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

Hey Exiles,

This build is simply amazing! it has the following; Crazy leech, survive-ability, tankyess, and pizzazz. I defeated "Shaper" today; when i mean defeated, i meant DESTROYED... Bellow is the gear used to kill Shaper. If you have any questions, please message me.





GMP 119,412 DPS (L-Golem, A-Protector Totem, All potions listen above, Vaal Haste)
SP 209,473 (Same buffs presented above)

GMP in town - 25,221
SP in town 43,408

ES - 11k +/- when i switched nodes around for certain boss fights.

In conclusion; i believe everyone should try this build. It's not to cheap and not to expensive. I can literally FACE TANK every one of Shaper's move's except for the ground slam( yea don't mess with that). Further, if there is anything i can improve in my build, please let me know. I'm always looking for room to improve.

Future Upgrades - Gems and Jewels.

Cheers,
Adam.

Hi, I was triyng this build with this gear



All Maps (Except ele reflect obv) / Guardians / N. Atziri / Breachlords went down "easy", the problem is with Shaper.
I can't kill him, I'm stuck on 3rd phase, don't know if it's not enough dps or I'm a fucking noob (probably ^^) would somebody look my gear & tree and give me some advice? (Maybe some nodes)
I want to kill Shaper by myself but I can't, I spent 3 sets...

INT- 1.105
GMP- 34,6k
SP- 57.9k
ES- 9.1k with Discipline

T_T

Thanks and sorry for my english.

I'm gonna second Rippin_Heads here... I've done some crazy things with this build (or they feel that way personally at least)...

Just being able to facetank Esh with a million adds and a half dozen lightning balls on you in a 6-man group for 2-3 minutes after your team wipes (finished my 100 breachlords yesterday woo)... gets the adrenaline going, but it feels pretty amazing to win... a lot more so than soloing Esh in 3 seconds with Slower Projectiles on (I'm not risking death for speed with group lag... sometimes I just wait outside the boss room its so bad)

I plan to try some more of the end-game content once I'm 40/40... I just bought Guardian kills in trade 820... maybe try it the other way around next league with newfound experience I gain in the coming weeks...

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Deboun wrote:

Hi, I was triyng this build with this gear

All Maps (Except ele reflect obv) / Guardians / N. Atziri / Breachlords went down "easy", the problem is with Shaper.
I can't kill him, I'm stuck on 3rd phase, don't know if it's not enough dps or I'm a fucking noob (probably ^^) would somebody look my gear & tree and give me some advice? (Maybe some nodes)
I want to kill Shaper by myself but I can't, I spent 3 sets...

INT- 1.105
GMP- 34,6k
SP- 57.9k
ES- 9.1k with Discipline

T_T

Thanks and sorry for my english.

Hello,

Your damage and gear look fine to me (my gear is listed above). I would add intelligence on your boots and maybe get them to 200+.
Further, your gloves can be upgraded, maybe some attack speed on them. After, take out "added lightning damage" for faster attacks. With the gloves and your new faster attack gem, you will be lightning fast, hopefully leeching like crazy. If you're uncertain about your skill tree, take a look at mine.
Also, make sure you're jewels have 3 mods for attack speed. Upgrade your HOWA gloves with better Dex. I would add intelligence on your rings as well. Make sure you have done uber for the last two ascendancy points. Get wrath to 20% quality.



When you fight shaper, make sure you have your totem up and golem so you get MORE attack speed. Get in his face and just own him... you
Technically should be able to fast tank him if you die via slam or bad placement of the grey orbs, then that's your fault. He's a very easy boss to dodge.
You can technically stand in a grey portal, and face tank his laser.

In conclusion, everything seems in place. Just add more intelligence in your gear, make sure you're res is still capped, swap added lightning damage for faster attacks(works for me), and make sure to dodge shapers slam city move... literally one-shot you. Again, please see my gear posted above for an idea of someone who tried this build and succeeded. Try not to veer to far off the build; I see your gem selection is a little different. Maybe try enfeeble instead of warlords mark. You'll take less damage, I'm pretty sure the tree gives you an ample amount of leech life. You need to find out what's killing you on the third phase of the fight. Is it the beam? Yellow orbs? Bad grey orb placement? Not enough leech? Ground slam? Once you figure out why you die, try to build around that.

