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I’m having a really hard time passing 4500 hp... lvl 87. Followed the guide perfectly.

I’m having a really hard time passing 4500 hp... lvl 87. Followed the guide perfectly.

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WorderMostFoul wrote:

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JeyHaze wrote:

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JeyHaze wrote:

Dear enki,
would you take a look at my character
and tell me the top priorities for my next gear upgrades?

Best regards,
a proud follower of your build <3

Thanks,
1) i crafted 2x Sai as described in: https://pastebin.com/dtt2S941
2) upgraded belt to 'Stygian Vise' with 'Cold Damage to Spells'-Jewel

Next step would be better boots or a better 'Devouring Diadem'?

In my opinion, your next step should be better rings and amulet. I'd suggest seeing if you can get an Elder ring with a ton of resistances to support a Mark of the Shaper.

Thank you!
I just upgraded:
1) Ring: Mark of the Shaper + Elder Ring Combo with many resistances
2) boots: Khoams Roots with 2% Life&Mana recharge after getting hit

What to upgrade next:
3) helmet: 3 additional arc chaines: 230ex for +48% Arc DMG

Am i missing something?
Best regards <3

Edit: Level 92 with 5.171 HP & 2.240 ES. Currently leveling before i try Ueber Elder.

Hey Enki,

using your build on PS4 Synthesis. Thanks for the detailed guide!

Can you look at my char and tell me what the next major upgrades should be? Have 2ex and bunch of chaos orbs available for the next upgrades.

Thanks a lot:)

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JeyHaze wrote:

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WorderMostFoul wrote:

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JeyHaze wrote:

Thanks,
1) i crafted 2x Sai as described in: https://pastebin.com/dtt2S941
2) upgraded belt to 'Stygian Vise' with 'Cold Damage to Spells'-Jewel

Next step would be better boots or a better 'Devouring Diadem'?

In my opinion, your next step should be better rings and amulet. I'd suggest seeing if you can get an Elder ring with a ton of resistances to support a Mark of the Shaper.

Thank you!
I just upgraded:
1) Ring: Mark of the Shaper + Elder Ring Combo with many resistances
2) boots: Khoams Roots with 2% Life&Mana recharge after getting hit

What to upgrade next:
3) helmet: 3 additional arc chaines: 230ex for +48% Arc DMG

Am i missing something?
Best regards <3

Edit: Level 92 with 5.171 HP & 2.240 ES. Currently leveling before i try Ueber Elder.

Awesome--very nice setup you've got going on here. Most of what you've got is just fine to carry you through all content and would be very expensive to upgrade. Final thoughts:

1. Ditch the jade flask with Kaom's and use quartz (or, if doing UE, second life flask) instead. You are unable to evade attacks with those boots on Unwavering Stance, so evasion is totally useless. You can still dodge, though.

2. Out of all the gear, the amulet is the one you could probably find an improvement for pretty easily. Amulet implicits are a great place to get dex, and i think you could pretty easily find one with at least one more desirable explicit than your current one has.

3. Change the crafted mod on your ring. Damage to attacks does not help us at all. Ring is great otherwise.

4. As you're obviously aware, that helm enchant you're looking for is no longer possible to get. I really don't think it's worth spending an insane amount of currency for it when a devouring diadem with lightning golem buff and replacing Enfeeble + Blasphemy with Enlighten + Zealotry will provide you more damage and way more speed to your movement skills at a tiny fraction of the cost.

5. Only on a phone again, so I can only see three of your jewels. The ones near your starting point in the passives grid look good, but I'm not so sure about the one in your belt. I'm not seeing any cold damage added anywhere, but that could be in a gem socket I can't look at from this device. Either way, I would swap out the Morbid Sight for the Hollow Glare and find a better jewel for the open socket. If you somehow accidentally got rid of a source of cold damage, I think you can just craft one onto your new Elder ring in place of the useless crafted mod that's there now.

You've got a really, really solid setup. Well-done!

Side question: does anyone know if we can currently enchant a corrupted item? I think the answer used to be no, but now that enchantments are separate from implicits, I haven't thought to test. Would be great to get a really good corrupted Kaom's via The Throne and enchant that, but haven't had a chance to test yet (labs have sucked past few days for farming enchantments).

Also, still wondering how traps interact with buffs, if anyone knows? Do I have to have them all active before throwing the trap, or will buffs I gain after throwing them still affect trap damage? I need to know this to figure out optimal LST/flask routine.

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Cendrake wrote:

@WorderMostFoul

How's that SB setup in Hungry Loop working out for you so far? Could you help me push me into some direction (see one of my previous posts)? I absolutely have no clue what would be best for me.

If your goal is to beat Uber Elder, I can definitely give you some input that has helped me take the fight from frustratingly impossible to (precariously) fun. I had to spend 9 shaper sets to get my first kill, but I just killed my third one last night and it's getting easier and easier. Message me in-game and I'm happy to help with specifics about your particular setup. I can also offer general observations thus far, but please keep in mind that there are plenty of other people using this build who are way more experienced and far better at this fight than I! I have yet to do it deathless.

