The Shaper's and The Elder's full power are unleashed in The Shaper's Realm
The Shaper and The Elder in The Shaper's Realm have 100% increased chance to drop an Orb of Dominance
Sublime Vision
Impresence
With the Cosmic Wounds Atlas keystone passive, the Shaper is fought in Area Level 85 and greatly increases in difficulty. The fight with the Shaper will have the following changes:
Area has the mod Monsters take 70% less damage
The Shaper will summon two shadow clones throughout the fight, which can use Shaper's balls, melee, slam, and beam skills.
Volatile Anomalies (and their Vortexes on detonation) are not cleared between phases.
The Shaper's ball projectile spell fires two additional projectiles to the side, and penetrates 40% of Cold Resistance instead.
The Shaper's slam attack is faster.
Zana will not shield you against his Bullet Hell attack, but he fires less projectiles per attack. Penetrates 40% of Cold Resistance instead.
Uber Shaper also has a 100% increased chance to drop an Orb of Dominance, and can also drop Sublime Vision.
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Enter The Shaper’s Realm
The Shaper’s Realm(Map Level: 84, Map Tier: 17) is an end-game map area where the battle with The Shaper takes place.
Players must use the following fragments in their map device to fight The Shaper. They can be collected by fighting various bosses, and can also be traded amongst players.
Capped elemental resistances (fire, cold and lightning resistance at 75%); overcapped cold resistance is also useful
At least 5,000 combined Life and Energy Shield and a reliable source of recovery
Moderate mitigation or avoidance, including Physical damage reduction
Movement skill to avoid Shaper's slams and beams
The fight consists of multiple phases. Before the Shaper encounter begins, the player must defeat four side bosses at the nexus. After that a portal opens to the Shaper's arena. The Shaper himself has three phases. At the end of the first and second phases he banishes Zana and the player to a passage while he heals up. The players must traverse the passage and return to the arena to begin the next phase. The Shaper recovers health slowly between phases.
The Shaper and Elder Atlas Passive Skill
Count
Name
Description
1
Cosmic Wounds
The Shaper's Realm is level 85
The Shaper's and The Elder's full power are unleashed in The Shaper's Realm
The Shaper and The Elder in The Shaper's Realm have 100% increased
chance to drop an Orb of Dominance
1
Inevitable Ambush
Shaper and Elder Guardians are healed and joined by an ally on first reaching 33% Life
Allies have a chance to drop their Fragments
1
Gaze into the Abyss
The Elder has +10% chance to drop a Watcher's Eye
The Shaper drops 3 additional Shaper Items
1
Remnants of the Past
Map Bosses have 3% chance to drop an Elder Guardian Map (Tier 14+)
Map Bosses have 3% chance to drop a Shaper Guardian Map (Tier 14+)
6
Shaper, Elder and Guardian Influenced Item Chance
The Shaper, The Elder and their Guardians have a 20% chance to drop an Influenced Item
Skills
Image
Skills
Details
Default Attack
The Shaper lashes out at the player, dealing Physical damage
He only uses it while in melee range.
If the player is hit, it deals:
Deals 100% of Damage
33% more Attack Speed
Shaper Beam
(Spell)
The Shaper unleashes an extremely powerful beam that deals heavy damage over time if the player is hit by it
The Shaper fires the beam aiming at the player, and once fired, the beam does NOT rotate to target the player
The player must dash away or run away from the beam area to avoid taking damage
The beam can kill most builds in 1-2 seconds if they stand within the beam constantly
The beam lasts for 3 seconds
If players touch it, the beam does ALL of the following:
Deals 5384 Fire Damage per second
Deals 4405 Cold Damage per second
Deals 6057 Lightning Damage per second
Projectiles
(Spell)
The Shaper fires 3 golden orbs consecutively, dealing massive cold damage if it hits the player.
Each ball will deal:
Deals 5639 to 8458 Cold Damage
Damage Penetrates 25% Cold Resistance
Teleport Slam
(Attack)
The Shaper disappears into the void, and teleports to the player and slams the ground, dealing heavy damage that can one-shot most builds.