P.s - I love attack speed obviously :)

Regards,
Adam.

Quality on auras just increases their range of effect for allies... completely useless for solo play (unless I'm missing something about golem/totem maybe)

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Piros wrote:

Quality on auras just increases their range of effect for allies... completely useless for solo play (unless I'm missing something about golem/totem maybe)

Golem and totem are OP, it grats so much attack speed. That and the faster attack gem, plus the 3x attack speed mods on your jewels...

If you can get to the third phase you are doing something right. Just focus on dodging and placing the grey orbs in the right locations.

Thanks for answer, I'm trying to change some items.

Just enchanted this on my old boots


and recolored chest for FA


find this gloves on other character


But the problem now it's the resistances and the ES, with this gloves I'm on 98, 91, 67
res and 8.9k ES, searching for better gloves or boots are very expensive :(
Should I keep as I was?

Sorry for my english.

EDIT: My golem, totem & FA are 20/20.

Also have this 2 rings that I used before find the opal ones

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Deboun wrote:

Thanks for answer, I'm trying to change some items.

Just enchanted this on my old boots

and recolored chest for FA

find this gloves on other character

But the problem now it's the resistances and the ES, with this gloves I'm on 98, 91, 67
res and 8.9k ES, searching for better gloves or boots are very expensive :(
Should I keep as I was?

Sorry for my english.

EDIT: My golem, totem & FA are 20/20.

Also have this 2 rings that I used before find the opal ones

Hey,

Always make sure you have at least double res on your rings above 30%, and I personally love two-stone rings.
Further, jewels can assist on resistances. Let me know how the changes effect your shaper fight. Remember, always make sure your golem and totem are up. I find that having a faster attack speed is crucial. The build should feel a lot smoother with faster attacks. Try to copy my tree, i know I hit a couple big attack speed nodes.

Remember; this build should be able to FACE tank his laser, grey orb, and yellow orbs (assuming you are attacking him). Just dodge his slam, which he usually does after his teleport. Shaper is a game of chess, learning where to place his orbs and thinking ahead of the game. Like, assuming a grey orbs is coming, make sure you trigger it before the girl puts the red shield up. Nothing is worse then standing still, in a shield, taking damage over time because you placed the orb in the wrong spot. Have confidence; you got to the third phase which means you can kill shaper ;)

Regards,
Adam.

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Rippin_Heads wrote:

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Piros wrote:

Quality on auras just increases their range of effect for allies... completely useless for solo play (unless I'm missing something about golem/totem maybe)

Golem and totem are OP, it grats so much attack speed. That and the faster attack gem, plus the 3x attack speed mods on your jewels...

If you can get to the third phase you are doing something right. Just focus on dodging and placing the grey orbs in the right locations.

I concur that the dps increases from golem and totem are pretty awesome... I probably under-use my totem outside of breaches & boss rooms... I was mostly wondering if you saw some reason to increase Aura quality for solo play that I was missing... generally the golem/totem are close enough to gain auras (if they benefit from auras at all) without increased aura range... only time I lose my golem is when I whirl on to the next fight a bunch...

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Piros wrote:

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Rippin_Heads wrote:

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Piros wrote:

Quality on auras just increases their range of effect for allies... completely useless for solo play (unless I'm missing something about golem/totem maybe)

Golem and totem are OP, it grats so much attack speed. That and the faster attack gem, plus the 3x attack speed mods on your jewels...

If you can get to the third phase you are doing something right. Just focus on dodging and placing the grey orbs in the right locations.

I concur that the dps increases from golem and totem are pretty awesome... I probably under-use my totem outside of breaches & boss rooms... I was mostly wondering if you saw some reason to increase Aura quality for solo play that I was missing... generally the golem/totem are close enough to gain auras (if they benefit from auras at all) without increased aura range... only time I lose my golem is when I whirl on to the next fight a bunch...

Disregard the aura quality; I didn't catch that you were riding solo through the maps. But hey, maybe one day you'll join a group of people doing shaper in that finite space of a boss room and help someone out with that extra reach :)

Cheers,
Adam.