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

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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

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

I do too garantivil.

I mean on the one hand, two months is a long time and I could probably really enjoy the build in that time. But on the other hand, it's a lot of currency to drop if GGG is just going to pull a GGG and destroy howa into the dirt.

Typically, there is a new league with some new content every 3 months. The current league will end May 29th, which is 2 weeks away. Can you have a good time playing this build over the next 2 weeks? Sure! In 2 weeks, you could be slaying Shaper easily.

There is a good chance that shortly after this league ends, another will start. Whether this will be 3.0 remains to be seen, but I wouldn't want to count on it. I expect the next league to start June 2, run through Aug, and be running 2.8, with 3.0 following in late Aug / early Sept.

Will this build be playable in the next league? We really don't know. Honestly, we were expecting it to be nerfed into oblivion THIS league.

There is actually NO chance that shortly after this league ends another will start. GGG has no time to make anything because they're busy with 3.0. If anything Legacy shows exactly that. Absolutely no new content but a repetition of old stuff to give GGG time to work on 3.0.

The official schedule was announce 4 days ago:

When will the Beta start?
It's still a month away. Our current target date is Wednesday, June 7 US time. While we believe that we will be able to hit this date, small adjustments of a few days may occur forwards or backwards.

For clarification, the Legacy league will end on Monday May 29 (Pacific Time), the week beforehand.

What happens on the main realm once Legacy ends and while the Beta is ongoing?
We're going to run events! So many events. It's a great opportunity to try out leagues and races of different variations without disturbing an active challenge league. We'll likely solicit suggestions from players over the coming weeks.

How long is the Beta likely to run for?
As long as is needed, but we expect 5-6 weeks.

It seems GGG has decided to extend Legacy until the beta finishes. So that's another 2 months of legacy.

What's happening to the Legacy Leagues?
It was previously planned that the Legacy Leagues would end on May 29th US time. However, due to popular demand we've decided to extend the Legacy Leagues to continue to run alongside the beta and end when The Fall of Oriath launches.

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Aias_o_Telamonios wrote:

It seems GGG has decided to extend Legacy until the beta finishes. So that's another 2 months of legacy.

What's happening to the Legacy Leagues?
It was previously planned that the Legacy Leagues would end on May 29th US time. However, due to popular demand we've decided to extend the Legacy Leagues to continue to run alongside the beta and end when The Fall of Oriath launches.

Well now, that's interesting! Question is, do I min/max this toon, or fire up another one? First world problems... :)

Can anyone post here a full updated version of this build? Have some questions wich will probably be answered by that. Thanks in advance.