[2.6] Assassin HoWA Spectral Throw. Fronthand Backhand!

Well sometimes gathering information from wiki is a learning process for me as well.

When you have killed Shaper please post it here as testinomial of how awesome I am :D

Shaper down!

So this was pretty tough because I had have never done any endgame bosses before. I went through the process of doing a kill on all guardians (some multiple times, for fun) and then finally Shaper.

Minotaur - deathless when run as a blue map/no mods buffing the boss, but I did try rare corrupted and failed (should be fine with more skill though).
Hydra - deathless. Did this boss 4 times or so and on a couple attempts died due to not focusing on the boss re-spawning after adds.
Phoenix - died to standing in bad things on accident, 100% avoidable and the fight was overall ridiculously easy.
Chimera - died to 2nd add phase with the serpent(?) monsters, but was certainly avoidable. Overall the hardest by far.

Guardians were all done with either a BBGGR 5link ST + Slower Proj + WED + Ele Focus + Crit Damage setup, or a
BBGGGR 6link ST + Slower Proj + WED + Ele Focus + Faster Attacks + Lightning Pen Setup.

In the BBGGGR 6 link setup, while adding Lightning pen, I could never break the damage I got with Ele focus + lightning pen, even with Crit Damage + Lightning Pen at 6 power charges.


Now for Shaper....
I had to learn this boss with somewhat limited currency (so limited experimentation) and no previous experience to back this up. I really botched the first few attempts due to not being very skilled/bad reaction time and not realizing how dangerous some attacks were, and occasionally messing up on an in-between boss (even Malachai one time...it was that bad).

after getting a hang of the fight itself, I messed around with main ST setup again. I used the 6link setup mentioned above up until my successful attempt, where I recolored my chest to BBBGGR and swapped faster attacks out for Crit Damage. This definitely seemed to make a difference.

With the initial setup, the fight seemed to take too long, but doable for someone a bit more skilled than me, or with better gear (the third phase really just got out of hand with all the orbs building up, but had at least 1 super close attempt with this setup). Once I made the switch, I managed to do the entire run without issue, only dying to the second in-between boss because I wasn't paying enough attention. No portals or logouts used, other than from the death which wasn't even to Shaper.

So to sum it up, I had a much better time on Shaper with the BBBGGR ST setup, and will note that I did not need to take Point Blank. Also, having built-in culling strike is a godsend. Thanks for the build!

Edit: The kill was at level 92, and the character on my profile is Skiller_Throws.

Congratz on taking down endgame. I would say with confident, from my experience and yours. Ele focus far out weight FA when it come to boss fight. The best endgame setup should be BBBGGR:

-ST + GMP/Slow proj + WED + Crit dmg + ele focus + Lightning Pen.

This is actually really easy to color compare to faster attack on a 4 off color regalia. And pretty much can do anything to endgame with relatively moderate investment. I also did Guardian on 5 link and you need a bit finesse but manageable. Point Blank is really, personal preference. dmg is nice but you have to be in Melee range which can be dangerous.

Thanks for playing the build and provided much needed info. I will update the OP with additional info.

heya mate, need an update on the tree and build and such. i hope u are lvl 95+ and can post your latest and greatest findings :) give us the scoop !!

Can anybody check out why I am doing like 0 damage to single targets? My character is Xeno_Sharknado. It seems ok-ish for trash mobs, but even the strand boss takes like forever and 4 portals to kill and I do not understand why. :(

Tooltip so far is 26k if that's of importance

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XenoPOE wrote:

Can anybody check out why I am doing like 0 damage to single targets? My character is Xeno_Sharknado. It seems ok-ish for trash mobs, but even the strand boss takes like forever and 4 portals to kill and I do not understand why. :(

Tooltip so far is 26k if that's of importance

I think it's mostly a gear issue. You aren't wearing Opal Rings or Diamond rings and those can contribute a lot to overall damage. You don't have any added damage to attacks on gloves or boots, don't have increased WED on your belt, and though 5L chest is okay you really need a 6L to kill a lot of bosses otherwise it takes too long.

What is your current Crit chance? Unless you're pretty close to crit cap it's better to use the Increased Crit strikes gem instead of crit multi.

edit: get a PHYSICAL TO LIGHTNING gem. Absolutely will be a huge damage increase. Try to save up and purchase a 6L regalia if you can

is astramentis truly required? i usually use bisco's amulet on any character i can because i just love the iiq/iir on it.

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dumb_mother wrote:

is astramentis truly required? i usually use bisco's amulet on any character i can because i just love the iiq/iir on it.

Astramentis synergizes with the HoWA passives, %increased dex and int

not required imo but definitely helps

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XenoPOE wrote:

Can anybody check out why I am doing like 0 damage to single targets? My character is Xeno_Sharknado. It seems ok-ish for trash mobs, but even the strand boss takes like forever and 4 portals to kill and I do not understand why. :(

Tooltip so far is 26k if that's of importance

You need Accuracy. You have nearly 0 acc on gear while you need at least 88% hit chance. 90% would be preferable which is about 3k accuracy.

Astramentis is very strong "budget" option for the build. Any amulet with int + crit multi + wed + Energy Shield % will do better however they are very expensive.