Explosive Arrow Marauder (Updated for Release)

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Pastromy wrote:

The only way to get a mana based build to work is using thief's torment--or having such insane gear that I can't even imagine it... This is simply because a 6L Explosive Arrow will cost something like 150 mana per shot (without using a BM gem)... There's next to no way to sustain that much mana with regen (and you really don't want to give up a link for mana leech... Plus, you probably wouldn't even be able to leech fast enough anyway).

You could use atziri,pernadus,dream frag and alpha howl (like ci builds do) for buff/claritey and 2 mana reserve reduction nods. You'd lose some health but the armor and res from determination/puriety would prob be worth it. But yeh, I guess it needs some experimenting.

Though I guess it'd only be worth it if you could get enough auras to make a difference in character stats.

Thank you for this guide (Pastramy and all other kind people). I love it. Now the question...

Finally, I've got my 6l Quill Rain for 9exa and need your advice regarding socket colors.

Till now, I have been using 5l chest with:
- Explosive Arrow
- Elemental Proliferation
- Chance to Ignite
- Increase Area of Effect
- Fire Penetration


I would like to know what skills & color sockets I should use on my 6l Quill Rain? What is your recommendation and the current consensus regarding best 6l skills after 72 pages of this thread? My other gear is:


Thank you in advance for kind help and time.

Congrats on the 6 link! 9 exa seems so cheap to me, but I guess it is on standard.

6 Link Setup I use:



I know lots of other people have different variations, this one seem to pump out the most damage, all depends on what you plan on killing :)

The biggest thing you can do is start getting quality on your gems, it makes a TON of difference in this build.

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Gryphyn wrote:

Congrats on the 6 link! 9 exa seems so cheap to me, but I guess it is on standard.

Thank you! Yes, it's on standard. It was done with the help of my friend Zealman who bargained it down from 10 to 9 exa and lent me 4 exa (basically and mostly, I am self found and solo player)

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Gryphyn wrote:

I know lots of other people have different variations, this one seem to pump out the most damage, all depends on what you plan on killing :)

I am very obliged for your suggestion and hoping for more ideas from other players. :) This thread got just too big to go through it all.

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Gryphyn wrote:

The biggest thing you can do is start getting quality on your gems, it makes a TON of difference in this build.

That's what I've been doing since I've learned about Q20 recipe. It is a blessing for solo players like myself. Thank you again, mate! :)

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Gryphyn wrote:

6 Link Setup I use:

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I've decided to go with identical skills & colors as you. In case of reflect mob, I can just replace Concentrated Effect with Increased Are of Effect Radius. 65 chromes did the job. Thank you, again. :)

Anyone run the IIQ/IIR version of this where you add culling strike and the magic find gems to split arrow? I find it underwhelming or even not working since it does basically does 0 damage.

Not sure if anyone has said anything, but a suggestion.

In Your New Endgame build the health nodes by the Mauradar tree, from where u went up from duelist the 6/6/10 u used 6 points.

If you go by the ranger (due to the new starting area) u can use 5 points for 6/6/10 also. now u can get 1 extra point. maybe for an extra 6% by templar tree or a +30str/int or resistance.

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illmtk wrote:

Anyone run the IIQ/IIR version of this where you add culling strike and the magic find gems to split arrow? I find it underwhelming or even not working since it does basically does 0 damage.

I am using double split arrow.
It's true that it is underwhelming if you don't have any other IIR & IIQ on gear, but it's better than nothing. In group, it also helps in quickly refilling potions.

I also find The Blood Dance unique boots quite fun to play with (got them for 1 gcp + 3 chaos). The hp regeneration is very nice with 3 charges and as a bonus you get also some attack speed and cast speed (6% with 3 frenzy charges).


Does anybody else use them with this build? Any comments? Suggestions?

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xReign wrote:

Not sure if anyone has said anything, but a suggestion.

In Your New Endgame build the health nodes by the Mauradar tree, from where u went up from duelist the 6/6/10 u used 6 points.

If you go by the ranger (due to the new starting area) u can use 5 points for 6/6/10 also. now u can get 1 extra point. maybe for an extra 6% by templar tree or a +30str/int or resistance.

I've been looking into a lot of these changes.

I've also been looking into getting rid of IR since that could save me some points. I think I'm going to stick with it though simply because it's still pretty nice and the dex nodes are really helpful to achieve the high amounts of dex needed for EA.

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Bhaya wrote:

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Gryphyn wrote:

6 Link Setup I use:

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I've decided to go with identical skills & colors as you. In case of reflect mob, I can just replace Concentrated Effect with Increased Are of Effect Radius. 65 chromes did the job. Thank you, again. :)

this is the best version of the 6L, im using increased AoE atm though becuase I dont have a quality conc effect. Heres all my gear.



MF gear:


Skill tree:


Im gonna be respeccing most of the Templar area once I hit my next level up.

I have 5.9k life and 77/77/77/-60 res. I calculated it out and with my Kaoms thats on SC I believe I have 9.2~k life wearing a Kaoms. (For those that are curious, I believe i'm pretty close to the life cap in Anarchy/Onslaught, at level 92 I will have +286% life on the tree, and assuming I got all my life gear perfected 100% I would get another flat 60~ life, I would estimate the 100% perfect life cap to be at 6.4-6.5k, with it realistically being at 6,150 or so.)

Looking to get a hp/IAS/tri res light quiver (chaos res as one of the resists preferably), coral rings with max hp, fire damage +%, and IAS (Dont really need the IAS, and chaos res would be nice too.), and a 20/20 Conc effect, and I need to color my gloves GGGR, other than that the gear is done. I have a kaoms waiting for me on SC. The only thing that really bothers me is some chaos mobs, but other than that I just faceroll everything, even in high level maps. :D