[1.3] Purple Rain; a shockingly chaotic Voltaxic Rift build (w/ budget version!)
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Guys, i have questions, LOTS OF questions :'O
it would be rly awesome if you can help me somehow First of all, im at 60lvl with 71points in skilltree. And its turning point for me to choose whatever build i should to pick, i used a skilltree planner and made 2(4) variations of build with same core, I planning to put voltaxic with Doryani's lightning belt and use it with LA. I love Lightning arrow but for me its first time using it with voltaxic bow so i need an advice.
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Just regular crit based core for bow build but with ele+chaos dmg nods and vaal pact. Overall: 145%life, 76%ele+79%chaos, Crits. Questions: - Since our Voltaxic got quite low 6% Crit chance, does we need Rat's nest + Maligaros to make it viable for crit based build? Or crit chance for LA will be enough without it, just with crit nodes from skilltree? - Chaos dmg. From what i seen - no one takes these clusters for voltaxic builds, only lightning nods. Is it that bad in comparison with lightning? or its just for being able to lifeleach from lightning dmg since its quite hard to do that with chaos lol. - Doryani's belt lightning version. Will lifeleach work with Voltaxic since all our lightning dmg is converted to chaos. Need advice. - Vaal pact. Dont know if it worth it, guess it is with Doryani. Need advice.
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There is also option to spec all chaos dmg clusters to nearest lightning nods (79%chaos>76lightning+a bit more crit)
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Bump your Lightning dmg even more at cost of all crit mods, leads us to 76%ele+74%lightning+79%chaos. Now you dont need to worry about rat's nest + maligaros, or any other expensive crit stuff, but Thunderfist...SO: - Is this trade worth in terms of dps for losing crits? Cuz crits are fun! - same topics with belt, chaos dmg nods and vaal pact.
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And version with even more lightning nods from witch area (inspired by OP), even more %life for losing chaos dmg and probably vaal pact (its a bit more expensive now but not rly)
overall: 165%life, 76%ele dmg, 165%lightning dmg, no crits. So, which setup is better? What advice you can give? . . . . . im so sorry for my grammar, english is not my native language, and im not even playing PoE at EU anymore since its finally published in my region. Thanks in advance. |
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You can easily leech from chaos, if you get Hungry Abyss jewel. Then, you'll need to equip 5 corrupted items (for example, you can corrupt all your jewelry + quiver), and all your life leech will be based upon CHAOS damage. Best used with Bloodrage and leech mods on gear! Or you get Vaal Pact without Blood Rage, if you have tons of Life leech mods/passives, and enjoy leeching from damage dealt IDK, why no one even mentioned it! That should be insane! Surgebinders are impressive gloves for this build, and on Warbands, they cost literally nothing (1 alchemy). I think they're far better than Thunderfist. Chaos damage clusters are JUST NOT WORTH IT. Elemental or lightning damage nodes are much stronger. Chaos nodes are useful only for PA archers, who cant scale their damage with other nodes. I personally think losing crit isnt worth it. You can get decent crit chance and multiplier without much investments (just 10-15 nodes), and double your DPS easily. How many "increased lightning damage" nodes do you need for same results? And that's not even counting shock from crits! IGN: MortalKombat Molten Strike build guide: https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1346504 There is no knowledge That is not power Last edited by MortalKombat3#6961 on Aug 2, 2015, 1:31:30 PM
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I tried to make a voltaxic build myself today. I had the same idea as you guys but with a different execution. Instead of +light dmg I tried to get +projectile and good Static Electricity spots.
In the end i came up with this I would put Static Electricity in the 3 spots around ranger start for a total of 280 dex. Thats like a 2nd wrath aura :) Other then that i get 3 frenzy charges, ~160% Life, ~250% evasion and ~200% inc. dmg (+3 open jewel slots for ~20-40% inc dmg each) Any thoughts? Last edited by Flouyd#6977 on Aug 4, 2015, 8:30:28 AM
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Friend traded something for a Voltaxic yesterday and gave it to me. I'm going to start a Shadow in like 5min and try this build out.
One question tho: why not pick Spirit Void since it manages to sustain Tornado Shots so good? It's really not needed in this build? Thanks, and please keep it updated. :) Last edited by Bidumandias#5694 on Aug 7, 2015, 2:39:21 AM
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" You could just swap weapons to use Whirling Blade or Leap Slam. That's definitely what I am going to do. |
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" I tried it and I just can't handle the mana that it consumes. Made some changes (Tornado Shot instead of Lightning Arrow and Spirit Void nod) and it's running just fine now. Not many mana issues. |
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" After reading this whole thread I believe that your build suits more my playing style. I really prefer Critical builds, specially with Voltaxic. This is what I came up with: http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYARXyXl_v1tDjlGYw2E55VS6SRYeJ-MyaVXfIWv3DVDkgDHonTEZYfQXBSk5V_xgYjKgutM6KjJ6kwW7VI8-oZ1w_ErJdtbDt8lYfndDY9uModg-jWnaqbJgW1YqxsjDIBBfmNv7IZlwZRR9Qjz3rEoudUMHwwcbvjJP2NfcjcfyvdqP66_94j9sFJOdRLeH11TZL-HW_ydvc6QtN-oJ8x-gBe73oZjvaj7YMVIAgu3Q0tg5uNW68ZtCF2DY2-p4bOh3Z1y2VNwTPjn-pivTZKfc2YR36NfkMxv9XawVO7dO0FLQ== Or this one: http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYARXyXl_v1tDjlGYw2E55VS6SRYeJ-MyaVXfIWv3DVDkgDHonTEZYfQXBSk5V_xgYjKgutM6KjJ6kwW7VI8-oZ1w_EwfOsl21sO3yCHpWH53Q2PbjKFLAdg-jWnapMLZsmBbVirGyMEQ8yAQX5jb9-r7IZlwZRR9QjjRm1hc96xKLnVDB8MHHgEu9Qu-Mk_Y19yNx_K92o2V_BtP66_94j9sFJOdRLeN2MLX19dU2S_h1v8nb3OkLTfqCfMfoAXu96GY72o-2DFSAILt0Nm41bryF2DY2Gzod2wTPjn0p9rJg6WFXGg9s= Last edited by Bidumandias#5694 on Aug 7, 2015, 2:33:48 AM
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While the big upside of this build is you dont need to worry about reflect ever, the very big downside of this is: you can not lower the enemy's chaos resistance and your damage is pure chaos. There is simply no such skill in game that lower the enemy's res.
All bow builds with chain and split arrow can clear screen of trash packs very easily that is no problem for any builds. Now what is really lack luster of our purple rain here is, single target with chaos resistance, ie, all late game map bosses. With chaos res you can not shock boss reliably, even if you do the duration is so short it is not even noticeable. I have 55k dps pure chaos on my 6L frenzy, still feeling really slow against single target high chaos res boss. And I have basically no idea how to improve this. Currently leveling, hoping by getting shock duration and shock chance on my jewel slots might make things better. But basically it is worse than even pure lightning damage since the existence of lightning penetration gem.
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