[3.0] Wand’s Guide to Wanding – Comprehensive Overview of Wanders

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szulerecki wrote:

GL with sustaining 4 frenzy charges on Shaper\Guardians if you are not Raider. Those are literaly half of the barrage dps which translates to survivability. Also, no pen node near Vaal pact? You rmting enogh to skip those or 6% ele pen and ele dmg is not worth 3 skill points? And about 4k life on full evasion? Dank memes you've got there.

Of course you can't sustain frenzy charges against shaper if you're not Raider / Ascendant. That's why, if you look at the PoB links, frenzy are not calculated into the DPS for Deadeye / Pathfinder.

The reason I don't take the WED nodes left of VP is because it's just not worth it. 5 points (or 9 if you're not already taking the life) can go elsewhere for more damage.

Where are you getting 4k life from? On the budget setups I have 4500 life at 85. This of course goes up as you level / get better gear. On my wander at level 97, I had 6.1k life.

as per my testing, thunderfists are definitely the budget option for kinetic blast.

an essence of hysteria crafted gripped gloves are better than thunderfists, but now that essence is sitting at 18-20c as opposed to thunderfist 5c.

the harbinger helmet is best but also most expensive. it doesn't beat my gloves by a whole lot, but it is more dps anyway.

Drop lightning pen or GMP in 5l?

Having trouble with bosses, but noticed that was the case for a lot of my characters, it seems since the patch boss health was increased you cannot expect to just instantly nuke or phase bosses anymore on a budget build.

I could use some advice on upgrading my character further. Got bisco, Tempest mask, some decent gloves.

Maybe drop atziri step boots for a pair with accuracy (if boots can roll that) or tri-res MS boots and accuracy on rings instead of resists. I'm going to have a dying sun and vinktar's pretty soon I already know my flasks need a change.

I'm playing the raider setup btw, initially I rolled pathfinder but my hand was hurting from flasking and it felt like a chore to rely on them so much to be effective although the PF was better with crappier gear.

For anyone interested in the build's potential I think I butchered the tree a bit by making some of my own choices (onslaught nodes near point blank, pathfinder tree health nodes that raider doesnt get) I'm currently able to clear any tier map, and do a good bit of the bosses t13 and under, 5L barrage and no Uber lab ascendancy (missing vatar of slaughter)

I found uber lab to be pretty difficult I died twice and havent been back on my raider yet at 4800 life. I might be bad or too used to playing my 30k armor jugg.

Can't get that color on my 6L chest so sad..

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rshakkuu wrote:

Can't get that color on my 6L chest so sad..

If possible sell it and get a NRW one and use vorici Jewel method.

Hallo!
Having troubles with bosses, but great clear speed.
I have not best gear, not 20\20 gems and just 84lvl, but have tested in POB 20\20 gems and 90-92 lvl. Any way will not have a lot of dps for t15-t16 maps.
What Have I to do with my character? Have 5k life, 31k barrage dps at h/o, and 24k for KB. As I see I need over 50k for both for t16 and shaper.

My gear:

Better jewelry and a rare wand

opal rings, rare wand, dps jewels just be cautious that jewels alone with good dps mods will cost you 150+ chaos EACH. This is not a cheap build if you want to kill bosses.

Great guide! Quick few questions:
Where are you slotting the second golem for Scion? In an unset ring or dropping another gem somewhere else?
Anyone take a quick flick at the gear below, I feel my next upgrades should be towards rings then possibly a Yriels. Feel like the belt is okay-ish and am working on getting enchants soon (20ish merc labs and not a single lighting damage roll, RIP).