Looking for advice on what to do better ?

Hello everyone I finally started reaching end game with my shield wall titan I feel like I am so squishy even with maxed out res and over 2.5 k hp and 200 energy shield

Any advice on how to advance this build further and feel more tanky/invincible ? Is the only way to scale shield wall is skill level ? What recommended gems should I slot into shield wall when bossing replacing kaom madness and ahn citadel ?

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/Kibz-1599/character/Lilyelmoos

Thank you

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nando1969•5 months ago•1

Start by posting a complete PoB link if you want help.

TheWorldEnded•5 months ago•1

Shield wall damage is reliant only on the armour of your shield. Look from upgrades and shoot for Tawhoan tower shield with as much armour on it as you can afford, I'd shoot for a bare minimum of 1100. Look for life rolls on your gear, maybe shoot for 3-3.5k hp. Also look to get the stat "armour applies to elemental damage" on as many pieces of gear as you can reasonably while maintaining capped resistances. If your build needs leech get it, if you're not following carn's shield wall build swap to it for your starting point. Get level 20/20% quality gems at a minimum for all of your skills, if you're not level 90 leech temple runs from global chat until you are so you can do that. Make sure your mace has the correct stats on it with as many + to levels as you can afford. That's where I'd start maybe.

Eponick•5 months ago•1

You feel squishy because you are very squishy with those numbers, haha. The biggest help for you will be finding armour that says "Armour applies % to elemental damage". You wanna try to get 40%+ on each item that supports this modifier early on, then work on minmaxing later. The wording is a bit misleading but that means a portion of your armour will decrease elemental damage you TAKE from enemies.

You are shooting for 20k+ armour as you head into the end game and even more later, but just keep upgrading and get some % increased armour nodes and modifiers and things will start to really ramp up as these act as multipliers to your defenses. Good luck, exile!

robotjebus•5 months ago•1

For bossing i just swap out kaom's for concentrated area. You might want armour break desecration on your mace. It's very reasonable to craft a better mace, check Carn's video on crafting gear.

https://youtu.be/e8wvV9ployY?si=xwfFXkQWanUt3Yrt

This is my gear, noting that I am res capped with my rare belt but I use this head-hunters belt for temple. I crafted the mace I'm using with his approach, however I aug/annulled the skills. Shield is best way to scale damage and helps you have more armour.

https://poe.ninja/poe2/profile/RobotJebus-2162/character/EscapeShieldosophy

Edit: I note very little in the way of life on gloves and jewellery.

msxpapx•5 months ago•1

Ditch the ES and get boots and gloves with double that armor. For bossing, try Goregirdle belt

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