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

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Ragnorak wrote:

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nikchua18 wrote:

Hi, I just wanna ask somethinG. With my current gear and passive skill tree. For my tool tip, my dps is about 13k for spectre throw. Is this normal? I've seen a few who has dps at about 30k at around level 80+ is there something wrong with my passive or gears? Thanks in advance!

Ps. Will change to raider soon for my ascendancy

https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/nikchua18/characters

Your gear is pretty damn good. Although honestly I'd drop the Skyforths for some higher-ES boots with resists. You should then be able to swap in Opal rings for higher damage. That's pretty min-max though. The benefits probably aren't going to be that much.

Looking at your skill tree, you really need some work there.

http://poeplanner.com/AAcAANkSKABqW68B51T-veaQCs2YxKLQ0BFQbyePYKKjpytVhW1s6QI2xUMxGYoj0-tjGlUwW5u1hMWVIK_rrTNaGhnXGyVLrtlbH0EdTw5IhO9WSA2NLR9MsxXXLL8DHoauHwLxisM6vqf5Y-wYo4rrFDboj_oV8I1-f8YqOPT4VmPP3W0ZXfKhIk4qRmkrCl9qdcsbyGEhlwY2Pacwpcuaap_LEZYF-epitUjBxSLqTP8EB9gk6NY1ued02sEB0cMzokDB8-4OES_8xRcmeoTQrUHQX3CDbTy-2NUAAAAAAA==

That tree is two less points with a touch more ES (around 300 or so), and significantly more DPS. After those changes, make sure you pick up the jewel node underneath Duelist, and slot in a Brute Force Solution. And then grab the one near Ranger, and get another Fertile Mind. That should get you a bunch of damage and ES. Edit: Didn't realize you had a Fertile Mind in the jewel slot above ranger start. Remove it from there and swap it to the one to the right of Ranger. There isn't a lot of dex to be converted in the one you have it in currently. Keep the slot though, and stick a jewel with a bunch of attack speed and lightning damage in it.

Also do the Raider set up sooner rather than later. The ascendancy buffs means my character goes from 27K in the hideout, to 80K or so when clearing. It really makes a difference.

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petekf wrote:

Hello HoWA friends. Im still leveling and my question isnt gear or dps related yet but more from what skill to use (yes i know this is a ST guide but still) and what tree to use.

So i initially thought of going ST myself but after testing blade flurry and loving it mechanically and having no ST MTX i was thinking of going for BF instead. Now first of all i'd like to know if BF is worse than ST in any way (other than not having as much range) and if it is worse then by how much.

And lastly the skill trees (both for lvl 100 just to see what im going for)

ST tree : Passive skill tree build

BF tree : Passive skill tree build

Now the big upside other than me liking BF to the BF tree is losing a few proj dmg nodes for heart of thunder which is 78% lightning dmg i think +3% more pen. So.. what do you people think i should go for?