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

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Lionix wrote:

Guys another thing: the build and passive tree on the first page is not outdated right? Cause they are saying me that rare gloves are not BYS for howa builds... the unique one are the best? Are they just wrong?

dude, it depends on what rare gloves you've got. as for me i change shaper's touch to rares and back. depends on situation, mods and other stuff

I've got 32k dps with GMP with just over 1k int, 8.2k ES. I really do think Shaper's Touch is BiS because it absolutely removes any need for accuracy on gear, I think I'm at 93% chance to hit or something ridiculous, and it will only get better, as 1k int isn't actually a lot for this build.

I'm wondering if there are any sorts of damage benchmarks to be able to do guardians + shaper? I'm still progressing through maps but the damage seems good already, although idk how good.

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xRustySpoon wrote:

I've got 32k dps with GMP with just over 1k int, 8.2k ES. I really do think Shaper's Touch is BiS because it absolutely removes any need for accuracy on gear, I think I'm at 93% chance to hit or something ridiculous, and it will only get better, as 1k int isn't actually a lot for this build.

I'm wondering if there are any sorts of damage benchmarks to be able to do guardians + shaper? I'm still progressing through maps but the damage seems good already, although idk how good.

I'd say all of your gear could use an upgrade. It's not terrible or anything but you can certainly get much better depending of course of your budget.
The build is very strong and can easily defeat an boss in the game. But that also depends on your ability and knowledge of the fight. A good player can do it with what you have right now. I'd say get about 150-200 more intel and you'll be set for shaper.

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Aias_o_Telamonios wrote:

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xRustySpoon wrote:

I've got 32k dps with GMP with just over 1k int, 8.2k ES. I really do think Shaper's Touch is BiS because it absolutely removes any need for accuracy on gear, I think I'm at 93% chance to hit or something ridiculous, and it will only get better, as 1k int isn't actually a lot for this build.

I'm wondering if there are any sorts of damage benchmarks to be able to do guardians + shaper? I'm still progressing through maps but the damage seems good already, although idk how good.

I'd say all of your gear could use an upgrade. It's not terrible or anything but you can certainly get much better depending of course of your budget.
The build is very strong and can easily defeat an boss in the game. But that also depends on your ability and knowledge of the fight. A good player can do it with what you have right now. I'd say get about 150-200 more intel and you'll be set for shaper.

Yup, everything could use an upgrade, I've got a few exalts on me and am currently looking at more suitable belts and boots. The rings were given to me by a friend and are just placeholders until I can get something better, but those definitely need an upgrade as well. All my gear is kind of in limbo atm, it's not terrible but it's not great either. Juggling resists is sort of difficult when I have to replace a lot of things at once, so I'm trying to take it slow.

Do you have suggestions as to what I should upgrade from most needed to least needed? Rings definitely need to get replaced, perhaps the boots as well since their ES is pretty low?

So I've recently just purchased this along with a level 4 enlighten and level 4 empower, level 21 disc and level 21 wrath. My DPS increased was about 4-5k and around 1k ES - I was just wondering I'm left with around 4 casts of spectral throw and I'm able to clear insanely quickly but sometimes my attack speed will make me run out of mana and Im out of mana for like a split second. was just wondering how you guys went about this (if theres anyone else that went down this path)

Sitting at around 65k hideout(no ancestral guardian) and around 12kes. End game content is a joke lol

Hey guys I've not had a lot of time to play recently but want to take on guardians/endgame bosses like Shaper and Uber Atziri.


I was wondering if my gear is good enough for guardians yet and what to improve on my gear next? (Have about 10ex worth to spend)


@ 9.9k ES about and 35.5k GMP in hideout with wrath/disc on and with golem.





I still am using some resist nodes since I wasnt able to get resist capped with my current gear, few percent short.

What should I change/upgrade first? I know my vink flask isn't the proper one with penetration either, is that a huge help over my current one?


Thanks.

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xRustySpoon wrote:

Do you have suggestions as to what I should upgrade from most needed to least needed? Rings definitely need to get replaced, perhaps the boots as well since their ES is pretty low?

Since everything needs upgrading my suggestion would be to save your money until you have enough and then upgrade everything at once. It's useless and expensive to replace one item at a time in a situation like this. It will take a lot longer and you will end up with worse gear if you try to balance resists every time. Do it once and get the best you can afford starting from chest, then helmet, boots, belt and rings last. Also don't forget to get 12% intel on your HOWAs.

Hi there, guys!

Here's my gear and I need ya suggestions on how to improve the DPS and mebbe the QoL:



Second Atziri's or Vinktar flask instead of the wise oak?
Right now I have around 45-50 ex. Not enuf to get a 950+ ES chest but the amount is okay to buy some minor stuff like opal rings.
It's around 46k DPS with GMP & l.golem on in the ho.

I swear half of the posts on here wouldn't exist if they bothered to look two pages before their post and actually read. Most of the tips are written a few pages before, and again before that. I look at half of the posts and they ask why they don't also have 60k dps and 12k es when they are level 77 with level 19 0% gems and every piece can be upgraded and most are going to need two upgrades to deal with the change of the one upgrade. The other posts are just look at my gear haha. :)

Wish the build had an update though, it would solve alot of these questions and be better for all.

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MartyMcFlyHigh wrote:

I swear half of the posts on here wouldn't exist if they bothered to look two pages before their post and actually read. Most of the tips are written a few pages before, and again before that. I look at half of the posts and they ask why they don't also have 60k dps and 12k es when they are level 77 with level 19 0% gems and every piece can be upgraded and most are going to need two upgrades to deal with the change of the one upgrade. The other posts are just look at my gear haha. :)

Wish the build had an update though, it would solve alot of these questions and be better for all.

I mean while I do agree with your post somewhat, mainly the part where people are like "why is my DPS so low blah blah", they could go through a few pages back and see what people are doing.


I do value the opinion of the more knowledgeable people here than myself though since I'm a fairly new player and still don't know many of the in's and outs of PoE. Getting advice on what pieces to upgrade and things to change benefits me greatly since we have some much more experience people here posting.


^^I posted a few posts ago about which pieces to upgrade and things to change before trying guardians/shaper and such.


Thanks for any help so far homies.