CI Raider Howa Uber/Shaper/Anything Destroyed

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MFJones wrote:

Character is completed, I think this is as far as I can push the build in terms of gear. Will try to hit level 98 depending on how much more mapping Im going to do with my friends.

I think the only thing I'm really missing is a blade flurry enchant for my helmet, but probably not going to grind lab for it because i hate lab forever

gear

14.6k ES with discipline
11.4k Tooltip with wrath + HoT

Very powerful and very tanky. This is the most i've ever geared up any character and probably the most I've mapped on a single character ever.

Gratz on completing your character MFJones! You're the benchmark I use to assess my own. Love your gear btw. The gloves, chest, the first ring (84% incr. damage on one ring is bonkers) and the boots in particular are droolworthy. If and when you do decide to offload those I'll definitely be first in line!

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Invalesco wrote:

Gratz on completing your character MFJones! You're the benchmark I use to assess my own. Love your gear btw. The gloves, chest, the first ring (84% incr. damage on one ring is bonkers) and the boots in particular are droolworthy. If and when you do decide to offload those I'll definitely be first in line!

Thanks man. I'm very proud of the ring as I crafted it myself :)

Very difficult to find good jewellery for this build right now

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Roofz wrote:

Played as ST until 90, now switching to BF. Will try to push char to lvl 92. One thing i've been thinking about is ES pool. Now I have like 9.5k with not so great gear, but this BF tree has 63% less ES than mine and I dont want to stay with like 8k ES. Ofc, I can change items, but I am broke currently, next thing to change will be ring, maybe I should get some nice %ES rolls on my rings and amulet, then it will work.

Your gear isn't terrible though. But considering that, 9.5k ES is still quite a bit. It just goes to show how much you can scale this build up with upgrades. If you can somehow reach 9k-9.5k ES with the BF tree then you should feel quite comfortable with farming guardians and shaper. From there on just try to farm up some upgrades for higher ES gear that should push you to over 10k easily.

If you're using no movement speed boots I think you can get some higher ES ones for not too much: http://poe.trade/search/okisinohaguano

But I don't know what your budget is so I'm just throwing that out there for you. Based on your current gear though I would say you're on the right track. Even with 9K ES, end-game content should be a breeze. Judging by the amount of int you have on your gear I would assume your DPS is just fine.

the herald of thunder with charisma gives me less damage than a 3 damage jewel. i think you're better off just taking the 3 point jewel near CI (with the 8% mana)

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goldnugget wrote:

the herald of thunder with charisma gives me less damage than a 3 damage jewel. i think you're better off just taking the 3 point jewel near CI (with the 8% mana)

That's what I was thinking but I'd need a 20/20 HoT plus the charisma wheel to be sure.

On the other hand, attack speed is good on it's own, and if you boost it with Ancestral Protector, attack speed is amazing - so the dual wield nodes are very likely better.

And as you say, taking 3 nodes to get a jewel is also probably better.

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hankinsohl wrote:

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goldnugget wrote:

the herald of thunder with charisma gives me less damage than a 3 damage jewel. i think you're better off just taking the 3 point jewel near CI (with the 8% mana)

That's what I was thinking but I'd need a 20/20 HoT plus the charisma wheel to be sure.

On the other hand, attack speed is good on it's own, and if you boost it with Ancestral Protector, attack speed is amazing - so the dual wield nodes are very likely better.

And as you say, taking 3 nodes to get a jewel is also probably better.

Oh actually i tested it with lvl 19 hot and it was close. lvl 21 is probably better than the jewel, unless you get 4 nice mods on it.

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goldnugget wrote:

the herald of thunder with charisma gives me less damage than a 3 damage jewel. i think you're better off just taking the 3 point jewel near CI (with the 8% mana)

You're pretty spot on about this. Charisma for HoT probably isn't the best option to spend 3 points on unless you plan on getting level 97/98.

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MFJones wrote:

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goldnugget wrote:

the herald of thunder with charisma gives me less damage than a 3 damage jewel. i think you're better off just taking the 3 point jewel near CI (with the 8% mana)

You're pretty spot on about this. Charisma for HoT probably isn't the best option to spend 3 points on unless you plan on getting level 97/98.

Your tree is pretty nice... but...

Why not equip Ancestral Protector and take the dual wield nodes instead of HoT and the Charisma wheel?

For bosses, where top DPS matters, doesn't this yield a lot more DPS?

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hankinsohl wrote:

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MFJones wrote:

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goldnugget wrote:

the herald of thunder with charisma gives me less damage than a 3 damage jewel. i think you're better off just taking the 3 point jewel near CI (with the 8% mana)

You're pretty spot on about this. Charisma for HoT probably isn't the best option to spend 3 points on unless you plan on getting level 97/98.

Your tree is pretty nice... but...

Why not equip Ancestral Protector and take the dual wield nodes instead of HoT and the Charisma wheel?

For bosses, where top DPS matters, doesn't this yield a lot more DPS?

Probably, but I don't really like using ancestral protector. It doesn't make big enough of a difference for me to have to worry about keeping it up 24/7, especially for bosses. It also tends to die pretty quickly for most boss fights. Having to drop orb of storms is good enough for me, I don't like having to worry about keeping things up during a boss fight which is also why I don't really use my golem at all. That's just my play style, I am sure some others would disagree with me. It's not a bad choice at all though.

I'm currently running a level 21 HoT, it adds about 800 DPS to my tooltip which is nice but definitely not needed. The build can do fine without HoT. Charisma cluster also boosts our wrath and discipline a bit so there's also some extra damage and ES there. Again, probably not the best way to spend 3 points as others have pointed out already but I am level 97 and approaching 98. Not sure where else I can put those 3 points efficiently other than maybe a 3 point jewel with 4x damage rolls.

This build is not 100% concrete, meaning you don't really need to have your tree identical to mine. Maybe you have some more accuracy so you can drop one of the accuracy clusters and get more damage. Or maybe you're lacking ES so you can spend some points on the 6% ES nodes. It's really flexible IMO and really depends on how your gear is like, you can use the tree to make up for things you may be lacking in.

found this in a map randomly



HUGE boost to accuracy! think i should divine it?