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Hi,

im in the same spot as KissTKA, low DPS with those item :



is it possible to go high dmg with a phys bow like mine ??? or i better switch to a elemental bow ??

First of all I don't see a Weapon Elemental Damage support attached to RoA.
I think Pam suggested for a 5L RoA - BM - LL - WED - Conce.
Nevertheless without WED attached you lose much dps.
And of course you can always improve your gear to have more ele damage on them.

As for the bow I don't really know since I'm a bow user but a split arrow one.

hello i started playing last month
i am doing solo farming at merciless ledge this days
i saw your build little late i was on level 53...i am 62 now
i did make few changes & not it`s rolling good
thanks for this awesome build


& i brought 5L Carcass Jack for 2.5 Ex so i dont need Increased Area of Effect & i can use other gem it also give me 12% extra area damage



also i was getting low on mana so i am using



so facing bigger mob is fun now

added fire is only good for a physical bow, you can switch it out for bm and get more auras
then you can add 2 more rings for dps

@jaynno your bow is good enough in my eyes

Tell me, why do people write that four % auras require to take two nodes "reduce mana reserv"? Calculator tells 30% + 40%*3 = 150%, in order to convert 150% of 100%, we need a coefficient 0.66, from sup.gem we have 71%. In total must still only 5% reduction.

I'm trying to understand what is still profitable - Alpha's Howl or throw two nodes 8% health, but take helmet with 85+ HP, resist to chaos and agility / intelligence.

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Daimonidlo wrote:

Tell me, why do people write that four % auras require to take two nodes "reduce mana reserv"? Calculator tells 30% + 40%*3 = 150%, in order to convert 150% of 100%, we need a coefficient 0.66, from sup.gem we have 71%. In total must still only 5% reduction.

I'm trying to understand what is still profitable - Alpha's Howl or throw two nodes 8% health, but take helmet with 85+ HP, resist to chaos and agility / intelligence.

You are correct that running 3*40 and 1*30 would only needs 1x5% reduction node if you have a lvl 20 reduced mana gem. But until you get there you have to use both the reservation passive nodes considering that it takes a long time to get to lvl 20.
(150%) x (0.71 from lvl 20 reduced mana gem - 0.05 from passive) = 99%
However you are still required to spend two points to get there as the first node is "aura area of effect".

At lvl 19 gem it's still 150% x (0.72-0.05) = 100.5 which isn't quite enough, so i believe during levelling until you get a lvl 20 reduced mana you have to have both taken to support it.

This would be the case for people who are using Determination/Purity/Vitality/Hatred
- Hatred being only really good if you a good physical bow imo.

However if you have an elemental bow a better setup would be Determination/Purity/Vitality/Haste as i think Haste would be better in this case imo as it gives attack speed and movement speed. Not sure if Pam would agree but I personally like using Haste.

The calc then is: (160%) x (0.71 from gem - 0.05 - 0.05 from two passives) = 97.6%
If you wanted to use this gem setup you would then need the extra passive node for a total of 3 nodes needed due to the wasted first node on "aura area of effect".

I personally run Determination/Purity/Hatred/Haste as my % auras as I'm using Lionseye and i think the build already has a tonne of life regen and survivability with life leech so i have foregone using Vitality.

I dont use the passive nodes though as I cast my auras with the alpha's helm for the buff effect and reduced reservation, before switching back to my regular helm after i've casted the auras, which is a neat mechanic/trick, though getting the socket colours to match in the same socket was a pain. And of course it takes a little longer to get your auras up intially with having to switch in and out of the alphas helm and move the gems about but i believe it's worth it if you have an alphas helm, as it saves you 3 nodes which you can use elsewhere and you get the buff effect from the auras u cast within the alpha helm.

PoE17 thank you very much for your detailed response.

If you can, please specify some nuances - you write that you turn on the auras with Alpha's Howl, and then replace it with a regular helmet. I know how to do it with auras are not collected in the helmet, but you write that you are using it not only for reduce mana reserve, but also for obtain buff effect (this means that you turn on them "in the helmet"). What is the trick will then replace the helmet? That is, if you can describe step by step mechanics.


I was also interested in your opinion about my variation of the build - so it turns out that's based on my gear and level.
I abandoned Berserking because for bandits quest took rewards are not points (considering that the build is very expensive, and I respec from LA), and abandoned Point Blank (not satisfied me with its mechanics, especially after being repaired his work with the ROA - calculation of the distance from the center of the ROA, not from the shooter). And the question is - what to take next?
- Life 4x8% (between Duelist and Ranger)
- Armour (3 node near Mara)
- Armour + Res (half small ring Body and Soul - 3 node near Templar)
- Indirectly raise the damage by taking Static Blows

@Daimonidlo - I don't want to really hijack Pams thread (if this is an issue let me know Pam and I can remove the link to the other thread), but a video explanation on how to use alpha's helm to cast your aura's can be found here, check out the utilizing alpha howl video, as it saves me explaining. The key thing being that the sockets and colours on both helms need to be exactly identical (don't pay attention to what gems I have in there as I use it for a few characters):

http://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/231709

Gems can level beyond level 20 as far as I know and it seems to work as my damage went up after testing it with the helm, so if you cast the gem while it's in the alpha's howl you get the buffed stats of the gem level +2, and because the helm has built into it 8% reduced mana reserved, when you cast a percentage aura within the alpha howl you get the bonus of 8 percent reduced mana reserved, therefore you don't need the nodes in the passive tree at all to run 4 percentage auras.

I don't know how this is a variation of Pams build, its essentially the same except you're not a level where you can spec into beserking and point blank or whatever you choose to spec into. I have both beserking and point blank at level 81. The damage increase from point blank is definitely noticeable to me and I still use it.

I thought point blank was from the shooter to the center of the AoE, and as far as I can tell by how much damage I take on reflect mobs when I stand close to when I stand far back, it does seem to work this way. I intentionally have point blank for this reason as well as the damage bonus as I have 19.6k dps and if I stand really close I take a tonne of reflected damage as opposed to when I stand further back as point blank will lower your damage and essentially the damage being reflected back at you. Some one correct me if i'm wrong.

What you take next is totally up to you what you need depnending on how good your gear is. For instance I have 5k life, from gear and the life nodes I've already taken, i'm not going to need any more life nodes so i'm just taking damage nodes from here. If you're in hardcore of course you want all the life you can get. It also seems you have a 30 dex node taken in the Templar area of the tree, not sure why you need that.

PoE17, thank you very much for the trick with auras. As well after your explanation, I saw more benefit from Point Blank (too narrowly I looked at it).

PS 30 dex node near Templar I took, because in my gear have only +20 to all, and weapon is Lioneye's Glare (need 212 dex). After I go for Point Blank I can respec it.

I can not understand on the rings / amulet priority will be WED or flat elemental damage? It is clear that better both, but ... Examples of different mine - too low values​​, there is not much difference. I would not want to spend the currency to waste.