[2.3] Explosive Arrow Build - Uber viable - 100 hc/sc proof - Scion, Witch, Duelist, Mara versions
" Awesome to hear that u hit lvl 100 with it. |
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Done like 10 chars to 85-90 on this league and this is totally the best i have played in this league, or maybe even best i have played ever.
Only thing that bothers me is single target damage against tough bosses and atziri, killing atziri takes forever. What i have done against some hard bosses, is to kite them against a wall and then just spam EA on the wall, but that doesnt always work. Has anyone found any other way to single target? Weapon swap blast rain? anything? Will try the frost wall but it seems a bit awkward. gear on 90lvl, got that quiver for 2c ":d" " My best char so far https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/1211377 Last edited by topcatti#2438 on Jan 22, 2016, 11:58:06 AM
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Did anyone try Rigwald Quills with it? If not the do so, the aoe coverage is insane. I can kill mobs 2 screens away in another rooms XD
One problem is lack of single target and frost wall doesnt work because projectiles dont stack on it just fork away. Gotta figure this out somehow |
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Frost Wall works just fine, you only need to be using it right. The trick is to a) wait till the frost wall is really up, because it has a short delay where it's visibly up but does not physically block anything yet & b) aim the arrows right at / shortly before the frostwall else they will fly over it, as EA is able to surpass objects (you can fire it down cliffs and stuff).
Also you can push monsters against close walls or objects with Frost Wall. On top of that you can use 2-3 frost walls to build a cage like structure, i.e. a V (= 2 walls) or I_I (3 walls) shaped object around the mob and then spam EA. Link Frost Wall with longer duration (same 4l as vaal haste & vaal grace). Also use your blink arrow illusion & golem to make sure the mob stays close to your "trap". It takes some practice but this build does not have single target issues in regular maps. Consider linking your golem to culling strike as well for an extra speed buff against tanky bosses. www.deviantart.com/van1sh3d
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Hi bro,
First of all, thanks a lot for share your build, its awsome and incredibly funny. I followed your build and make a lvl 76 powerfull character (with 6,8k hp and tons of regen, with very good armor too), but I died in fucking phantasmagoria boss (accidentally tanked three spikes and he banned my character :_( (damage os this boss is fucking nonsense)). After die, I tried Atziri in standart (first time for me), and I killed double vaal and trio without any problems/deaths, but Atziri copies hurting me so hard, I don't know if the problem was my lvl, my strategy, positions... etc... Any type to survive this phase? Another question, how important is Projectile speed in EA? I mention it because there are a lot of projectile speed ranges when you buy a Quill Rain.. Thanks a lot! |
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" Nope. The thing with fork is that projectile is split into 2 other projectiles but there is no charge left on the point of impact so you cant stack explosions. I tested it with 1 projestile EA on single mob and its the same - projectiles fork into 2 and go into the walls but mob alone is untouched. The only way to work with Frost Wall to our advantage is when you can stuck mob between FW and some other wall. Then you can split projectiles on FW and let them stick to wall beyond. Second FW may be usable here but I didn't test if it works like it should. And it seems to clunky Last edited by arcadius#6258 on Jan 28, 2016, 2:16:18 PM
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" But doesn't this also negatively effect the burn rate? Does it overall give a higher dps and burn because of the initial explosion? Last edited by KIAEddZ#5715 on Jan 29, 2016, 6:15:59 AM
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hey, perhaps it was previously asked and explained, anyway, how do you deal with reflect? I recently found with surprise that explosion of EA count for the reflect mod
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" No, because it's still fire damage. The initial hit is cold/lightning, so the mobs get +25% to light or cold resist, then -50% to fire. Burn is fire. Anyway, i found a good solution for the single target - esp for those who don't have a 6L You lose the GMP on frenzy, and have to self cast flam, but it frees up enough slots for a 4L conc burn EA. Also, to note on my setup, I use a combination of end cry and warlords mark for end charge generation and life leech. |
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" The initial flat cold damage I have gives -50 to light fire, that is true, but then the explosion gives +25% to fire and then the burn starts So the burn is negatively impacted by the +25% to fire caused by the explosion.. I don't understand your post |
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