[3.x - Discontinued for now] Burning Spectres - Torch the Atlas - HC Shaper, Elder, Uber Atziri

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grimjack68 wrote:

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willo77 wrote:

Good question. I can pretty much face tank all guardians and survive all shaper attacks at least once - especially the Armor from Lioneyes plus a flask is really making a difference here. The life gain on block is enough from Bone offering for me. Even without Rumi up I can stand in the middle of every Abbys stream without noticing my life or mana draining.
The only thing that Anvil offers is 3% more block. But you lose a lot of EHP for that...

Well, this specific Anvil also offers 20% increased minion damage. And the extra 500 armour isn't totally ineffectual.

Your point remains, however. It's decent, but Best in Slot? I don't think so either. I'd argue Bisco's for mapping - I can't afford one yet this league - or a good rare with lots of life. Perhaps a corrupt Sidhebreath or Shaper's Seed. I do like to have a collection to choose from...

Well, on this one, I'd like to agree with willo77, with all the gear combinations I have tried so far, the lioneye's remorse with spell block Amulet and linked with CWDT+IM+bone offering+ enfeeble and temporal chain curse is by far the tankiest build in end game boss fights. Also, I was using 3FGs, but later replaced with life/mana jewels, because that is 40x4 base life&mana (~500 life&mana) difference and FGs don't do anything in end boss fights.

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foster21 wrote:

Pretty interested in a gear check for anyone thats willing.

Honestly, not a whole lot to improve there.

I'm not fond of the dual socket Abyss belts. I'd rather have a single socket with life / armour / resists.

You should be able to craft something onto your right ring to help.

I'd rather see a flask that helps your Rumi's than another granite, something like this:


And the life flask with minion healing on it is pretty useless, your minions will gain more life with a single block while under the effect of Bone Offering, and they are going to block a lot more than once every 7 seconds. Go for a freeze flask instead.

Edit: You also took the lower path nodes on the way to Gravepact, which only benefit spectres that 'hit'. If you're using Tukohama's Vanguards, respec those to the top two.

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grimjack68 wrote:

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Weioo wrote:

I'm level 72 and just about to do 3rd lab and then Kitava, to give you an idea of where I am in the game. I was wondering why this build seems to stack a lot of + mana and +mana %. What is the reason for this end game? Thus far I've never used more than half my mana. I'm not currently using any skills that reserve mana.

Mind over Matter. This lets us use our mana as an extra life buffer.

https://pathofexile.gamepedia.com/Mind_Over_Matter

Thanks, though it still seems like a bit of overkill to me. I guess I'll see in another 10 or so levels. Also, I meant I am level 63. :)

Could I get some general gear advice? Seeing the post above, it looks like I generally want to get as much max life, max mana, and resistances as possible. Ofc on gems and equip I also want minion damage, health, etc.

Friggin gems and rings are expensive with these mods!

Well, where do I go from here guys? Solar guards have felt excellent up till this point and have ceased 99% of their effectiveness it seems. Bosses are hell. I'm squishy. Sure, my clearspeed is ridiculous but it doesn't feel like I'll ever kill Shaper with this build, or even Red Elder to be honest.

Any help would be much appreciated.

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Weioo wrote:

Could I get some general gear advice? Seeing the post above, it looks like I generally want to get as much max life, max mana, and resistances as possible. Ofc on gems and equip I also want minion damage, health, etc.

Friggin gems and rings are expensive with these mods!

Sure. Switch your characters so they aren't private and I'll have a look.

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BenMelhad wrote:

Well, where do I go from here guys? Solar guards have felt excellent up till this point and have ceased 99% of their effectiveness it seems. Bosses are hell. I'm squishy. Sure, my clearspeed is ridiculous but it doesn't feel like I'll ever kill Shaper with this build, or even Red Elder to be honest.

Any help would be much appreciated.

You need some spell block, which in your case means either a lazhwar amulet or a shaped amulet with % of block chance applied to spells.

Dual curse is one of the last things I would do. I'd pull those points back out of the tree and use them for life nodes - or getting to life nodes.

Swap Flame golem for Stone golem. Golems don't really boost our minions at all, and boosting our own damage with a flame golem is kind of pointless, we don't do any real damage to speak of. Stone Golem, on the other hand, will be far more helpful to you.

Your jewels are all missing life / mana, as far as I can see. Life / mana should be the priority.

Quality and enchant your flasks. Drop the speed flasks, depend on whirling blades for your speed. Pick up something like this to boost your armour even more when Rumi's is up:


You also want at a minimum a bleed flask and a freeze flask.

Edit: And swap controlled destruction out for Spell Echo.

Can someone explain this

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Tip: If you get enough strength, get 2x Clay Shapers and Bones of Ullr for 3 Spectres and 3 Flame Golems spamming the place. If you manage to get Skeleton Mage jewels... throw them in some jewel slots from the tree and move skeletons to a four slot totem/skel/LMP or GMP/Pierce.

Where exactly would I put these? Do you mean replace my SRS reverb rod with 2 clayshapers?

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TeaAddict wrote:

Can someone explain this

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Tip: If you get enough strength, get 2x Clay Shapers and Bones of Ullr for 3 Spectres and 3 Flame Golems spamming the place. If you manage to get Skeleton Mage jewels... throw them in some jewel slots from the tree and move skeletons to a four slot totem/skel/LMP or GMP/Pierce.

Where exactly would I put these? Do you mean replace my SRS reverb rod with 2 clayshapers?

That's right! One in either hand means 3 flame golems, which is great for leveling.

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grimjack68 wrote:

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TeaAddict wrote:

Can someone explain this

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Tip: If you get enough strength, get 2x Clay Shapers and Bones of Ullr for 3 Spectres and 3 Flame Golems spamming the place. If you manage to get Skeleton Mage jewels... throw them in some jewel slots from the tree and move skeletons to a four slot totem/skel/LMP or GMP/Pierce.

Where exactly would I put these? Do you mean replace my SRS reverb rod with 2 clayshapers?

That's right! One in either hand means 3 flame golems, which is great for leveling.

Gotta find 2 clayshapers then. Thus the only minions I'd have are skele totems, and the golem?

I'd just be like, spamming BL for EE?