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

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zaboleqqq wrote:

Ok but base DMG comes from INT and I have INT (between 31 and 50) on every part of my gear so I think base damage of claws is ok. Int boost lightning damage of HoWaA and then we have bigger boost from WED/EleFocus/lightning damage nodes. I thought that we should focus on +WED on rings/amu instead of pure lightning damage(as it state in this guide and almost every other guide for HoWaA ranger).

Ring like this one could be better?
+25 to maximum Life
+39 to Intelligence
Adds 2 to 43 Lightning Damage to Attacks
+34 to maximum Energy Shield
+14% to all Elemental Resistances
+30% to Fire Resistance

I agrree that belt is medicore one. Better one with 3x res + Flat cost cost 20c+ but that one ring with Accuracy + %accu rating and Int + WED give me nice dmg boost(because of accuracy). I do not know which level of accuracy (how many %) is enough for this build to sustain leech. I agree that second ring can be much better.

I wanted to see your character gear but it looks like it is not allowed ;).

sorry, profil should be public now.

stats of the ring you posted are fine. Go for AS much resistance as you can on the rings. For all armour pieces i was looking for a lot of int. Plus I found gloves where I could add attack speed for a huge bonus.

I have some old gear I could give you, maybe this would help you out:

I think that my boots are pretty ok but gloves could be better cuz my have low ES (I will try to buy better ones).



I still understand that WED is better on rings/amu than flat lightning damage? I will replace belt first with something that has triple res and then I will try to get more ES on gloves/helm and then we will see.

Really thank You Guys for help. I really appreciate that!

@Deadmaux
Impressive gear :0.

How much intel is required to start mapping at 68. I mean low tier maps just for the build to work.
Would 600-700 be enough for decent dps?

Is possible to do this build with only 4 exalts?

what map mods should i avoid with this build?

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Deadmaux wrote:

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zaboleqqq wrote:

Ok but base DMG comes from INT and I have INT (between 31 and 50) on every part of my gear so I think base damage of claws is ok. Int boost lightning damage of HoWaA and then we have bigger boost from WED/EleFocus/lightning damage nodes. I thought that we should focus on +WED on rings/amu instead of pure lightning damage(as it state in this guide and almost every other guide for HoWaA ranger).

Ring like this one could be better?
+25 to maximum Life
+39 to Intelligence
Adds 2 to 43 Lightning Damage to Attacks
+34 to maximum Energy Shield
+14% to all Elemental Resistances
+30% to Fire Resistance

I agrree that belt is medicore one. Better one with 3x res + Flat cost cost 20c+ but that one ring with Accuracy + %accu rating and Int + WED give me nice dmg boost(because of accuracy). I do not know which level of accuracy (how many %) is enough for this build to sustain leech. I agree that second ring can be much better.

I wanted to see your character gear but it looks like it is not allowed ;).

You can check my gear for what to aim for. I recently replaced some gloves with accuracy with Atk speed gloves due to over-leveling the accuracy checks. If you are sub 90 i would still aim for at least 250 or so on one piece of gear at the minimum.

Spoiler

Your gear makes me physically ill. (So very jealous...)

(seriously, how nice is cull on the weapon? It's amazing, isn't it?

RE: OP, It's relatively easy to get a ring/helm/gloves with a high accuracy roll. Ideally you'll get really strong Int/Dex on jewelry which will eliminate the need for pure accuracy, as Deadmaux's gear highlights. Monster level is capped at 84. It depends on your tree and gear, but you'll be around 80-85% accuracy with no ACC rolls, 85 to 87-ish with one high roll, and 88 to 91-ish with two. Generally you want to be at least 85%, with the goal towards 90+.

If you're on a budget, don't swing for the fences on really high rolls. You don't need 50+ INT on a ring, or a 40% WED roll. Those are never going to come cheap. However it is manageable to get 20+ WED and 30+ INT with resists/energy shield, or a flat lightning damage roll/accuracy. Opal Rings are BIS, but don't overlook any of the resist rings while working your way towards endgame stuff. The same applies to the Crystal Belts. Yes, ideally you want to end up there eventually, but don't overlook a belt with a weaker (or even useless) implicit if you can get high WED and 3 resists.



Naturally it depends on when you can find a deal, but I got both of these rings relatively cheap. The Ruby ring had no explicit resists but came with strong WED/INT/Acc rolls, and the implicit Fire res capped what I needed. The Opal Ring had low-to-mid INT/DEX, but did come with both. Sold WED (plus the implicit WED) and a strong all res roll. Neither are game-breaking, but on a budget, they do the job very well.



I crafted this belt, which of course requires a bit of luck, but the resist essences are relatively cheap. You won't get your end-game INT roll, but if you're lucky, you can get two strong resists and crafted, or natural WED. Guaranteeing a 40+ resist puts you at a good starting point, and the number of affixes on belts is fairly limited, so it's not too tough to get a useable craft.

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nEgativezEro89 wrote:

(seriously, how nice is cull on the weapon? It's amazing, isn't it?

It is The-Bomb.com man. Especially for those long guardian/shaper/uber fights.

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Deadmaux wrote:

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nEgativezEro89 wrote:

(seriously, how nice is cull on the weapon? It's amazing, isn't it?

It is The-Bomb.com man. Especially for those long guardian/shaper/uber fights.

It is very good.

But, you can get culling strike by linking culling strike support with Ancestral Protector or with an Orb of Storms, Curse on Hit, setup - using the Culling Strke support gmm costs an extra gem slot - and this is exactly what the Culling Strike corruption enchant is worth - one gem slot.

Since this build is pretty open to gem slot choices - I value the Culling Strike corruption as good - but far from something I'd go out of my way to obtain.

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Is that belt good or better craft Int?