i need a lot of help here. 1st time playing Ci ES saboteur or whatever u wanna call it and its extremely frustrating to the point that i feel like quitting/re-spec this character cause i keep getting 1-hit-KO in magical white maps by magical quick / fast attack mobs. yes, damn funny but it's real although i'm level 77 dying in lvl 70 map.
i've meticulously followed the author's POB guide (aka Level 100 Alira Basic) point for point (especially the priorities he listed on his personal website), besides the 4 skill points below pain attunement (which he mentioned its optional for leveling i believe), alacrity and physique (cos i'm poor AF and require the stats to wear the gear).
my stats:
1616 life
3635 ES
75% MAX resist each for fire, cold and lightn
done 2 labs and added pyro and perfect crime
heck, i even went as far to check that i could equip every possible gem and gear that the author recommended (YES to defiance banner, discipline, wrath, skitterbots, tempest shield, clarity)
im starting to have real doubts that either this build or saboteur is shit without any form of physical dmg reduction from armor or evade from evasion rating.
my gear's below and my profile is NOT private:
thank you to whoever answers or helps me.
Your sockets are kinda a mess, there's no excuse to be running two sockets in most of your items and only a 4L for your damage when you start mapping. You're missing out on CWDT Immortal Call, for example.
You also have no pierce as far as I can see, socket a Poacher's Aim into your tree at the very least.
Before you get immunity to stun from Presence of Chayula, make sure to run Brine King in pantheon to avoid being stunlocked to death by fast groups.
But, most importantly, you should fit in a bit more ES and take CI and Zealot's Oath so you don't die to a light breeze if it's chaos damage. Your only survivability at this point comes from the fact that your ES recovers very fast when you give it a chance to, so you kinda have to power through it by playing carefully and staying on your toes.
Then as you save up some currency you can get upgrades:
Crown of the Inward Eye is very cheap at this point (though with the pierce enchant it'd cost you about 1ex) and it gives you nice armor, ES and some extra damage.
Rumi's Concotion for some extra block
Shaper influence shield with %ES on block is very important, you can buy a Harmonic base for a few c and then spam dense fossils on it until you get a decent rolls, shouldn't take more than 50c overall barring a stroke of bad luck. Keep in mind the amount of ES you have on your shield is also very important because of the nodes that increase ES gained from your shield slot by a lot.
You should be able to get in the 6-7k ES range with inexpensive upgrades, at which point it's easy to survive most things in red maps if you have the shaper shield. From there you can either grab a 5L Shavronne's (harvest for linking 5 sockets is pretty common, so you could buy any with enough sockets and link it yourself) so you can switch to lowlife and enjoy things like Pain Attunement, more auras and Presence of Chayula, or stay on CI until you save up for a 6L
Gr8 reply!
This guy read the guide in detail and my responses in the thread.
I appreciate the great response, I hope he follows it, because if he does he will have a very smooth experience starting out maps and farming currency and it REALLY isn't expensive getting started even if you're on a super low 8-10c chaos budget:)
Last edited by oestergreen#1184 on Feb 12, 2022, 8:52:58 AM
So can't find a Titanium Spirit shield ilvl 86 shapered for under an ex vs 10c for harmonic spirt shield.
Does the better base matter that much?
The difference is definitely not worth the base cost if you're on a budget.
Overall if they got identical stats, you gain around ~100es pool extra with the titanium.
I've made this to show.
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vFlitz wrote:
Aaaand I got scammed while trying to buy a 6L shavs
Pay attention to the links, folks
That sux mate :/
Last edited by oestergreen#1184 on Feb 12, 2022, 10:08:57 AM
So can't find a Titanium Spirit shield ilvl 86 shapered for under an ex vs 10c for harmonic spirt shield.
Does the better base matter that much?
The difference is definitely not worth the base cost if you're on a budget.
Overall if they got identical stats, you gain around ~100es pool extra with the titanium.
I've made this to show.
"
vFlitz wrote:
Aaaand I got scammed while trying to buy a 6L shavs
Pay attention to the links, folks
That sux mate :/
Ok thx for now it would be better spent elsewhere. Will be crafting today, already made this within first 10 I'll hopefully flip for nice profit
Just thought I'd stop by. I think this is my 4th time playing lightning trap since betrayal. I've killed everything pretty easily, but there's always a problem with physical mitigation since we have low armor/block. Figured I'd fit in Determination and Vaal Molten Shell to help with that side of things.(Didn't have to drop any auras, just had to play around with enlightens and a small cluster) If anyone is interested, currently lvl 95, I'll be taking Arcane Potency by 98 and Purity of Flesh if I push to 100.
Here's my 95 PoB : https://pastebin.com/2WEJ8hqD
I've self crafted all the gear except the big cluster, couldn't be bothered so got a cheap 50c one. Currently saving up for double pen watcher's eye and recrafting my shield.
Thanks for keeping this build alive guys!
Last edited by KhaosChampion#1330 on Feb 12, 2022, 2:32:41 PM
For some reason i cant view Your char, so maybe You can link Your saboteur from 3.17 items here? On video For which gem its best to switch lightning Penetration after u have sufficient pen from items and tree?
Last edited by JJSniper#7189 on Feb 12, 2022, 6:19:19 PM