To avoid this attack:
Players must notice that the Shaper has disappeared and maintain constant movement
When the Shaper reappears at the player's location he will perform the Slam attack
If players were moving, they would have moved from their original location and avoided the attack
If players are anywhere within the purple circle, they will be dealt heavy damage:
Deals 300% of Damage
50% less Attack Speed
Vortex
(Spell)
The Shaper fires a slow-moving grey ball that seeks the player
Once the ball touches the player, it will create a vortex on the ground, that deals heavy cold damage over time if players stand within it
Players must attract the balls to the edges of the arena to prevent the vortex from restricting the player's mobility
Each vortex lasts for 25 seconds
Each vortex will be removed once the phase ends
To escape a vortex:
Players must immediately blink or run from it and continue attacking from another direction
If the Shaper is surrounded by portals, simply wait till he relocates or till some of the portals disappear
Monster Portal
The Shaper teleports to the side of the arena and opens a monster portal while he becomes immune to damage
The monster portal will spawn various kinds of shaped monsters, one at a time
The monsters will exit the portal and attack Zana and the player
Players must simply kill the monsters to prevent Zana from losing health
If she loses all her health, she retreats and slowly recovers health and while recovering she will be unable to create her protective bubble shield (see below)
This is the only time in the fight when Zana is vulnerable to damage
If Zana is successfully kept alive for several seconds during the portal phase, the portal is closed
Bullet Hell
(Spell)
The Shaper disappears from the arena and becomes invulnerable during this attack
The Shaper fills the arena with purple "bullet" projectiles that deal heavy damage
The only way to escape it is to stay within Zana's protective red bubble
Each bullet will deal:
Deals 5639 to 8458 Cold Damage
Damage Penetrates 25% Cold Resistance
11 additional Projectiles
Zana's Bubble
Once per phase Zana will create a protective bubble shield
Players must stand in the bubble to avoid the Shaper's attacks (typically the Bullet Hell attack)
Staying anywhere in the bubble's hemisphere will protect the player, even if the character is almost at the edge of it
The Shaper Guide
Level
84
Location
The Shaper’s Realm
Health
74 712 908
Damage
5689
ApS
1.76
Resistances
50% Fire
50% Cold
50% Lightning
30% Chaos
Modifiers
66% Less Curse Effectiveness
Cannot Be Fully Slowed
Immune To Knockback
Fight The Shaper Guide
Summary
The Shaper is one of the most difficult bosses in Path of Exile. His abilities deal very high damage and he has the highest health pool out of any enemy in the game. The fight consists of multiple phases. Before the Shaper encounter begins, the player must defeat four side bosses at the nexus. After that a portal opens in the middle to the Shaper’s arena. The Shaper himself has three phases. At the end of the first and second phases he sends Zana and the player to an area they must traverse with a boss waiting at the end. Killing that boss opens a portal to resume the Shaper fight. The Shaper recovers health slowly between phases.
The Nexus
The entry area is X shaped and contains four paths, each leading to a boss that must be killed before a portal in the middle opens. The bosses are four randomly-chosen map bosses. After they are killed, the Shaper fight can begin.
1. Phase One
The Shaper uses the following skills, which he keeps in all phases:
Melee Attack: A lash that does melee damage. He only uses it while in melee range.
Golden Projectiles: The Shaper fires three golden orbs that deal massive cold damage and penetrate 25% cold resistance, one after another.
Shaper Beam: The Shaper channels a huge golden beam that deals fire, cold and lightning damage over time. The beam only targets one location per skill usage.
Teleport Slam: The Shaper spins and disappears in a blanket of void, and then teleports to the player’s location, followed by a powerful slam with a large area of effect. A movement skill is recommended to avoid taking damage from this move.
Portal: The Shaper teleports to the side of the arena and opens a portal while he becomes immune to damage. Powerful shaped monsters exit the portal one at a time and attempt to attack Zana and the player. Meanwhile, Zana stays in the middle and attempts to channel a beam that closes the portal. This is the only time in the fight when she is vulnerable to damage. If she loses all her health, she retreats and slowly recovers health. If she is successfully kept alive for several seconds during the portal phase, the portal is closed prematurely.
Additionally, slow-moving cold balls spawn once every few seconds. They don’t do any direct damage, but once the player touches them, they create a vortex that permanently stains the arena until the phase ends. Stepping in such vortex chills the player and deals cold damage over time.
You are prevented from opening portals while fighting the Shaper.
Once the Shaper has been reduced to 50% health, he banishes Zana and the player and slowly regenerates life until both return.
2. Phase Two
The Shaper keeps all his abilities from phase one, and gets a new one: He casts a bullet hell of cold projectiles that deal heavy damage and are incredibly difficult to dodge, while he is invulnerable. When he does it, Zana teleports to the middle and creates a protective bubble that entirely blocks these projectiles. She doesn’t do this, however, if she’s recovering from losing all her health in the portal phase, so it’s important to keep her alive.
Additionally, the vortex balls spawn more often than in phase 1.
Once the Shaper has been reduced to 25% health, he once again banishes Zana and the player and slowly regenerates life until both return.
3. Phase Three
The Shaper keeps all his abilities from phase two, and gets a new one: He can summon an invulnerable, spectral double that uses one of his skills, which disappears after several seconds.
Additionally, the vortex balls appear significantly more often than in the previous phases, potentially making most of the arena unsafe and leaving very little room for maneuvering.
This is the final phase, and once the Shaper is reduced 0% health, he finally dies.
Between Phases
Between each of the Shaper phases, Zana and the player must traverse an area filled with monsters and kill a boss at its end. Those areas use randomly-chosen tilesets, and appear to be thin, floating islands in a sea of stars. Each of the bosses at the end are based on Riftwalker from the Laboratory Map, but have much higher health.
The Uncreated is the boss between phase 1 and phase 2. It has the same skill set as Riftwalker.
The Unshaped is the boss between phase 2 and phase 3. He is similar to The Uncreated but also fires a volley of frostbolts in quick succession every once in a while.
The Shaper slowly regenerates his health during the between phases, so it’s recommended to complete them as quickly as possible. Once The Uncreated/Unshaped is killed, this regeneration stops, and the between phase is complete.