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

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ArteAlen wrote:

Hi there, Great guide! Followed it little bit and i really enjoy how strong it is. So here is my question. Is changing Spectral throw into Blade Flurry viable with this build? Always wanted to try BF but many other howa bf builds use different things ( Like Pcoc). If yes what links would be the best?
Regards Matt

It think it's viable. I changed from BF to ST, used about 25 respec point. The gear are mostly the same. Only skill gems, passive tree are a bit different.

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mauls1611 wrote:

thank you, can I have your Passive Tree? I still waiting to have 1500fuse then go 6l with my chest anyway. My skill is nearly up to lvl 20, i'll trade to vendor to have a 20% qual gem. my 9k3 ES is enough to survive right ? From what i saw you guys mostly have 10k or more ES.

Yes, my passive tree @lv97

Just a quick one is FA better than Faster Projectiles Support.
And when fighting Boss do you swap any gems Drop what place in what?

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Waycoolozs wrote:

Just a quick one is FA better than Faster Projectiles Support.
And when fighting Boss do you swap any gems Drop what place in what?

We don't use Faster Projectiles in our setup. Should be GMP for trash, then for single target swap GMP for Slower Proj.

Hi, can I get some gear suggetion what should I grade next that doesn't cost ridiculous amount of currencies?

Hideout dps (gmp + golem + auras) : 40k
Defence : 9.3k es, ele weakness cabbed without purity of elements
1200 int, 368 dex

Thanks!

I have a couple of questions.

1. Why do you use only 3 conversion jewels? There are 4 (3dex, 1 int) possible ones that gives at least 50+ stat. Or is the dexterity better option after getting 3 conversions?

2. If I cannot afford Astramentis (100+ stat goes for almost 2ex atm), is Eye of Chayula an option (got one)? That way I could save 3 points in the tree.

3. My main problem atm at level 75 is to find a way to have enough damage and safely spec into CI. But from the passive trees linked here, Ziggy's video and elsewhere is that they either skip a lot of defensive passives in place for jewels or just assume you already have Astramentis/boots enchant(stun avoidance). I was thinking about somehing like this (with Eye of Chayula) to begin with, but it seems to lack most stuff as well... Is there any better option?


4. (Bonus question lol) I see a lot of people not levling up their Fortify, is there any reason for that?

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Robaholic wrote:

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KasperBN wrote:

Can someone have a look at my gear? Feel as if im overlooking something vital....

Double yolo your boots imo. Nice chance for more ES.
Craft %ES on your iron ring.
Get a crystal belt, its a huge ES boost.

Apart from that you look quite solid.
Not sure how your jewels look like, they can add a ton as well.

As I have never crafted before...when you say double yolo, you mean? :)

hey guys I feel like I'm still squishy even though my build doesn't look too bad
Can anyone go look at my gear and what I should improve my gear on?
ign is PhatKlaw

Thanks guys!

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Trenhard wrote:

hey guys I feel like I'm still squishy even though my build doesn't look too bad
Can anyone go look at my gear and what I should improve my gear on?
ign is PhatKlaw

Thanks guys!

your gloves and boots are quite terrible, the rest of them is perfect. You could take more jewels node to increase Int, which is a boost to your ES and Damage. How much is your ES ? Mine is 9k7 and it's still ok (My highest map tier is T12 tho).

@KasperBN: Yolo means throw some exalted orbs at it and hope to get the mods that will turn it from a decent item to a high-end GG item...

@Kamel: I was looking at the Eye of Chayula, or 80% stun avoidance boot enchant + Heart of Oak option the other day... and if I did that, I would drop more than 3 passives... I'd drop all the way back to the Frenzy nodes and get rid of Brute Force solution, make the Jewel near the start a 3rd Fertile mind instead, and make a few more changes

Something like this:

That tree isn't my creation, but an amalgamation of a number of trees I've seen I think... and its a few levels above what i can at lvl 93... but the main options I think at my point at the attack speed & accuracy cluster to the far right and the ES% cluster heading down to the Witch Start...

Compare to my actual tree:

@mauls/Trenhard: I too, have mostly stuck to Shaped Mesa/Strand... been wearing the same gear since I started except making my 5L into a 6L basically... now at 8.2k ES and 51k hideout DPS with Wrath, Golem, Protector... using mostly 20/20 gems and Added Lightning

Shaped Mesa is a cakewalk... Strand feels slow sometimes with all the packsize mods slowing me down (actually been a little while since I ran Strand a bunch... working on faster Tiers for challenge... could be faster now)... anyway, all this setup was to say I tried a corrupted Maze of the Minotaur yesterday with a guildie... the trash mobs were nothing special really... few more close calls than normal, but I mostly because my guildie was Flameblast and I didnt see the fire explosion Bloodlines on the ground... Minotaur tho was rough... forgot to put Slower Projectiles in, and didnt know the fight really, so died 3x each and failed... but we got him down to about 25%... and in much less time than Void's low DPS demonstration videos... so I think its entirely doable with my gear with more experience...

I know my DPS numbers might seem high compared to new people trying the build, but really there's still a lot of room for improvement in my gear... its just a matter of leveling gems, equipping a temporary one while you turn your 0/20 into a 20/1 and then leveling it up to 20/18 where you can swap it back in (that's how I did it anyway, using off-slot weapons) and I took some more offensive nodes in the ranger and shadow areas that gave some more attack speed and elemental damage... at my dps, 8-12% attack speed is worth 1-2k dps whereas 10 int is worth 300-400dps I think