[3.0 SC/HC] Aixx's indepth HoWA ST Raider Guide ♣ [ Shaper | Guardians | U. Atziri ]

i wonder if HoWa can still be better than the Elemental life version with rare claws?

Hey im following your build lvl 78 so far and the damage is insane, but i gotta mastercraft parts of gear cause ES just isn't high enough on trade. But me question is this: I see your character ont he character page uses 2 HOWA's instead of shield and HOWA... when do you recommend the switch?

Thanks for your posting. actually, I tried this build to scion. but 1 life cause so many stun, freezing. Is it impossible build to scion? since she can't get Ascendancy passive "Avatar of the Veil"

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AlphaStigma wrote:

Thanks for your posting. actually, I tried this build to scion. but 1 life cause so many stun, freezing. Is it impossible build to scion? since she can't get Ascendancy passive "Avatar of the Veil"

this is rider guide not scion and is rider viable for too many reasons. if you do howa on anyother class...just quit poe.
howa is NOT non-rider viable.period.

Hi,

Before start, Thanks for Good Build.

i want to ask something.

i do this build and lv 77 7300 ES but.. it is too weak... i cannot stand T 11 bosses..

if you can please check my gears and passives thanks.

Hi, I've just started purchasing the gear for a more budget friendly version of the build.
I've purchased a 5-link Regalia and am wondering what is the prioritization of the gem links for ST?

Thanks :)

Hi Aixx. I'm struggling to get out of the 15k hideout DPS area, but thankfully I've sorted out ES and resists for now. Mind having a look and giving a tip on what to do next?

Damage on Full Life gem looks interesting. What do you think about switching Faster Attacks to Damage on Full Life? According to Path of Building it would increase Total DPS tons (77k to 95k in my current setup)

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Hubrisz4 wrote:

Hi Aixx. Love the build man. I'm struggling to get out of the 35k DPS area, but thankfully I've sorted out ES and resists for now. Mind having a look and giving a bro "just the tip" on what to do next? I'm saving chromatics for the faster attacks gem, my 6 link almost made me bankrupt. I know I need more accuracy and WED, but I've tried to compensate with flat lightning for now. Also mana seems like a huge problem without the mana on hit from a jewel. How necessary is it to supplement your crit chance with orb of storms or similar? To be honest I can't tell elemental overload is up or not, but the wiki suggests even with base crit chance if you have enough attack speed you will crit enough to keep it up. Although I suspect my accuracy is the problem?

Hey I know I'm not the author but I could maybe give you some insight. Dps mainly comes from int stacking int and having good jewels, rings and belt (opal and elemental to attack skills). I suggest running 2 howas even though you don't get the lightning damage because imo the %int is bis. The most optimal gem setup imo is 2g 2b 2r (ST GMP LIGHTPEN ELEFOCUS WED DMGONFULLLIFE). Mana shouldn't be an issue with the leech nodes at the bottom of the tree (near point blank). I haven't even bothered to setup my orb of storms setup yet and i've killed all guardians with ease, Ele overload seems to be up around 50% of the time from what I can see so for shaper it's probably neccessary to have this setup working. Imo Shapers touch gloves are the best option unless your budget is unreal and even then getting the required accuracy while getting int is very hard and you only sacrifice a little es (I have 7.2k currently and I'm still getting es nodes and int). If you have anymore questions feel free to ask.

EDIT: I just took a look at your character and you should consider using a vinktars with the stun pantheon also 40% spectral throw damage enchanct is neccessary, it's a huge dps boost. If you think you have enough survivability I would recommend buying a hubris base with the 40% st dmg and crafting one yourself which is what I did. Also at this point you should have enough dps to trash and should be taking point blank which is another huge dps boost to bosses. Also 20% quality gems are another huge dps upgrade which you should be working towards

I am in the same ball park as Hubrisz4. my tooltip damage is at 22k unbuffed, tops off at 50k with charges and buffs. It is getting hard to push past that.

Blre provided some useful insight that was missing from the orignal guide. Most of his feedback applies to my char too. But i have a few questions.
- What is the difference in damage when you have 1 HOWA vs 2 HOWA? Trying to decide if that damage increase justifies losing the ES from shield.
- Never tried using damage on full life. Been running a 2g-1r-3b setup with ST-GMP-WED-ELE FOCUS-Added Lightning. Swapping out added lightning for damage on full life will probably add damage, but will cost me quite a few chroms
- How much Int do you have with 2x HOWA? what about 1xHOWA?
- what is the idea behind Shaper's gloves? Seems like only thing you get is a ton of accuracy, but no INT, and no AS. Is that worth it?

finally, what tooltip dps are you able to achieve(both with single target and wit GMP)? The screenshot from the guide is from pre-3.0, and suspect it will be hard to achieve that after the howa nerf.

Thanks!