The Shaper
The Shaper | |||
Level(s) | 84 | ||
Location(s) | The Shaper's Realm | ||
Quest(s) | The Shaper (legacy) Sanity's Requiem (legacy) The Eldritch Decay (legacy) | ||
Health | 74 712 908 | ||
Damage | 5689 | ||
ApS | 1.76 | ||
Resistance(s) | 50% Fire 50% Cold 50% Lightning 30% Chaos | ||
Modifier(s) | 66% Less Curse Effectiveness Cannot Be Fully Slowed Immune To Knockback |
I no longer believe these are realms of chance, rather, they must have been formulated by a sentient mind... a designer or architect. Every shadow in this place creeps about with an unforeseen purpose.
The Shaper is the creator of the Atlas of Worlds and the main antagonist of the Atlas of Worlds expansion. He acts as a final boss, residing in Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = the Shaper's Realm". Background information is written in the Book of Memories which is filled as the exile collects his Memory Fragments from Elder-influenced zones. The Shaper also occasionally appears in maps that are influenced by him.
The Shaper's real name is Valdo Caeserius, and is the father of Zana Caeserius. Zana assists the player during the battle with the Shaper and constantly implores him to stop fighting and join her, but he refuses.
The Shaper is considered to be 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. His iconic ability, the Shaper Beam, deals 15,000 elemental damage per second using a combination of Fire, Cold and Lightning elements. The Shaper does not deal Chaos damage and does not inflict bleeds.
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.
Defeating the Shaper is guaranteed to drop a map fragment required for the Uber Elder encounter, either Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Fragment of Shape" or Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Fragment of Knowledge". The other 2 fragments are dropped by The Elder.
Entry
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.
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Fragment of the Hydra" - obtained by defeating the Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Lair of the Hydra Map" boss
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Fragment of the Chimera" - obtained by defeating the Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Pit of the Chimera Map" boss
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Fragment of the Phoenix" - obtained by defeating the Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Forge of the Phoenix Map" boss
- Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Fragment of the Minotaur" - obtained by defeating the Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Maze of the Minotaur Map" boss
The arena is called Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = The Shaper's Realm".
Recommendations
The following is recommended:
- At least 2 million damage per second (rolling over your main attack ability should show 100K+, because Path of Exile cannot calculate DPS properly)
- Capped elemental resistances (fire, cold and lightning resistance at 75%)
- At least 6,000 Effective hit points (Life pool)
- High life regeneration or energy shield regeneration to combat the Shaper Beam which deals 15,000 elemental damage per second
- At least 20% block or evade chance, or Mana before Life defenses
- A Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = Quicksilver Flask" of Adrenaline to quickly traverse the long passages that appear between the combat phases
Attacks
Image | Attack | Details |
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Shaper Beam |
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Projectiles |
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Teleport Slam |
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Vortex |
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Monster Portal |
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Bullet Hell |
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Zana's Bubble |
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Video guide
Strategy
Summary
The following is a quick summary of the entire fight with The Shaper.
Phase | Summary |
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The Nexus |
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Phase One |
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Phase Two |
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Phase Three |
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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.
The 4 bosses will be a random selection from the following:
- Ambrius, Legion Slayer
- God's Chosen and The Hallowed Husk
- Spinner of False Hope
- Shock and Horror
- Tyrant
- Penitentiary Incarcerator
- Olof, Son of the Headsman
- The Goddess
- The Cursed King
- Merveil, the Reflection and Merveil, the Returned
- Shadow of the Vaal
- The Infernal King
- Piety the Empyrean
- Eater of Souls
- Fire and Fury
Phase Mechanics
You are prevented from opening portals to your hideout while in the Shaper's arena.
Phase | Attacks |
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Phase One |
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Phase Two |
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Phase Three |
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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 Module Error: No results found for item using search term "item_name = 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.
Fight as dual boss with Uber Elder
See Uber Elder
Items found from this monster
There are currently no items that have a drop table specific to this monster.
Above list only includes loots from The single boss version of the Shaper fight. In the dual Shaper-Elder fight, the Shaper himself drops nothing.
The Shaper fight always drops one of the above Shaper-influenced unique items as well as one of the Uber Elder map fragments. Also there is a chance to find and unlock the Celestial Hideout upon killing the Shaper.
Lore
The Shaper's original name is Valdo Caeserius, and is the father of Zana Caeserius. The Synthesis league also expanded the backstory of the Shaper and his construction of the map device.
Dialogue
The Shaper is voiced by New Zealand actor, Daryl Habraken.[1]
Version history
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3.9.0 |
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3.6.0 |
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3.2.0 |
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3.0.0 |
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2.4.0 |
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References
- ↑ PhysGGG (January 16, 2017). "The voice acting for the shaper memories is superb.". Official Path of Exile subreddit. Retrieved January 16, 2017.