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

What are the best gems to get quality on first on this build?

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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.

I tried this for bosses and Izaro Merc too, but it was not working any better than SA setup. I mean it was slow as hell, and at the end he killed me anyway. I saw some videos of LA FW combo, bosses died in seconds, I dont know what I am doing wrong. Clear speed is awesome with SA setup, but single target I cannot figure out something working. If anyone can help, I would be grateful, thanks.

Despite the lacking single target on this build, has anyone successfully killed Merc Izaro solo? Also, is it worth taking Paragon of Calamity over Liege of the Primordial from Merc Lab? Or is Liege too good to pass up for dps boost? I'm a little concerned about mapping. I wanna save any reflect maps as I have a very tight currency budget atm.

I tried the vaal burning arrow setup(+trap+gmp+pointblank) for non-Izaro fights and i thought it sucked as well, i tested on various bosses, for bosses with low life, there is no point in using them because split arrow kills just as fast(so you waste 4 gem slots) and for most bosses with a lot of health, 3 traps isnt nearly enough to insta kill them, so it was only a little useful to speed up the boss fight, but not enough to justify 4 gem slots imho.

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Stius14 wrote:

Despite the lacking single target on this build, has anyone successfully killed Merc Izaro solo? Also, is it worth taking Paragon of Calamity over Liege of the Primordial from Merc Lab? Or is Liege too good to pass up for dps boost? I'm a little concerned about mapping. I wanna save any reflect maps as I have a very tight currency budget atm.

I killed him solo on my first try with mediocre equipment, the first 2 fights were easy, because u have a lot of space to maneuver, so if you know the fight well, it's unlikely you will get hit with something that could kill you. I killed all the adds as well. Last fight was a pain in the ass, i was getting a little impatient, so i was spending a lot of pots to try to kill him fast, tanking some damage, but you can't kill him fast with split arrow, so that was a mistake and i ended up having limited pot charges most of the fight, but i got it done. Anyways, the best strategy imo is to wait for him to spawn the skeletons and when he does, you pop blood rage, kill those, so you will get some frenzy charges and conflux. Then you do the most damage you can and keep kiting him until he spawns the skeletons again. Repeat. But then again, it's not worth the risk, it's way safer to just ask for a friend to rush you.

I didn't do any maps with reflect so i don't know how essential Paragon of Calimity is for it. I took Liege of the Primordial and the damage is a lot. It will also probably be a lot easier to do merc lab again with Liege of the Primordial.

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Justifi3d wrote:

proj nodes and elemental nodes are much better than straight up phys nodes because they double dip on the burn, anyways i didn't find it necessary to take too many damage nodes, i took only shadow elemental and duelist proj nodes as far as damage nodes outside of jewel slots go

idk i find single target more than tolerable and wouldn't switch to la especially if you can get your hands on a split arrow enchant, LA lowers my clear speed by roughly 30% and enables me to do t14 bosses

sweet except t14 maps aren't worth running and i sell them and buy myself 3 t12 instead, out of all lower tier bosses i found only village ruin too dangerous to have to skip, which is a bummer but idk i wouldn't gimp my overall speed just to be able to do that 1 boss, it's not worth the tradeoff

Arh yeah, makes sense, so practically any phys dmg% is a bit waste and not important on belt either do you think getting the Entropy node, 2points for 37% dot increase is worth it?

yo oos , first of all great guide

im also planing to play that on HC with some adjustments, what u think about it ?


my friend hast a doomfletch alrdy 6l and i have a kaoms.

I calculated around 8 k hp WITHOUT jewell slots .


So my Question is, are grand Spectrum Jewells worth when i put like 4-5-6 in ?

I'm no expert on ranged builds at ALL, so question (I know it is stupid for folks that do these): would the extra arrow corrupted drillneck greatly benefit this build? And I do mean GREATLY?

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kolyaboo wrote:

I'm no expert on ranged builds at ALL, so question (I know it is stupid for folks that do these): would the extra arrow corrupted drillneck greatly benefit this build? And I do mean GREATLY?

no, split arrow shots like 7-8-9 ? arrows.

For like TS / LA its good, but for SA, not worth the extra dumb in currency

That's what I thought too, thank you for proving that I must have figured something out about archers in this game through osmosis after all!