[2.3] Explosive Arrow Elementalist (HC, Fast Clear)

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Rhanoss wrote:

In the FAQ you only mention you rather have a bigger aoe for ele prolif instead of taking beacon of ruin.
But what about the potential damage boost from 1-2 addiontal gem slots freed by replacing inc aoe and ele prolif?

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tyranius wrote:

So, how do you sustain mana without the leech enchantment?

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Purexec wrote:

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tyranius wrote:

So, how do you sustain mana without the leech enchantment?

Blood Magic?
This build doesn't have any mana.

There are some other EA builds that do, though. Doing a EA build based on mana is pretty hard because it uses a lot of it. The mana costs are pretty high and you shoot so fast that it becomes a real problem, so I'd recommend BM.

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tyranius wrote:

I see, but then I don't know how to sustain health lol

Does warlord's mark work? I tested a bit yesterday with warlord's mark and I didn't see myself leeching any health.

EDIT: I'd also like to know what auras are being used

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Purexec wrote:

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tyranius wrote:

I see, but then I don't know how to sustain health lol

Does warlord's mark work? I tested a bit yesterday with warlord's mark and I didn't see myself leeching any health.

EDIT: I'd also like to know what auras are being used

We don't use any auras or heralds. You leech life with the Life Leech gem. If you have enough damage a Fire-Doryani's Belt works too. We also have many life regeneration nodes and have many open flask slots because we don't benefit a lot from Atziri's/Vinktar's/stuff

Edit: Well, you could use Warlord's Mark, but do you want to cast it everytime? That would reduce the clearspeed a lot. Blasphemy? You'd have -life because of Blood Magic. I don't think it is worth it. If you want to make a mana-based version of this build, you can think about it, but it'll be quite expensive because you need pretty good gear to solve the mana issues.

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tyranius wrote:

Alright, thanks.

This is the recommended gem setup by the guide. Which of these would you remove for Life Leech gem? I only have a 5L Quill Rain

Explosive Arrow - Greater Multiple Projectiles - Increased Area Of Effect - Fire Penetration - Elemental Proliferation.

I'm thinking Fire Pen? Or Inc AoE?

Alternatively, since we're going all the way down to Blood Magic, could respec out of the Heart of Flame notable passive and the nodes leading up to it + the 3 flask nodes near the Witch start in order to get the leech in Vitality Void. I have no idea whether doing this would be better, I don't know if freeing up a gem slot is worth giving up Heart of Flame, so I'd like input.

Thanks in advance

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Purexec wrote:

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tyranius wrote:

Alright, thanks.

This is the recommended gem setup by the guide. Which of these would you remove for Life Leech gem? I only have a 5L Quill Rain

Explosive Arrow - Greater Multiple Projectiles - Increased Area Of Effect - Fire Penetration - Elemental Proliferation.

I'm thinking Fire Pen? Or Inc AoE?

Alternatively, since we're going all the way down to Blood Magic, could respec out of the Heart of Flame notable passive and the nodes leading up to it + the 3 flask nodes near the Witch start in order to get the leech in Vitality Void. I have no idea whether doing this would be better, I don't know if freeing up a gem slot is worth giving up Heart of Flame, so I'd like input.

Thanks in advance

Hm, you could manage to get there and you would also gain +1 Frenzy and some %hp, but I don't think it's worth it. All the life and lifereg is probably better, in my opinion.

Honestly, I'd drop Elemental Proliferation and get Beacon of Ruin. The prolif isn't as big but big enough.
-> EA, GMP, IncAoE (huge damage boost for packs since the explosions overlap), Fire Pen, Life Leech.
You can play without Life Leech, too. It just takes a while to get enough lifereg/hp.

A 6l is really good for this build, just buy a 90%+ Quill Rain (think about the iLvl, can't 6socket low iLvl items) and link it until it hits a 5l. Sell, repeat until you get your hands on a 6l. You pretty much don't lose currency this way, as long as the 5l Quills sell.

(I'm currently running EA, GMP, Less Duration, IncAoE/ConcEff, FirePen, SlowerProj with the Fire Doryani's Belt for leech, which is enough for me.
I've made my characters visible on the profile, take a look if you want. It's the lvl92 Elementalist. Currently wearing some mediocre IIR/IIQ gear, though)