[3.1] DEADEYE Caustic Arrow DPS-focused 6k+ life 60k+ DoT DPS

Problem is, you lose damage the farther the projectile travels, and as a ranged character, it's not a particularly good idea to always shoot enemies from point blank range. You can try it, of course.

What about adding a wither+spell totem+inc duration+faster casting link instead of the optional fire traps?
I saw a guy talking about wither and tried using it, significantly slowing mobs and stacking chaos debuffs (that increase a lot the dmg)
I feel that's a good improvement to the build, try it

I'm also going to try 6l my carcass to add life gain on hit to have a minimum "leech" with frenzy, since a single shot should hit several times thanks to chain and pierce chance
It will be difficult but I think it's worth the time and money spent: if you run out of flasks you can stay alive as well ^^

People already asked about wither+spell totem, but it's completely pointless for all mobs except bosses. By the time you cast 1 of your totems, you can kill an entire pack. So it makes sense only if you want to run it for bosses.

Sure, I use it for atziri/map bosses/izaro, not for packs ^^
Still better than traps for me, but everyone has his play style! :3

has anyone tried the "DPS version" in HC? there is for sure some added survivability in doing extra damage but the lifepool seems really low and risky =/

It might have been asked before, but is there a reason why you do not use Rallying Cry? The more damage multiplier sounds great for a CA build.

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mallow wrote:

has anyone tried the "DPS version" in HC? there is for sure some added survivability in doing extra damage but the lifepool seems really low and risky =/

I'm basically using this build in PHC. The tanky version has a good amount of life and a nice thing about proj dam is that it applies to all bow attacks: I'm currently using TS as mana recovery + damage supplement on a +2 bow skills CA citadel bow with additional elemental da. Anyway for HC, better extra da than extra MF (as in Serleth's also excellent build) unless you're well geared.

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mallow wrote:

has anyone tried the "DPS version" in HC? there is for sure some added survivability in doing extra damage but the lifepool seems really low and risky =/

I have 5k life with the dps version, since you get a lot of extra life from jewels.

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Arachnan wrote:

It might have been asked before, but is there a reason why you do not use Rallying Cry? The more damage multiplier sounds great for a CA build.

Everything dies so fast anyway, I see no need for it. But whatever rocky your boat ;)