1. Use Kaom's roots and the two pantheon gods suggested in Enki's guide. This is one of the hardest parts, because it can involve reworking a lot of your gear. Unless you are very experienced with the fight, I would consider the boots mandatory.
2. Replace jade flask with another life flask. If you're really good, you won't need a second life flask, but jade flask's buff doesn't work if you're wearing Kaom's.
3. Whirling blades needs to be fast. Very fast. Have attack+cast speed jewels, onslaught proc, and a passive grid that favors attack+cast and +% increased maximum life nodes prioritized above nodes that are just damage boosters.
4. I seriously recommend sucking it up and using the SB Hungry Loop for this fight. Onslaught is critical, as is reliable EO proc..
5. All elemental resistances must be capped. Cold should ideally be overcapped to 100, if possible, because Shaper has skills that penetrate 25% cold.
6. Practice using the simulator (Google it) to get an idea of the Shaper's attack patterns. He is the main concern for most of the fight. Don't bother trying to actually do damage in the simulator, since that won't help you with this build.
7. Watch Uber Elder video of Enki in his guide. Someone else posted a deathless video on this thread a few pages back; watch them both repeatedly. Observe how they position themselves and how they react to the enemies' attacks.
8. It's really important to understand the progression of the fight. You need to follow the same routine 4 times over in this order: take 25% of Shaper's maximum life away > take 25% of Elder's maximum life away > wait through 20 seconds of monster spawns. Rinse and repeat. Any deathless UE kill follows that exact schematic. Also, elder spawns appear in the arena every 40 seconds (I think), independently of the add phases. KILL THESE AS SOON AS YOU CAN, or they will drop a shiny dark gray splat on the ground that will sap your life right quick when stood upon and it will stay there for the rest of the fight.
9. Develop a repeatable routine. When fight starts, pop storm brand on Shaper, WB through him to proc fortify (if you can), get him in a position where he's going to be stationary for a minute, pop all your damage flasks once, and chuck LST and blast arc until he stops what he's doing. Hopefully that was enough to put him back in his shield; then repeat with Elder (save at least 1 charge of damage flasks for Elder each time). This is easier in terms of dealing damage, as he's usually stationary, but trickier for survivability, as you need to know where the Shaper is AT ALL TIMES to avoid being randomly killed by Shaper orb projectile. When enemies spawn, that's your chance to refill your flasks for the next round, but aside from that, just keep moving. There's not much point to killing the add-phase spawns once you've refilled your flasks, and you're likely to get hit by Shaper when trying. Again, NEVER TAKE EYES OFF SHAPER. If you die during an add phase or the Elder's expanding circle, do not respawn in town until the phase or attack has ended. Rinse and repeat: flasks, Shaper, flasks, Elder, add phase to refill flasks and dodge attacks from bosses. As you get into the third and fourth legs of the fight, you need to be paying attention to the ground as well as the Shaper's location. Any dark gray shiny spots are degen death traps, so you have to dodge them as well as Shaper's projectiles. This requires intense focus for us! Use flame dash more at this point, but don't spam it. Don't spam anything in this fight, really.
10. ALWAYS keep moving and stay alert. Standing still is a death sentence for us in this fight.

I know I focus more on Shaper's attacks here, but they tend to be the quickest and less-telegraphed between the two. Elder is a lot easier to predict and dodge.

That's my personal roadmap to beating UE. I'm sure there are better ideas out there, but it's a good point of departure. Any thoughts or additions are welcome.

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WorderMostFoul wrote:

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Cendrake wrote:

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WorderMostFoul wrote:

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I'm actually not even aiming for UE. I'd be content with doing red tier maps and killing red tier elder, uber atziri and maaaybe the normal shaper, but even that probably is too hard for me. I don't think I'll make it this league. It's almost over and my gear is way too bad for that.

So I'm not going for Kaom's. Squeezing those into this version of the build as well would be a complete nightmare anyway, since I'm have a Elder Hungry Loop together with Mark of the Shaper in my stash, waiting to replace my rings.

I'm just curious about input on what whould be best for me when it comes to the Hungry Loop and what to put in there.

I mean, we do use the SB frequently. Way more frequently than the traps. So it would be nice to have more than just a 3L setup for that.

Right now I have SB in one of the daggers Enki gave away on his stream. They have Lvl 20 faster casting, which is really nice to have actually.

My LS setup is in the gloves at the moment. Since Shaper gloves bases or ones already having trap support mods are insanely expensive (20-30 exalts upwards) I'm not even aiming for that. So the LS setup doesn't necessarily have to stay in there.

But I definitely need room for the IC+CwDt setup. So one of my gem setups has to go into the Hungry Loop. Just which one is giving me a headache.

