be making some adjustments to the Hand of Wisdom and Action, and the Hand of Thought and Motion that leads to it. The added lightning damage of these weapons will no longer be global, and will instead only apply to each specific weapon.

The values of the flat lightning damage will also be increased given their new restriction, to "1-5 lightning damage added to attacks per 10 intelligence with this weapon" on Hand of Thought and Motion, and to "1-10 lightning damage added to attacks per 10 intelligence with this weapon" on Hand of Wisdom and Action.

So if I understand this correctly the claws will get a 16% nerf as each one will only boost the damage of itself and not both.

Of course this is the least of the problems for this build in the future. Leech is the major one, lower ES is another and of course low availability of breach uniques.