1.2 Layent's Low Life Split-Crit 100KDPS Reflect Viable End-Game

Ok boys chemical engineer here leme math it up for ya.


It's not stronger than split arrow when you get to mirrored gear levels, I'll explain why:


Imagine having infinite damage.
(Let dps of said bow build equal to positive infinity)

However this damage still needs to travel to the packs of monsters across a map.

So it's a discussion of how efficiently can one skill deliver the pain.

With split arrow you can consistently cover a double integral of space using polar coordinates (dr*dtheta)

some calculus required to understand.

Our dr is our projectile speed or radius of the circle we create if we were to shoot at all directions. This on a regular bow build is beyond screen length while using split arrow.

dtheta which is our degree or arc, the spread of the arrows on split cover nearly 180 degrees or pi.

So a single shot of split arrow shoots 7 arrows of infinite damage over a screen length pi radians in any direction you so choose. That's a enormous amount of surface area. And this is consistent.(Remember a single arrow will one shot an entire pack due to herald of ash and have the possibility to chain to further packs.

Now for TS

Fires up to 20 arrows with gmp (5 to get there then 5 explosions yielding 3 each=20)

Being that a character moves through a map clearing monsters along the way, monsters should never be behind the player be for maximum efficiency.

TS explosion arrows are random in their direction, and I believe it is safe to say that their radius is smaller than a regular split arrow's.

Being that they are random it is also safe to assume that arrows will either be in two regions:
0<theta<pi
Or pi<theta<2pi
(Half the arrows will shoot behind the explosion half infront)

The half that shoot behind will never hit anything as we are clearing monsters as we go forward through a map)

From there we can then safely assume the 5 piercing shots also should be disregarded: anything that is pierced must fall in the pi<theta2pi region and must not exist.

So we're left with roughly 7.5 arrows being shot in directions of monsters at a range that is less than split arrows and at an inconsistent theta increments as due to the randomness of direction.

Thus I conclude tornado shot is an inferior version of split arrow due to it's lesser range and inconsistency. QED

Please note:
this argument is not valid if you do not use mirrored gear or use precooked ramen as your bow.

Due to the 1.2 version of the skill tree, ES, Inner Force, and other aura nodes are now closer to bow nodes. In addition to these changes with the new crafting, up to 20% es can be crafted onto rings, which now allows for greater amounts of ES for everybody, but most importantly allowing bow users who use ES to acquire a decent amount. By going Low Life, we are able to to run 2 free auras on life, to then also run Blood Rage which is an insane dps steroid that can be sustained indefinitely. The build has 3 required unique items; Atziri gloves, Alpha's Howl and Shavronne's Wrappings. I use Auxium for quick access to ES and mana leech. Atziri Acuity's enables the ability to leech mana and health instantly, allowing the ability to leech through reflect, and the ability to indefinitely cast your main ability with no mana cost issues as you will be leeching back your entire mana pool on every hit. Alpha's Howl is essential because it gives us 8% reduced mana reserved which allows us to run 3 auras on mana while also increasing their respective gem levels. Shavronne's Wrappings allows us to rely on our energy shield while at a low life without fear from dying to chaos damage.

How the build plays out in maps:
The hardest part of this build is the beginning of a map, acquiring power charges and souls to cast vaal haste. Because this build relies on having power charges to mana leech and to achieve high crit chance the first pack will give the most difficultly. After charges are maxed and vaal haste is availble to cast the build will enter turbo mode, where you will be stutter stepping through maps (if you've played any MOBA or RTS you'l already be familiar), or just be simply holding down your move button and right clicking every so often. If you have around the level of my gear or more, this will mean that you will simply right click one shot whole packs along with any off screen as well. Once in a map the usual button order goes: Blood rage->(quicksilver->vaal haste->)*until map is clear. On rare occasions I'll be found to weapon swap to leap slam over a wall or ledge that's faster than running to.

1:Passive
2:Passive
3:Power Charge

To answer questions about my current accuracy, critical chance and evasion:
Accuracy: 87-90% depending on my jewelry, (Finding the right jewelery is the hardest part if you don't have mirrors)
Critical Hit Chance (W/ 6PCharges): 88.4% with my rings, although 95% is easily achievable with more levels (missing 70% from tree) or better rings than mine.
Evasion: 2066 -> 20% chance to evade, 12226 -> 50% chance to evade W/

http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/737212for amulet, axn for quiver,

Videos, different gem setups