So I guess I have several options

1) Keep SB in the dagger and don't buff it any further, put LS into the Hungry Loop and place an IC + CwDt + Longer Duration + Phase Run setup into the gloves.

2) Put SB in the Hungry Loop, keep the LS in the gloves and simply put the regular IC + CwDt + Longer Duration setup in the dagger.

3) Put LS into the Hungry Loop and SB into the gloves. SB loses Faster Casting from the dagger, but I could link at least one other support gem to it, like Culling Strike for example.

In case of the latter two options the "have lvl 20 faster casting" on the dagger would be wasted tho. So additionally I was thinking about switching the setups around a little more and then either have my golems + totem in there, so at least the totem profits off the faster casting or maybe even drop WB and use Lightning Warp instead as movement skill, which I would place into that dagger then, so it profits of the Faster Casting and effectively is a 4L.

It's driving me nuts, because I cannot really decide what to go for. Almost everything is ready. I have the Elder Hungry Loop and Mark of the Shaper, nearly all gems are leveled up far enough to be placed into the Loop, I have a few exalts and chaos on the side to replace some of my gear (gloves, belt, boots, amulet) to make up for the res lost from the rings.

I just can't decide what to go for :/

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WorderMostFoul wrote:

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JeyHaze wrote:

Thank you!
I just upgraded:
1) Ring: Mark of the Shaper + Elder Ring Combo with many resistances
2) boots: Khoams Roots with 2% Life&Mana recharge after getting hit

What to upgrade next:
3) helmet: 3 additional arc chaines: 230ex for +48% Arc DMG

Am i missing something?
Best regards <3

Edit: Level 92 with 5.171 HP & 2.240 ES. Currently leveling before i try Ueber Elder.

Awesome--very nice setup you've got going on here. Most of what you've got is just fine to carry you through all content and would be very expensive to upgrade. Final thoughts:

1. Ditch the jade flask with Kaom's and use quartz (or, if doing UE, second life flask) instead. You are unable to evade attacks with those boots on Unwavering Stance, so evasion is totally useless. You can still dodge, though.

2. Out of all the gear, the amulet is the one you could probably find an improvement for pretty easily. Amulet implicits are a great place to get dex, and i think you could pretty easily find one with at least one more desirable explicit than your current one has.

3. Change the crafted mod on your ring. Damage to attacks does not help us at all. Ring is great otherwise.

4. As you're obviously aware, that helm enchant you're looking for is no longer possible to get. I really don't think it's worth spending an insane amount of currency for it when a devouring diadem with lightning golem buff and replacing Enfeeble + Blasphemy with Enlighten + Zealotry will provide you more damage and way more speed to your movement skills at a tiny fraction of the cost.

5. Only on a phone again, so I can only see three of your jewels. The ones near your starting point in the passives grid look good, but I'm not so sure about the one in your belt. I'm not seeing any cold damage added anywhere, but that could be in a gem socket I can't look at from this device. Either way, I would swap out the Morbid Sight for the Hollow Glare and find a better jewel for the open socket. If you somehow accidentally got rid of a source of cold damage, I think you can just craft one onto your new Elder ring in place of the useless crafted mod that's there now.

You've got a really, really solid setup. Well-done!

Side question: does anyone know if we can currently enchant a corrupted item? I think the answer used to be no, but now that enchantments are separate from implicits, I haven't thought to test. Would be great to get a really good corrupted Kaom's via The Throne and enchant that, but haven't had a chance to test yet (labs have sucked past few days for farming enchantments).

Also, still wondering how traps interact with buffs, if anyone knows? Do I have to have them all active before throwing the trap, or will buffs I gain after throwing them still affect trap damage? I need to know this to figure out optimal LST/flask routine.

Ty, alot!

In Terms of:
1. Ditched the jade flask with Kaom's and i am using quartz flask now (since i think i have to be lvl 100 before suceeding Uber Elder).

2. Looking for an Amulett upgrade now, but since i have only 10ex left, i am unsure if i can get best in Slot Item here. Dream would be an Elder amulets due to its increase our leech rate, right?

3. Getting 'Increase Damage' crafted in 6 minutes. :)

4. Mind Blown! Feeling more confident now, ty. <3

5.1 I only have 3 Jewels yet, duo to lvl 92 passive skill tree point restrictions. I will get another DMG Jewel (so no Abyss Jewel) as the fourth right? Attack & Cast Speed > Damage > Life/ES > Cast Speed > other Defenses, is the ranking right. Or should i get an Abyss Jewel for Life/ES > Lightning Damage > Hinder > Cast Speed > Shock Effect > other Defenses? I am killable, so maybe more Life/ES would be better?

5.2 Cold damage is on spells through the jewel above Devotion.

5.3 Looking for a replacement Jewel now for the Morbid Sight Jewel, which is in my belt.

Hi !

I followed the guide perfectly and i've a problem currently. I can't seem to run enfeeble, wrath and discipline all together. I've 970 mana !

anyone can help ? lvl 83