[2.6] Blade of Solaris – CwC Blade Vortex, now with 2.6 Shaper video and PoB Code!

In a word: Nullifiers.

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kechari wrote:

In a word: Nullifiers.

What is that exactly? Something that stops coruscating elixir from working?

Nemesis mod that removes flask effects and charges on hit.

Oh I see, that would be a problem.

Thank you.

how can survive Shaper slam.. ?

i was 8.8es just one-shot die...

I'm a virgin in shaper fight, did 2 sets some minutes ago, and i died at 2nd phase, the room was full vortex . I just cant kill him that fast as you do in your video,is it the min-max 21 gems?? my profile : https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/ked_noir/characters char is rainyBV . Please if you could take a quick look <3. Love the build thanks!

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I'm a virgin in shaper fight, did 2 sets some minutes ago, and i died at 2nd phase, the room was full vortex . I just cant kill him that fast as you do in your video,is it the min-max 21 gems??

Your gear / tree looks good. One point for improvement would be flask duration on belt. If BV sustain is an issue, you may also want to try a low level clarity on your gloves in place of inc duration.

Getting your 21 BV will help of course, but it still shouldn't be that much of a struggle. The check list:

- Pre-stacking to 20
- Slapping down Orb of Storms
- Using RF
- Good flask timing

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how can survive Shaper slam.. ?

i was 8.8es just one-shot die...

I think it's best to run out as of 2.6. I was tanking it consistently with 9.5 ES in 2.5, but it feels like a gamble now.

SO i just recently switched to this build after farming about 20ex on my first LSC character.

Was playing Ele ST Raider, at level 93, was kinda bored of destroying maps and figured i'd try a double-dip poison build before 3.0

The respec wasn't too expensive, roughly 100 regrets (40 just for swapping ascendency.) Didn't feel like leveling another char to 90+

Blew threw my 20ex budget pretty fast, but I think my gear is coming along great. Wasted 3ex trying to roll a good ES% on one ring (6% 10% 9%... rip my RNG).
Still need to roll it on my second ring.

Haven't really done any actual maps/bosses yet, should be able to finish up my gear in the next few hours - spent about 17ex total already, just need one more item (and maybe better ES% on rings.)

What i've noticed so far though is that the standard wither/cwc links are probably not optimal for mapping. Building up stacks is just so slow, and by the time I run through a pack the stacks are dropping already.

I know this is a slow mapping build, and is focused for bosses, but for general clearing (to the bosses) and occasional strand map, wouldn't it be better to swtich to something else?

I was thinking just swapping out CWC/Wither for like, Spell Echo / Increased AoE? Or would something else work better?

One a sidenote, is it at all viable to drop one wand for a shield (maybe during crazy beyond/breach/nasty rolled trash) for the extra 400-500ES? Think that'd bump ES from 8k to 10k+. Or is dps too low with one wand?

BV duration helm helps a lot if you don't have one already. Apart from that, don't be concerned with reaching high or full stack stacks outside of bosses, as it's total overkill. 3-8 is generally plenty. Watch the Shaper video for an example of how to zip through maps.

Losing the second Obliteration means much lower clear speed, as consistent procs constitute the bulk of your AOE. It'll work in a pinch, but don't expect it to feel great.

I do have the helm, i think my gear is pretty good, can you take a quick look? Spent near 20ex. Don't think i can improve much beyond divining the helm above 400... Or buying a 450+ helm (maybe 200+ glove). Still need to ES% one ring.

https://www.pathofexile.com/account/view-profile/KooperT/characters

Just finished up gearing, did a few strands without much issues (although felt much slower than ST, mainly due to having to run up to melee range of stuff). I tried swapping conc for AoE but the new radius stuff makes it seem to barely do anything noticeable...

Did a Minotaur run for kicks, died a few times on trash but mainly due to lack of practice (running out of flasks, using too many, or forgetting to pop them as they run out etc). The flask spamming thing will take practice... Since without a leech flask up we basically fall over. Died once on boss but i was trying to tank the ground AoE + slams + him beating on me. Maybe i should dodge them but wanted to test the tankability.

On a sidenote, it seems good to swap Vuln for Warlords on trash/maps, no? The passive leech aura and 4 endurance charges (thanks to deaths door) seems like a great deal, don't think the vuln damage is needed on trash.