What should my DPS be around act 8/9?

1) Don't worry about it if you are softcore. Muscle through with your 4L's (should be plenty of damage).

2) First thing you do when you beat kitava... go to poe.trade and buy a white 5L chest piece that you can color easily (based on the gems you are using). They are usually like 1c.

3) Buy an essence of greed from poe.trade. The highest you can afford and just drop it on the chest. Hopefully you get 1 resistance.

4) Craft a basic second resistance on the chest or a first one (if you get none).


This will carry you all the way to T10s just with other decent rares with life on it.