Explosive Arrow Marauder (Updated for Release)

nice one, grats :)

Why would you quality it after getting the 6L? Hah, I guess the value of 20 stones is pretty insignificant at that point...

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PessimiStick wrote:

Why would you quality it after getting the 6L? Hah, I guess the value of 20 stones is pretty insignificant at that point...

It was my last stack of stones do I figured why not.

When does damage for this build start to stack up?

Granted I only have a 4L explosive arrow atm, but my damage is laughable.

All level 16, EA is leve17 EA - change to ignite - ele prolif - fire pen

Damage is just underwealming

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twapper wrote:

When does damage for this build start to stack up?

Granted I only have a 4L explosive arrow atm, but my damage is laughable.

All level 16, EA is leve17 EA - change to ignite - ele prolif - fire pen

Damage is just underwealming

Make sure you have as high as possible quality on explosive arrow and any other quality gems you can get your hands on. 5 stacks of EA then flamabilty should burn down anything other then unique bosses.

Hard to tell what your doing wrong with minimal information. What build / gear / etc are you using...

My friends, with the latest patch this unique chestpiece was released. Might it be an option for a Carcass Jack (speaking of Anarchy/Onslaught)? What do you think



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Gryphyn wrote:

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twapper wrote:

When does damage for this build start to stack up?

Granted I only have a 4L explosive arrow atm, but my damage is laughable.

All level 16, EA is leve17 EA - change to ignite - ele prolif - fire pen

Damage is just underwealming

Make sure you have as high as possible quality on explosive arrow and any other quality gems you can get your hands on. 5 stacks of EA then flamabilty should burn down anything other then unique bosses.

Hard to tell what your doing wrong with minimal information. What build / gear / etc are you using...

This is my current builds, I'm running a CI variant on Onslaught League:

http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgMABAcHYxB7EVASaRUgFdcWQBccGNsabB8CIWAotSj6KU8qOCpNKwosvyzpLR8yCTbFOtg74TwFPV8_J0CgQYdDY0bXRwZMs03YUlNWY1crWPVZ81uvXcZfamCIYVJmnm0ZbqpxTXF5cql08Xq4fNl_xoLHhX2GrouMjHaP-peVl_Saz52un8uf36KjpwinK6yqrpO0xbUEtzG4k7vWvjrAGsEAwcXB88Lsw23Xhtgk2xrb590N4XPi9-Qi5oHr7uwY7DjtIO9O73z1Sw==

Current Gear:

Gears not optimal, but focusing on 6 socketing then 5linking my bow atm, then purchasing a 5L ES chest



One of the biggest problems I find with trying CI is that mana is a huge issue, even with nodes + all the good mana regen uniques

@Twapper

oh you are playing it as CI.. well thats interesting, I think I have never seen that before.

I think mana is and will be your main issue, because as you want to make your (already amazing) EA gem really powerfull, u want to get a 5L, and my EA currently costs 85 life per shot - which is a lot if you shoot at ~3.6 attacks per second and use mana on top of that.

One big thing I saw in your passive tree is that you have used 9 (!) nodes just to get to the "Amplify" node at the templar start. This node is not worth the struggle mate, considering you already have the "Blast Radius" at the witch area.
If I was you and would play this on Onslaught (respect for that, I would not have the balls, nor the connection) I would immediately spec out of those 9 nodes and invest them into ES/Armor - or basically whatever gives you max survivability. Another downpoint about those 9 nodes is that you waste a lot of them to the "%Increased Elemental Damage" nodes, which do not (!) buff the damage of EA.

If you feel you dont do enouth damage yet, you have the very best opportunity to take the "Immolation" nodes, right next to your current path (in the middle of the witch and templar tree start areas). These will boost your dps a lot, trust me. But beware of reflect mobs and ele reflect maps.

Next big thing is: get rid of aaaaall the many many nodes you go from Vaal Pact down to Unweavering Stance. I had US once and trust me, it is not worth the somewhat ~15 nodes u invested to get it. Even if you want it, respecc to this path, because you went a very un-benefitial way through the tree, which costs you the lot of 5 (!) nodes! But I would just skip Unweavering Stance tbh, and the +15% Attack Speed node is not very important with this build as well, but u can get it if you want.

U should also get "Elemental Adaptation" at the Marauder Tree. If you got capped resists it helps a lot with tanking ele damage.

Another thing is that if you skip Unweavering Stance (or even if you dont) I would make my way down to the "Crystal Skin" nodes and the "Ondars Cutle" node at the Ranger tree. As you use many +ES +EV nodes you will most likely have quite high EV and dodge chance later, so doubling the chance to dodge projectiles is amazing I think, plus the chance to avoid status ailments like frozen, shocked and ingited should be really good.

I am really no expert on CI builds and I never played a single CI character, but this is how I think your final CI-EA build should look like (with Unweavering Stance;)


It now uses 2 nodes more than the one you posted before, but I think it is way more viable for Onslaught now. Just keep one thing in mind: once u got a 5L, your damage wont be an issue anymore, but your survivability will still be. Especially on Onslaught. So better invest into more ES,EV,resists and whatever makes u more beefy.

Cheers & tell me what u think

Hellow i played this build for a few days in anarchy
I have no trouble soloing up to 68 maps (haven t really done any higher becouse of bad rng)
Trouble is that compared to other players when grouping i feel my dmg is lacking quite a bit...
my gear

any thoughts on what i should upgrade first beseide the obvious gloves and quiver are wellcomed
my build

thx!

best fun build i tryd out..


iam lvl 70 and i have rly no problems in lvl 68-69 maps.. i normaly 1-2 shot all grps if theny get ignited

my current gear:







i have about 3 k hp .. 200 es^^^ with life on hit i instant be in 100 % after i got dmg.

i have all res 75 .. chaos - 60 ^^


btw with the massive lifereg nodes i can stand forever in a burnng ground map without getting lost 1 hp