[old build] Doomfletch's Prism Elementalist (Budget and strong) [Top30 PHC]

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superenatus wrote:

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Bjorn_Angannon wrote:

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superenatus wrote:

Hey OP, i just wanted to ask you why you took the shortest route to Piercing Shots node, combining piercing support gem, drillneck and the shortest route to Piercing Shots node i get about 90% pierce, is this enough?, do you have 100% pierce on your build, or should i grab the longer route which is 4 nodes to get that 100% pierce, and is that really important, would it escalate the damage overall greatly or is it a minor thing.

Thanks for this build, really having fun with it :)

You get 50% from pierce gem, 40% short tree route, and 10% from drillneck implicit :)

You do want 100% pierce. The time you want to go the 4 node route 50% pierce is if you have a nice corrupted drillneck (+1 arrow).

You're absolutely right, it's just weird that my tooltip Split Arrow said 90% chance of projectiles piercing, but taking a better look at the character sheet and then realizing it said 100% just confused me, but it's quite clear it's 100%... right?

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ArsaPoE wrote:

Would using Lightning Arrow with GMP be better for this build? We lose some AoE damage if the mobs aren't clustered but we get to use Frost Wall for the single target, and the damage seems high enough vs packs anyways. Any hidden mechanic that makes LA lose damage with this bow?

Another Question, have you tried an abyssus with this build?

Thks for the reply

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Pathological wrote:

On the previous page people were discussing taking force shaper; it seems not worth to me vs. Aspect of the Eagle into Aspect of the Lynx.

Force shaper gives you 71% inc phys damage, 5% phys damage as chaos (very minimal, since phys damage is only 25% of our actual base dps and isn't increased by elemental/doesn't affect ignite), and 10% inc chaos damage, along with a 10 int travel node for 6 points.

Assuming you are already taking ballistic mastery which I assume most are by late game, you can then spend 6 points on: 82% inc phys damage, 3% attack speed, 20% accuracy rating, 10 base life, 8% inc movement speed, 10int, 10dex, 20% inc crit chance. You can also spend an extra 2 points to get another 8% attack speed and 16% phys damage.

Seems way better than force shaper and costs the same points. BTW: This all assumes that you are still getting written in blood; this is only counting the points after written in blood.

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bazzzzzzz wrote:

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Pathological wrote:

On the previous page people were discussing taking force shaper; it seems not worth to me vs. Aspect of the Eagle into Aspect of the Lynx.

Force shaper gives you 71% inc phys damage, 5% phys damage as chaos (very minimal, since phys damage is only 25% of our actual base dps and isn't increased by elemental/doesn't affect ignite), and 10% inc chaos damage, along with a 10 int travel node for 6 points.

Assuming you are already taking ballistic mastery which I assume most are by late game, you can then spend 6 points on: 82% inc phys damage, 3% attack speed, 20% accuracy rating, 10 base life, 8% inc movement speed, 10int, 10dex, 20% inc crit chance. You can also spend an extra 2 points to get another 8% attack speed and 16% phys damage.

Seems way better than force shaper and costs the same points. BTW: This all assumes that you are still getting written in blood; this is only counting the points after written in blood.

Arh nice man, yeah what youre suggesting is a bit better assuming that its just str/f math, though dont forget that phys is 100% of our dmg excluding ignite.. Either way, im gonna test it out and burn another 10regret



-bazzz

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pedrofell wrote:

Is the LA + Frost Wall mechanic still working? I tried that setup and it didn't proc in the frost wall at all. I ended up just using split arrow for Izaro merciless, it was a pain in the ass, but it is doable.