[0.10.4] ashgod's physical bow guide

mana leech + reduced mana is pretty overkill imo. mana leech alone shuold do it.

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ashgod wrote:

@budget_player_cadet
1. Mana Leech gem vs Blood Magic passive: For me it was basically a question about damage and sustainability. Going BM allows you to gem for Life Leech or LGOH which is thousand times better regen than flasks. It's almost risk free using Life as source for your damage spells since you get so much life back from either LL or LGOH. I did consider going Mana Leech and then be able to run Hatred and Haste auras aswell, but I would still have to gem for LL or LGOH which would take a socket option, which would decrease my damage output. Also, on the way to BM there are passives like Unwavering Stance, Berserking, Armour Master, Diamond Skin and Frenzy Charge, which all are cores to me. And especially builds without Lioneye's Glare, you really want Resolute Technique, and all these kore nodes are just on the way aswell :)

Well, I took all the frenzy nodes. Don't really need Diamond Skin, my reses are pretty much maxed, but I guess 15% more can't hurt for cursed maps. I feel like my gear is sort of settled in at this point, really - there's only so much I can improve without extreme expenditure, and getting a thousand more life or so just isn't in the cards (unless I find the most godlike leather belt ever), and at that point, I just don't want to risk it, because as said, my mana expenditure with both of my main skills is pretty high. I guess LL might make up for it if Mana Leech did... Do you know if there's a rate comparison? Like, does LL regen at the same rate ML does? Because if so, I should definitely put it in... Would mean I could swap out one of my bigger flasks for another granite, or a second panicked, as well (panicked life fasks are the reason I have not died twice as often).

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2. I don't think it'd be viable going for Berserking if you don't pick up the other key nodes west of it.

3. I wouldn't focus on crit without having L's G. I would definitely just go straight for RT.

I don't know if I have the points in me to go for resolute technique. :/ It's something like another 17 nodes if I want to take the route along the bottom; 15 if I want to take a shorter route with none of the nicer nodes. I think for now I'll just focus on speccing more life, because stacking life is never a bad idea.

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4. I'll take a look ta your skill tree later when my classes end.

Thanks. :D

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5. It went up to around 28-29k iirc (might be able to see it in one of the vids). It's basically just a matter of gear and the high damage scaling on this spec. It was with an earlier, more defensive version of my spec though, I have adjusted it since to lower the surviability slightly in advance of much higher damage potential.

That's nuts. XD 28k DPS... What the hell even has 28k life in this game? Merciless piety? xD

@Bpc
This is how I would do your build: http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYA_5MeGtIZ1tEqW7VIbWxtew-rVUvndIw2JpU2PWHipcsM8gW1jb9RRz7Pqri95vljGtsV8O4OGf46WAX5I_ZOyFb6GwEEfqOKp9Tv8DWS_MWhpI19q9L-yFpIZ6DdDRAtxKLcFYd2OrOQCluvSn0Y23TxQ5whYJ65Dq1AoCmlBS3vTmBLXQAotXrvYIh07WFSn8syCVYEhmA6Ug48378UcUGq-Ov3MnKpfNk=

Quite a few changes, and if you feel it's too expensive to respec for, it can also be done like this: http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYA_5MeGtIZ1tEqW7VIbWxte1M1D6tVSzZ753SMNiaVy0E2Pd72YeJyu6XL6NYM8usUzeoi6psmo4oF-afUFfCr0v7IGf75YzpY3BUbAb3mGtsEfsSioaQ-z-4OjX1W-vzFZ6DdDYd2OrNbr0p9GNt08UOcIWAshQ6tQKBaGimlBS3vTmBLXQAotXrvYIh07WFSn8syCVYEhmA6Ug48378UcUGq-Ov3MnKpfNk=

Let me know what you think.

isn't this yours? ^^

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HeroOfExile wrote:

isn't this yours? ^^

http://www.playerauctions.com/offer/1-bow-6-link-lioneye-s-glare-unique-bow-good-roll-74971846/

Nope, gave most of my shit away to friends since I'm back playing hc only :)

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ashgod wrote:

@Bpc
This is how I would do your build: http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYA_5MeGtIZ1tEqW7VIbWxtew-rVUvndIw2JpU2PWHipcsM8gW1jb9RRz7Pqri95vljGtsV8O4OGf46WAX5I_ZOyFb6GwEEfqOKp9Tv8DWS_MWhpI19q9L-yFpIZ6DdDRAtxKLcFYd2OrOQCluvSn0Y23TxQ5whYJ65Dq1AoCmlBS3vTmBLXQAotXrvYIh07WFSn8syCVYEhmA6Ug48378UcUGq-Ov3MnKpfNk=

Quite a few changes, and if you feel it's too expensive to respec for, it can also be done like this: http://www.pathofexile.com/passive-skill-tree/AAAAAgYA_5MeGtIZ1tEqW7VIbWxte1M1D6tVSzZ753SMNiaVy0E2Pd72YeJyu6XL6NYM8usUzeoi6psmo4oF-afUFfCr0v7IGf75YzpY3BUbAb3mGtsEfsSioaQ-z-4OjX1W-vzFZ6DdDYd2OrNbr0p9GNt08UOcIWAshQ6tQKBaGimlBS3vTmBLXQAotXrvYIh07WFSn8syCVYEhmA6Ug48378UcUGq-Ov3MnKpfNk=

Let me know what you think.

Oof. Well, for starters, that loses me a lot of life nodes either way, which is not something I'm happy about going into maps. I can't abandon the mana nodes, I don't have the mana base for it. Man, I just don't know. You really think it's a good idea to toss out about 40% in life nodes right off the bat?

@Bpc
There's absolutely no reason to go with either of my suggestions if you don't want BM no.

My first build is pretty good, you lose about 24% max hp, gain like 50 max life + BM, US, Armour Master, RT as well as other great nodes.

My second idea was not really optimal either, I figured I'd just present you an idea if you can't afford too much respeccing.. But yea, not optimal.

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HeroOfExile wrote:

isn't this yours? ^^

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OMG he wants 900 us dollars for that bow! Geez man where do people get this kind of money to spend on pixels?!

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ashgod wrote:

@Bpc
There's absolutely no reason to go with either of my suggestions if you don't want BM no.

My first build is pretty good, you lose about 24% max hp, gain like 50 max life + BM, US, Armour Master, RT as well as other great nodes.

My second idea was not really optimal either, I figured I'd just present you an idea if you can't afford too much respeccing.. But yea, not optimal.

All right, well I'll keep it in mind as I continue level grinding. Thanks for the tips. :) Oh, and BTW, Split arrow is miles better than lightning arrow.

What class are you rolling next?