Pros & Cons

Pros

• + Basically indestructible with end game gear, just insanely tanky with budget version
• + Very good damage, up to 1.8m shaper dps (or way more, read below)
• + Flexibility, you can go for either more dps or more ES, also you can switch to molten strike easily
• + Immune to all major debuffs in the game (+ temp chains)
• + Mows through end game content like it's nothing, uber elder included
• + Very good uber lab farmer
• + Very fast mapper
• + You can start the build with 3-5ex and upgrade it gradually

Cons

• - Can't do ele reflect maps (unless you take out all support gems, damage is still fine then)
• - Very expensive to reach crazy numbers

 

Skill Tree

Ascendancy

Undeniable -> Unstoppable -> Unflinching -> Unbreakable

Bandits

kill them all

Pantheon

Arakaali, you only need to upgrade Arachnoxia for increased recovery of energy shield, do it as soon as possible. For the minor one, i like Ralakesh, nice against phys degens, lab traps and blind

Passive Tree

 

Gems Setup

Weapon

frenzy, blood rage, ancestral protector (you can add enchance instead of frenzy for more attack speed)

Armor

blade flurry, conc effect/increased aoe for mapping, damage on full life, elemental damage with attacks, elemental focus. If you have a 6l -> lightning penetration

Shield

lvl 1 clarity (if you have watcher's eye), lvl 1 summon lightning/flame golem, lvl 1 cwdt

Helmet

wrath, vaal discipline, purity of elements, enlighten (preferably lvl 4)

Boots

shield charge, faster attacks, fortify, culling strike

Gloves

increased duration, lvl 3 immortal call, lvl 1 cwdt, lvl 5 enfeeble/elemental weakness

 

Gear

Item List

Hand Of Wisdom And Action, Incandescent Heart, Hubris Circlet, Titanium Spirit Shield, Shaper's Touch, Cyclopean Coil, Death's Door, Agate Amulet, Moonstone Ring

Jewels

Flasks

 

Tips

Uniques Tips

• - Wall of brambles - this armor will completely solve your physical damage problems for the entire storyline
• - Belt of the deceiver - very good defensively and offensively, can be used till respec
• - Carnage heart - same story, it will solve any attribute problems as well
• - Le heup of all - great and cheap rings, they boost stats, resistances and damage very nicely

Other Tips

Don't try to tank the strongest attacks in the game if your ES isn't high enough. If you are below 10k ES, there are abilities that can 1 shot you if they crit (t13 malachai slam, Uber Atziri's construct thing). you can tank shaper's slam comfortably even with 10k es, just make sure you have fortify on. We would recommend doing uber elder with at least 10k ES and 1.2m shaper dps, it should be easy to do it without dying at this point.

 

Expectations